N.Y. State Law 20 – Cession without reservation
§ 20. Cession without reservation. Title and jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States by this state as follows:
Terms Used In N.Y. State Law 20
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
1. Little island in Hudson river. A tract of land known as Little island, in the Hudson river, opposite New Baltimore, acquired by the United States for a light-house site and keepers' dwellings.
2. Lands in West Oswego. For the purpose of excavating and removing the same, to improve the navigation of the Oswego river, all the right and title of the state of New York in and to the following described property, namely: Lots one hundred and twenty-three, one hundred and twenty-four and one hundred and twenty-five in fortification block number two in West Oswego, New York, the same being part of the island situate in the Oswego river near its mouth.