CEDING TO THE UNITED STATES JURISDICTION OF LANDS IN ERIE COUNTY. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That WHEREAS, By section 52 of article 4 of chapter 59 of the consolidated laws of the State of New York, it is provided that, 66 Whenever the United States, by any agent authorized under the hand and seal of any head of an executive department of the government of the United States, shall cause to be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New York, certified copies of the record or transfer to the United States of any tracts or parcels of land within this state, which have been acquired by the United States for any of the purposes aforesaid," (i. e. the purpose of erecting thereon light houses, beacons, light house keepers' dwellings, works for improving navigation,) "together with maps or plats and descriptions of such lands by metes and bounds, and a certificate of the attorney-general of the United States that the United States is in possession of said lands and premises for either of the works or purposes afore said, under a clear and complete title, the governor of this state is authorized, if he deems it proper, to execute in duplicate, in the name of the state and under its great seal, a deed or release of the state ceding to the United States the jurisdiction of said tracts or parcels of land as hereafter provided;" AND WHEREAS, The United States of America has caused to be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, by Roscoe House, Inspector of the Tenth Lighthouse District at Buffalo, New York, an agent duly authorized under the hand of the Secretary of Commerce and the Seal of the Department of Commerce, a certified copy of deed, dated January 29, 1917. between Laurence D. Rumsey and Jennie C. Rumsey, his wife and Bronson Rumsey and Elizabeth L. Rumsey, his wife, all of the City of Buffalo, County of Erie, and State of New York of 1 State law (L. 1909, ch. 59) intended. The state law is ch. 57 of the consolidated laws. Deed Ceding Lands to the United States. the first part and the United States of America, party of the second part, conveying an undivided two-thirds part, and a certified copy of a deed dated January 29, 1917, between Ansley Wilcox, Robert S. Donaldson and Arthur D. Bissell, as Executors of and Trustees under the last will and testament of Dexter P. Rumsey, deceased, late of the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, of the first part, and the United States of America, of the second part, conveying an undivided one-third in and to the following described land: All that piece or parcel of land situated in the Town of Grand Island, County of Erie and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly fence line of River Road, marked by an iron pin, one hundred twenty-four and ninety-five one-hundredths feet north nine degrees forty-four and five-tenths minutes east true along said fence line from the southerly fence line of Lot Eleven, Township Twelve, Range Eight, of the Holland Land Company's survey, also sixty-one and fifty-eight one-hundredths feet southerly from a cross cut in northeast corner of concrete culvert; thence continuing along easterly fence line of River Road north nine degrees forty-four and five-tenths minutes east true forty feet to an iron pin; thence turning to the right ninety degrees and proceeding north ninety-nine degrees fortyfour and five-tenths minutes east true one hundred two feet to an iron pin; thence turning to the right ninety degrees and proceeding north one hundred eighty-nine degrees forty-four and fivetenths minutes east true forty feet to an iron pin; thence turning to the right ninety degrees and proceeding north, two hundred seventy-nine degrees forty-four and five-tenths minutes east true one hundred two feet to the point of beginning. Also, all that piece or parcel of land situated in the Town of Grand Island, County of Erie and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point, marked by an iron pin, twelve hundred seven and three-tenths feet north fifty-six degrees thirty-one minutes east true from a wooden fence post set in concrete at corner of easterly fence line along River Road and southerly fence line of land owned by Laurence D. Rumsey, Bronson Rumsey and Estate of Dexter P. Rumsey in Lot Ten, Township Twelve, Range Eight, of the Holland Land Company's Survey, also six hundred Deed Ceding Lands to the United States. forty-six feet north three hundred fifty-eight degrees fifty-one and five-tenths minutes east true at right angles from said southerly fence line, thence continuing north three hundred fifty-eight degrees fifty-one and five-tenths minutes east true in a direction. at right angles to said southerly fence line, forty feet to an iron pin; thence turning to the right ninety degrees and proceeding north eighty-eight degrees fifty-one and five-tenths minutes east true about fifty-five feet to the westerly shore of the Niagara River, at present marked by an iron pin; thence turning to the right and proceeding southerly along the westerly shore of the Niagara River about forty feet to a point at present marked by an iron pin, at right angles, six hundred forty-six feet north three hundred fifty-eight degrees fifty-one and five-tenths minutes east true from above said southerly fence line; thence turning to the right and proceeding north two hundred sixty-eight degrees fifty-one and five-tenths minutes east true about sixty feet to the point of beginning. AND WHEREAS, The said United States has also caused to be filed and recorded in said office of the Secretary of State, by said agent, a map and description of said lands by metes and bounds, and a certificate of the Attorney-General of the United States that the United States is in possession of said lands and premises for the works and purposes mentioned in section 52, of article 4. chapter 592 of the consolidated laws of the State of New York, under a clear and complete title, NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLES S. WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New York, by the authority vested in me by said Act, do hereby, in the name and on behalf of the State of New York, cede, grant and release to the United States of America the jurisdiction of the State of New York on and over said parcel of land above described, the United States to hold, possess and exercise such jurisdiction subject to the condition that the State of New York shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States on and over the property and premises so conveyed, so far as that all civil and criminal process, which may issue under the laws or authority of the State of New York may be executed thereon in the same way and manner as if such jurisdiction had not been ceded, except so far as such process may 2 See note on p. 1800, ante. Deed Ceding Lands to the United States. affect the real or personal property of the United States and subject also to the other terms and conditions of said Act of the Legislature of the State of New York. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Charles S. Whitman, Governor of the State of New York, have subscribed my name and have caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of New York to this deed, in duplicate, this twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred seventeen. I, FRANCIS M. HUGO, Secretary of State of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the duplicate of this deed has been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York. Dated September twenty-sixth, 1917. FRANCIS M. HUGO, ERECTION OF NEW TOWN. AN ACT to divide the Town of Harmony and erect the Town of North Harmony. Passed December 19, 1918, two-thirds of all the members elected to the Board of Supervisors, and the Supervisor of the Town of Harmony, voting in favor thereof. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Chautauqua do enact as follows: Section 1. All that part of the present town of Harmony lying north of the following line, to wit: Beginning at the westerly boundary of the Town of Harmony at a point in conjunction with the north boundary of the Town of Clymer and the south boundary of the Town of Sherman, and extending in an easterly direction on a line straight with the north boundary of the Town of Clymer and the south boundary line of the Town of Sherman, to the Town. of Busti at the northwest corner of Lot number forty-eight in the Town of Busti and following thence to the present boundary line between the Town of Harmony and Busti to Chautauqua Lake, is hereby erected into a new town to be known by the name of North Harmony, and the first Town Meeting in said Town of North Harmony shall be held at Stow, New York, Tuesday January 14, 1919, and R. D. Cowees, J. A. Powers and Homer Pringle are hereby appointed to preside at said Town Meeting and they shall appoint a Clerk, open and keep the polls, and possess and exercise the same powers as Justices of the Peace, when presiding in Town Meetings. Section 2. All the remaining part of the Town of Harmony shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Harmony. Section 3. Nothing in this act shall effect* the rights or abridge the term of office of any Justice of the Peace or any other Town Officer in either of said Towns, whose terms of office shall not have expired on the date this act becomes effective. Section 4. This act shall take effect the 1st day of January, 1919. So in original. |