Election of Regents. ALBANY, N. Y., February 14th, 1912. At a joint assembly of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, held in the Assembly Chamber in the City of Albany, Wednesday the fourteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and twelve, in pursuance of law, LUCIUS N. LITTAUER, of the City of Gloversville, County of Fulton, Fourth Judicial District, was declared duly elected as a REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK for a term to expire March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lucien L. Shedden. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have placed our hands and the seals of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York this fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. DEED CEDING TO THE UNITED STATES JURISDICTION OF LANDS IN JEFFERSON 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 "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 attorneygeneral of the United States that the United States is in possession of said lands and premises for either of the works or purposes aforesaid, 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 hereinafter provided;" AND WHEREAS, The United States of America has caused to be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, by Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Stearns, United States Navy, Inspector of the Tenth Lighthouse District at Buffalo, New York, an agent duly authorized under the hand of the Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor and the Seal of the Department of Commerce and Labor, a certified copy of deed, dated August 29,1910, between Rayton E. Horton and Rosalind S. Horton, his wife, both of Paterson, New Jersey, of the first part, and the United States of America, party of the second part, conveying to the said United States of America a parcel of land described as follows: 1 State law (L. 1909, ch. 59) intended. This act is ch. 57 of the consolidated laws. Deeds Ceding Lands to the United States. ALL that tract, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, and bounded. and described as follows: Beginning at a stake located in the stone riprap of wharf, six feet from the northeasterly face of wharf, measured to the southwestward at right angles to said. face, from a point in said face seventy-three and sixty-seven onehundredths feet from the obtuse angle in the outer end of wharf — said stake being also located fifty-seven and ten one-hundredths feet south forty-three degrees three and one-half minutes west from a certain one-inch round iron rod thirteen inches high, standing in the bed rock in property line between property belonging to the parties of the first part and that owned by John Solar on the South Branch of Chaumont Bay, said one-inch round iron rod being located about forty feet north twenty-nine degrees twelve and one-half minutes west from the water line and about forty-five feet south twenty-nine degrees twelve and one-half minutes east from the property corner of Rayton E. Horton, John Solar and Curtis M. Case-the apparent northwesterly extremity of Cherry Island bears south thirty-four degrees west from said stake; thence south thirty-seven degrees eight minutes east twelve and fifty one-hundredths feet to a small hole drilled in a boulder; thence south fifty-two degrees fifty-two minutes west twenty-five feet to a hole drilled in bed rock with two lines cut in rock; thence north thirty-seven degrees eight minutes west twenty-five feet to a stake; thence north fifty-two degrees fiftytwo minutes east twenty-five feet to a stake; thence south thirtyseven degrees eight minutes east twelve and fifty one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning, the lot being a square twenty-five feet on each side, containing six hundred twenty-five square feet. Bearings are true. Also, together with and the said parties of the first part do hereby grant to the said party of the second part the right to use the wharf of the said parties of the first part for all purposes in gaining access to the said above described premises and a right of way and right of access across the surrounding property of said parties of the first part as may be necessary for light house purposes. 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 Deeds Ceding Lands to the United States. for the works and purposes mentioned in section 52, article 4, chapter 59 of the consolidated laws of the State of New York, under a clear and complete title, NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN A. DIX, 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 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, JOHN A. DIX, Governor of the State of New York, have subscribed my name [GREAT SEAL.] and have caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of New York to this deed, in duplicate, this sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred eleven. By the Governor, Attest: EDWARD LAZANSKY, JOHN A. DIX. Secretary of State. Application of the United States for said deed made February I, EDWARD LAZANSKY, 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, March 7, 1911. EDWARD LAZANSKY, DEED CEDING TO THE UNITED STATES JURISDICTION OF LANDS IN JEFFERSON 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 "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 attorneygeneral of the United States that the United States is in possession of said lands and premises for either of the works or purposes aforesaid, 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 hereinafter provided;" AND WHEREAS, The United States of America has caused to be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, by Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Stearns, United States Navy, Inspector of the Tenth Lighthouse District at Buffalo, New York, an agent duly authorized under the hand of the Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor and the Seal of the Department of Commerce and Labor, a certified copy of deed, dated September 27, 1910, between Ashton W. Adams and Ella Jane Adams, his wife, both of the town of Lyme, county of Jefferson and State of New York, of the first part, and the United 1 State law (L. 1909, ch. 59) intended. This act is ch. 57 of the consolidated laws. |