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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 126. 1834.

Articles ofagreement.

and to the south of the mouth of Spuytenduyvel creek; and of and over thelands covered by the said waters to die low water-mark on the westerly orNew Jersey side thereof; subject to the following rights of propertyand of jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey , that is to say :

1. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of propertyin and to the land under water lying west of the middle of the bay ofNew York, and west of the middle of that part of the Hudson river which lies between Manhattan island and New Jersey .

2. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction ofand over the w'harves, docks, and improvements, made and to be madeon the shore of the said state: and of and over all vessels aground onsaid shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock; except that the saidvessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in rela-tion to passengers, of the state of New York , which now exist or whichmay hereafter be passed.

3. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of regulatingthe fisheries on the westerly side of the middle of the said waters, Pro-vided, That the navigation be not obstructed or hindered.

Article Fourth. The state of New York shall have exclusive juris-diction of and over the waters of the Kill Van Kull between StatenIsland and New Jersey to the westernmost end of Shooter’s Island inrespect to such quarantine laws, and laws relating to passengers, as nowexist or may hereafter be passed under the authority of that state, andfor executing the same; and the said state shall also have exclusive juris-diction, for the like purposes of and over the waters of the sound fromthe westernmost end of Schooter’s Island to Woodbridge creek, as to allvessels bound to any port in the said state of New York .

Article Fifth. The state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy exclu-sive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between StatenIsland and New Jersey lying south of Woodbridge creek, and of andover all the waters of Raritan bay lying westward of a line drawn fromthe lighthouse at Prince’s bay to the mouth of Mattavan creek; subjectto the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the state of NewYork , that is to say :

1. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of propertyin and to the land under water lying between the middle of the saidwaters and Staten Island .

2. The state of New York shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of andover the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made on theshore of Staten Island , and of and over all vessels aground on said shore,or fastened to any such wharf or dock; except that the said vessels shallbe subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to pas-sengers of thg state of New Jersey , which now exist or which may here-after be passed.

3. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of regulatingthe fisheries between the shore of Staten Island and the middle of thesaid waters: Provided, That the navigation of the said waters be notobstructed or hindered.

Article Sixth. Criminal process, issued under the authority of thestate of New Jersey , against any person accused of an offence committedwithin that state; or committed on board of any vessel being under theexclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid; or committed against theregulations made or to be made by that state in relation to the fisheriesmentioned in the third article; and also civil process issued under the au-thority of the state of New Jersey against any person domiciled in thatstate, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof;may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdic-tion of the state of New York , unless such person or property shall beon board a vessel aground upon, or fastened to, the shore of the state of