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county of Erie, for a court-house, custom-house, post-office, and other necessary buildings;

A tract of land in the city of Oswego, in the county of Oswego, for the erection of a customhouse, warehouse, post-office, and court-rooms;

A tract of land in the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, for the erection of a beacon;

The south end of Cow or Campbell's island, in the Hudson river, for a beacon-light;

Little island, in the Hudson river, for a beaconlight;

Priming Hook point, east side of the Hudson river, for a beacon-light;

The point between Athens and Catskill, on the east side of Hudson river, for a beacon-light;

Little island, in the Hudson river, opposite New Baltimore.

A point near "Great West Bay," Suffolk county, Long island, for a first-class light-house;

A point in Lloyd's harbor, Suffolk county, Long island, for a beacon-light;

Horton's point, Suffolk county, Long island, for a light-house;

Race point, Fisher's island, Suffolk county, Long island, for a light-house;

Windmill point, Lake Champlain, for a light-house; A tract of land in "Isle au Motte," Lake Champlain, for a beacon-light;

A tract of land near Whitehall, Lake Champlain, for nine beacon-lights;

A tract of land at Pryman's hook, in the county of Columbia;

A tract of land on the south point of the island known as Calvers plat, in the county of Columbia, for a light-house;

A tract of land near Mull's Plat, in the county of Rensselaer, for a light-house or beacon-light ;

A tract of land on the north point of Poplar island, in the town of Schodack, in the county of Rensselaer, for a light-house or beacon-light;

A tract of land in the town of Plattsburgh, for the erection of a custom-house, warehouse, postoffice or court-room;

A tract of land at Crown Point, Lake Champlain, for a light-house;

A tract of land in the village of West Troy, and county of Albany, for arsenal purposes;

The consent of the State of New York has been given to the purchase, by the United States, of the following places:

Six lots of land in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, for revenue purposes;

A tract of land in the city of New York, for the

Counties of the state.

purposes of an assay office, revenue offices, and postoffice;

A tract of land in the village of Ogdensburgh, in the county of St. Lawrence, for the purposes of a custom-house and post-office, with court-rooms;

A tract of land on Long Island, in the county of Queens, for the erection of forts, magazines, dockyards, wharves, and other necessary structures;

A tract of land in the city of New York, for the erection of a post-office;

All which are more particularly described in the acts of cession or consent, respectively.

§ 22. The state is divided into sixty counties, the boundaries whereof remain as now declared by statute. They are named Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, New York, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware, Greene, Columbia, Albany, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Hamilton, Washington, Warren, Essex, Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Steuben, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Yates, Wayne, Livingston, Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauque, Chemung, Fulton, Wyoming and Schuyler.

It will be observed that we have not attempted a revision of the boundaries of places ceded to

the United States, or of the counties, towns,
cities and villages of the state. These are matters
somewhat local and subject to change, and have
therefore been left to rest in the existing provi-
sions of law. In this respect we have followed
the example of the Massachusetts revisors.

Judicial

the state.

§ 23. The state is divided into eight judicial dis- districts of tricts, arranged as follows:

The first judicial district consists of the city and county of New York.

The second judicial district consists of the counties of Richmond, Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess.

The third judicial district consists of the counties of Columbia, Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schoharie and Rensselaer.

The fourth judicial district consists of the counties of Warren, Saratoga, Washington, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Fulton and Schenectady.

The fifth judicial district consists of the counties of Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson and Lewis;

The sixth judicial district consists of the counties of Otsego, Delaware, Madison, Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland and Schuyler.

Senatorial

districts of the state.

The seventh judicial district consists of the counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben, Monroe and Cayuga.

The eighth judicial district consists of the counties of Erie, Chautauque, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany and Wyoming.

§ 24. The state is divided into thirty-two senate districts, arranged as follows:

The first senate district consists of the counties of Suffolk, Queens and Richmond.

The second senate district consists of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eleventh, thirteenth and nineteenth wards of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings.

The third senate district consists of the sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the county towns of the county of Kings.

The fourth senate district consists of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and fourteenth wards of the city of New York.

The fifth senate district consists of the tenth, eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth wards of the city of New York.

The sixth senate district consists of the ninth,

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