New York State Department of State Project Maps for Cession of Concurrent Jurisdiction of Fort Drum Military Installation

Numerical by project or drawing number and therein by sheet number.

The series consists of six maps sent to the Secretary of State by the Department of Law to complete the application of the Attorney General of the U.S. for cession of concurrent jurisdiction of the Fort Drum military reservation. By this action the federal government would have sole jurisdiction over the area, with the state giving up its jurisdiction (primarily policing power). The Secretary of State is the office of filing and recording for executed deeds of cession.

Located in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties, the installation encompassed over 107,000 total acres of enclosed land owned "in fee" by the federal government. At the time of the action, around 1983, Fort Drum became an active post (headquarters of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division) under federal jurisdiction (that is, the state was not responsible for policing, fire fighting, etc.). Joint jurisdiction stemmed from when Fort Drum was known as Camp Drum, a training facility for the National Guard. The maps give the area and description of the original reservation, custody and accountability of acquired and disposed acreage, and boundary lines of the installation as completed from deed descriptions and aerial surveys.

The maps are unannotated mylar copies of base maps prepared by the Department of the Army's Office of New York District Engineer, which were revised at various times from 1958-1982 to show boundary changes (because of disposal of acreage) and addition of new markers. Information appears in a block section at the bottom right of each map, including dates and signatures/initials for map preparation (drawing, tracing, checking, approval, revision), scale, submission, recommendation, and auditing. Other blocks give information on the location of the project, transportation facilities (railroads, state/federal roads), acquisition (total acreage, acres leased), disposal (acres sold, transferred, or reassigned), and legend symbols (reservation line, survey line, tract number, easements). One of the maps gives a schedule of metes and bounds (numbers 1 -223). Other maps have an acquisition tract register (with tract number, name of land owner, and acreage) and acquisition authorization. In addition, numerous insets show vicinity maps, location map and sheet index, and details of various tracts.

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