§ 42-1-3 - Tracts ceded to United States – Reserved jurisdiction.
SECTION 42-1-3
§ 42-1-3 Tracts ceded to United States– Reserved jurisdiction. – The tracts of land hereinafter referred to are within the exclusivejurisdiction of the United States subject to the reservations and conditionscontained in the acts of the general assembly ceding jurisdiction thereof,respectively; provided, that all civil and criminal process issued under theauthority of this state may be executed thereon in the same manner as if thejurisdiction of the lands had not been ceded; that is to say:
(1) A tract of land at Beaver Tail, in the south part of thetown of Jamestown;
(2) A tract of land at Whale Rock, at the entrance toNarragansett Bay;
(3) A tract of land at Watch Hill, in the town of Westerly;
(4) A tract of land at Point Judith, in the town ofNarragansett;
(5) A tract of land at Poplar Point, in the town of NorthKingstown;
(6) A tract of land at Old Gay Rock, in the harbor ofWickford, in the town of North Kingstown;
(7) A tract of land on the northwest point of Block Island,in the town of New Shoreham;
(8) A tract of land at the breakwater at Block Island, in thetown of New Shoreham;
(9) A tract of land on the southeast point of Block Island,in the town of New Shoreham;
(10) A tract of land at Warwick Neck, in the city of Warwick;
(11) A tract of land at Sandy Point, on the island ofPrudence, in the town of Portsmouth;
(12) An island or place in the harbor of Newport, known asLime Rock;
(13) A lot of land near Bristol Ferry, in the town of Bristol;
(14) A shoal known as the Bullock's Point Shoal, inProvidence River, and so much of the land below low water surrounding the sameas is included within a circle of one hundred feet (100') radius from thecenter of the lighthouse thereon; an island in the outer channel of ProvidenceRiver known as Pomham Rock; with Fuller's Rocks, in Providence River, and somuch of the land below high-water mark as is within the circle of one hundredfeet (100') radius from the center of the lighthouse, beacon light, or rangelight at Fuller's Rocks; and so much land below high-water mark as is includedwithin a circle of one hundred feet (100') radius from the center of thelighthouse, beacon light, or range light at Sassafras Point, in ProvidenceRiver; all of which several tracts of land have been acquired by the UnitedStates as sites for lighthouses;
(15) A tract of land covered by the navigable waters of thestate within a circle, seven hundred feet (700') in diameter, the center ofwhich shall be the Little Cormorant Rock, so-called, situated at the mouth ofthe Seaconnet River, on a course northwest from the northwesterly point of WestIsland, and distant therefrom about nine hundred feet (900'), as a site for alighthouse, beacon, or other aid to navigation;
(16) A tract of land covered by the navigable waters of thestate within a circle, three hundred feet (300') in diameter, the center ofwhich shall be the rocks known as Gull Rocks, in mid-channel between RoseIsland and Coaster's Harbor Island, in Newport Harbor, as a site for alighthouse or other aid to navigation;
(17) A tract, piece or parcel of land lying and being in theWarren River, for the erection thereon of a light in aid of navigation, moreparticularly described as a circular plot one hundred feet (100') in diameterincluding what is known as Allen Rock, the center of the plot being located inlatitude forty-one degrees (41°), forty-two minutes (42'), forty-nineseconds (49"), north; longitude seventy-one degrees (71°), seventeenminutes (17'), thirty-seven and three-quarters seconds (37.75") west, andfurther described by a circle in red ink adjacent to the words "Allen Rk" on acopy of the U.S. coast and geodetic survey chart, marked exhibit "A" andattached to chapter 1879 of the Public Laws of 1932;
(18) A tract of land on Brenton's Neck, in Newport, being thesite of Fort Adams;
(19) Goat Island in the harbor of Newport, being the site ofFort Walcott and a lighthouse;
(20) Dutch Island, between Jamestown and Narragansett,purchased for the purpose of a lighthouse and the location of a fort;
(21) An island called Castle Island, at the entrance ofBristol Harbor;
(22) An island between Newport and Jamestown, known as RoseIsland, ceded for a fort;
(23) A lot of land on the east side of Weybosset Street, inthe city of Providence, purchased for a customhouse, post office, and UnitedStates courtroom;
(24) A lot of land on the east side of Thames Street, in thecity of Newport, purchased for a customhouse;
(25) A lot of land in the town of Bristol, purchased for apost office and customhouse;
(26) A lot of land in the city of Pawtucket, purchased for apost office and other public purposes;
(27) Coaster's Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay, ceded forthe location of the United States naval training school;
(28) A lot of land on Exchange Place in the city ofProvidence, purchased for a post office, courthouse, and customhouse;
(29) A tract of land south of Jamestown, on Conanicut Island,Rhode Island, being the site of Fort Wetherill;
(30) A tract of land on the northwesterly shore of ConanicutIsland, commonly known as Fox Hill, being the site of Fort Getty;
(31) A tract of land south of Saunderstown, on the westerlyshore of Narragansett Bay, commonly known as Boston Neck, being the site ofFort Kearny;
(32) A tract of land at Point Judith, being the site of thelanding for the upper shore arm of Point Judith breakwater;
(33) A tract of land under water at the entrance of GreatSalt Pond Harbor on Block Island in the town of New Shoreham for lighthousepurposes; the land being all that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lyingand being in a circle, two hundred feet (200') in diameter, the center of whichis in latitude north forty-one degrees (41°), eleven minutes (11'),fifty-seven and six-tenths seconds (57.6"), and longitude east, seventy-onedegrees (71°), thirty-five minutes (35'), thirty-eight and four-tenthsseconds (38.4"), and bears north thirty-nine degrees (39°), eighteenminutes (18') west true from Great Salt Pond inner end light and distant fromit by one thousand five hundred seventy-five feet (1,575'). Also a lineparallel to and one hundred feet (100') from the center line of the existingbreakwater and another line perpendicular to the above-mentioned line at apoint southerly of and one hundred feet (100') distant from the northerlyextremity of the breakwater intersect each other in a point which is the centerof the circle. The area or content of the property thus limited and definedbeing seven hundred twenty-one one-thousandths ( 7 2 1/1000) of an acre more orless;
(34) A tract of land situated, lying and being within thecity of Newport, the county of Newport and the state of Rhode Island,approximately one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') north of Coaster's HarborIsland and six hundred feet (600') west of Coddington Point, and surrounded bythe waters of Narragansett Bay, known as and called Bishop's Rock, containingabout six-tenths ( 6/10) of an acre;
(35) A parcel of land lying within the reservation of thePeters-Fournier Airport of Rhode Island situated in the towns of Lincoln andSmithfield, ceded to the United States for the express purpose of establishingand developing upon the land a specialist training center for the United Statesair force reserve and for the erection of buildings, utilities, and otherstructures for military uses in this regard;
(36) A parcel of land lying within the reservation of thePeters-Fournier Airport of Rhode Island situated in the towns of Lincoln andSmithfield, ceded to the United States for the express purpose of constructingand operating upon the land a tactical site support facility to providelogistical support to installations in the Providence defense area and for theerection of buildings, utilities, and other structures for uses in this regard.