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NY State L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4 - Purchase and Acquisition of Land by the United States 56 - Statement to Be Published in Session Laws.

§ 56. Statement  to  be  published  in  session laws. The secretary of   state shall cause to  be  printed  in  the  session  laws  of  the  year   succeeding  the  filing  in  his office of said deed, a statement of the   date of the application of the United States for said deed and a copy of   the description of the lands so conveyed or  ceded,  together  with  the   date  of  the recording of said deed in the office of the said secretary   of state.
NY State L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4 - Purchase and Acquisition of Land by the United States 57 - Article Not to Apply to Orange County; Exception.

§ 57. Article  not  to apply to Orange county; exception. This article   shall not apply to the county  of  Orange,  except  with  respect  to  a   certain  tract,  piece or parcel of land in the town of Newburgh in such   county containing two hundred twenty-one and eight-tenths acres more  or   less,  commonly  known  and  designated  both as Newburgh airport and as   Stewart field, and except with respect to additional lands adjoining and   contiguous to such airport and field, as  now  constituted,  aggregating   not  more than one thousand acres, and also except with respect to lands   in the town of Cornwall adjoining and contiguous to lands in  such  town   now  owned  by the United States and to state highway number eighty-five   hundred, part one, aggregating not more than two and one-half acres, and   except with respect to Otisville federal correctional institute, in  the   town  of  Mount  Hope, aggregating not more than two hundred seventy-six   and one-half acres.
NY State L § 57-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4 - Purchase and Acquisition of Land by the United States 57-A - Application of Article to Adirondack Park.

§ 57-a. Application  of  article  to  Adirondack park. Nothing in this   article shall be construed to give the consent of the state of New  York   to  the purchase or acquisition by the United States of any tract, piece   or parcel of land within the Adirondack park, except under circumstances   described in subdivision two of section fifty-one  of  this  article  or   pursuant  to  article  eleven  of  the  general municipal law or section   thirty-four-a of the public lands law.
NY State L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 58 - Lands to Be Acquired; Commission.

§ 58. Lands to be acquired; commission. Whenever any lands, structures   or  waters,  situated  within  the boundaries of this state, are, in the   judgment of the governor, necessary for purposes of public  defense,  or   for  other  public  purposes incidental thereto including public highway   purposes, the estates, titles  and  interests  in  and  to  such  lands,   structures  or waters, belonging to or vested in any person, corporation   or municipality, may be acquired  by  the  state  as  provided  in  this   article.    If  any  of such lands are, in the judgment of the governor,   needed for public highway purposes leading to, from,  across  or  around   such appropriated lands, such estate as may in his judgment be necessary   therefor  may  be  acquired  in  such  strips of land, not exceeding one   hundred feet in width, as in his judgment are needed for such  purposes.   The  governor  shall,  whenever  lands,  structures  or  waters,  to  be   designated  by  him,  are  required  for  such  purposes,   direct   the   adjutant-general,    attorney-general,    and    the   commissioner   of   transportation, to take such actions and institute such  proceedings  as   may be necessary to acquire such lands and easements in the name and for   the  benefit  of the people of the state. Such officers when so directed   are in each instance hereby constituted a temporary commission  for  the   purpose of acquiring title to the lands so designated and the structures   and waters thereon.
NY State L § 59-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-A - Notice to Owners.

§ 59-a. Notice  to owners. The adjutant general shall, upon the filing   of the certified copy of such survey, map and certificates in the office   of such county clerk, serve upon  the  owners  of  the  lands,  and  the   structures  and  waters  thereon,  included in such survey, and upon all   persons, corporations or municipalities having any  estate  or  interest   therein,  a notice of the filing of such survey, map and certificates as   above provided, which notice shall specifically describe that portion of   the property belonging to the owner which has been so  appropriated  for   the  purposes  hereinbefore  prescribed.  If the adjutant general is not   able to serve such notice upon the owner of such property or the  person   or  corporation  having  an  estate  or  interest  therein, after making   reasonable effort to do so, or if he is unable to ascertain the persons,   corporations or municipalities owning such lands and the structures  and   waters  thereon, or is unable to discover the character of the estate or   interest  in  and  to  such  lands,  of  any  person,   corporation   or   municipality,  he  shall cause such notice to be published at least once   in a newspaper published in the county where such land  or  any  portion   thereof  is  situated,  and  in  such  other  newspapers  as he may deem   advisable.
NY State L § 59-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-B - Purchase or Acquisition of Lands; Payment of Purchase Price.

§ 59-b. Purchase  or  acquisition of lands; payment of purchase price.   The commission shall cause an appraisal to be made of just  compensation   to  the  owners  of  the  lands  and  the structures and waters thereon,   appropriated by the state as hereinbefore provided, and of  the  estates   and  interests  therein  of all persons, corporations or municipalities.   The commission shall negotiate with the owners of such property for  the   purchase  thereof,  but  in  no  case  shall  an amount greater than the   appraised compensation for such property be paid.   The  commission  and   the  persons,  corporations  and  municipalities whose property has been   appropriated and  who  have  agreed  upon  a  compensation  to  be  paid   therefor,  shall  enter into an agreement for the conveyance or transfer   of the property appropriated and for the payment of the compensation  to   be  paid, which shall be executed by the commission and the said owners.   Such agreement shall be filed in the office of the comptroller.  If  the   commission is unable to agree as to the compensation to be paid for such   lands  and  the structures and waters thereon, the court of claims shall   have jurisdiction to determine the amount of such compensation, and upon   proceedings being brought before such court as provided by law, an award   shall be made of compensation for the lands, structures  and  waters  or   interests therein so appropriated.The  persons,  corporations  or municipalities whose property has been   taken under the provisions of this article, and who have agreed upon the   compensation to be paid therefor or to whom an award of compensation has   been made by the court of claims, shall be entitled to interest from the   time of the actual occupancy thereof by the state to  the  date  of  the   payment of the said compensation; but such interest shall cease upon the   service  by the comptroller upon the person, corporation or municipality   entitled thereto of a notice that the state is ready and willing to  pay   the  amount  of  such compensation upon the presentation of proper proof   and vouchers.
NY State L § 59-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-C - Searches of Title.

§ 59-c. Searches  of  title. The attorney-general shall furnish to the   commission all searches necessary to prove the title to the lands  taken   as  provided  in this article. The expense of making such searches shall   be paid from the treasury out of the funds appropriated therefor, on the   audit and warrant of the comptroller.
NY State L § 59-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-D - Use of Lands So Acquired.

§ 59-d. Use  of  lands  so acquired. Whenever lands and the structures   and waters thereon shall have been  so  appropriated  for  the  purposes   hereinbefore prescribed, the governor shall have the authority to direct   the carrying out of such purposes for and on behalf of the people of the   state  or  in co-operation with the government of the United States, and   the expense thereof shall  be  paid  from  the  treasury  out  of  funds   appropriated therefor, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller.
NY State L § 59-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-E - Deed or Release of Land So Acquired to United States.

§ 59-e. Deed  or  release  of  land  so acquired to United States. The   governor may, if requested by any officer or agent of the United  States   duly  authorized  under  the  hand  and seal of any head of an executive   department of the government of the United States,  execute  a  deed  or   release  to  the  government  of  the United States of the lands and the   structures and waters thereon, described in the survey and map filed  in   the office of the secretary of state as hereinbefore provided, excepting   and  reserving  therefrom an easement for public highway purposes in and   over the lands acquired for highway purposes pursuant to  this  article.   Such deed or release may be so executed at any time after the commission   shall  have  entered upon and taken possession of such lands, structures   and waters. Such deed or release shall be in the form agreed upon by the   governor and the proper representative of the government of  the  United   States  and  shall  convey  title  to  the  lands, structures and waters   described therein to the government of the United States, to be used for   purposes of public defense and shall  cede  to  the  United  States  the   jurisdiction  over  the  tracts  or parcels of land so described, to the   extent and in the manner hereinafter  provided.  Such  deed  or  release   shall  be  executed  in duplicate in the name of the state and under its   great seal. One of such duplicates shall be filed and  recorded  in  the   office of the secretary of state of the state of New York, and the other   shall  be delivered to the proper executive department of the government   of the United States.
NY State L § 59-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-F - Concurrent Jurisdiction as to Service of Process.

§ 59-f. Concurrent   jurisdiction   as  to  service  of  process.  The   jurisdiction so ceded shall be upon the express condition that the state   of New York shall retain 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 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.
NY State L § 59-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-G - Exemption of Property From State Taxation.

§ 59-g. Exemption  of  property  from  state taxation. The property so   conveyed and released to the United States shall be  exempted  from  all   taxes,  assessments  and  other  charges, which may be levied or imposed   under the authority of this state; but the jurisdiction hereby ceded and   the exemption from taxation hereby granted shall continue in respect  to   such  property  so  long  as  the  same shall remain the property of the   United States and be used for purposes of public defense, and no longer.
NY State L § 59-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-A - Acquisition of Land for Public Defense 59-H - Statement to Be Published in Session Laws.

§ 59-h. Statement  to  be  published in session laws. The secretary of   state shall cause to  be  printed  in  the  session  laws  of  the  year   succeeding  the  filing  in  his office of said deed, a statement of the   date of the filing of the survey and map of the  lands,  structures  and   waters  so appropriated, and a copy of the deed or release of the lands,   structures and waters so conveyed or ceded, together with  the  date  of   the recording of said deed or release in the office of the department of   state.
NY State L § 59-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations 59-I - Definitions.

§ 59-i. Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article, the following terms   shall mean and include:"United Nations." The international organization of governments  known   as  the  United  Nations established June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred   forty-five."Land." The land itself above and under water, all buildings and other   structures, substructures and superstructures, erected on or  above,  or   affixed  to  the  same; all wharves and piers; and all interests in land   whether in fee or less than full title.
NY State L § 59-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations 59-J - Acquisition of Land.

§ 59-j. Acquisition  of  land.  The  United  Nations may take by gift,   grant or devise, acquire by purchase, but not by condemnation, any  land   necessary,  useful  or  convenient  in carrying on the functions of such   organization within the state and hold,  transmit  and  dispose  of  the   same.
NY State L § 59-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations 59-K - Proceedings.

§ 59-k. Proceedings.  Whenever  the  United  Nations  is  desirous  of   acquiring  land   by   purchase   for   any   of   its   purposes,   the   secretary-general   of  the  United  Nations,  or  other  representative   designated by him, may apply for any relief permitted by the laws of the   state of New York that may be necessary for  the  purpose  of  acquiring   such  land,  to  any  court  of the state having jurisdiction within the   county in which the land is located.  All deeds, conveyances  and  other   papers  relating  to the title of lands within the state acquired by the   United Nations pursuant to the provisions  of  this  article,  or  other   general  or  special  law,  federal,  state or local, shall be filed and   recorded in the office of the register, if any, or if not in the  office   of  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  where  the land is located, and   certified copies filed in the office of the secretary of  state  of  the   state of New York at Albany.
NY State L § 59-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 4-B - Acquisition of Land by the United Nations 59-L - Governor May Cede Jurisdiction.

§ 59-l. Governor  may  cede  jurisdiction.  The  governor  of New York   state, upon application by the United Nations, is authorized, to execute   in duplicate, in the name of the state and under its great seal, a  deed   or  release of the state ceding jurisdiction, to such extent and on such   conditions as he may deem proper, of any land in the state  acquired  by   the  United  Nations.  Jurisdiction  may be ceded directly to the United   Nations or to the United States of America for the use  and  benefit  of   the United Nations. The application shall describe the land by metes and   bounds  and  have endorsed thereon or annexed thereto the certificate of   the attorney-general of  this  state  that  the  United  Nations  is  in   possession  of such land under full and complete title. The jurisdiction   hereby authorized to be ceded shall continue with respect to  such  land   as long as such land shall remain the property of the United Nations and   be  used  exclusively  for  the  purpose of establishing and maintaining   thereon headquarters for offices and for places of assembly for carrying   on the functions of the United Nations, and no longer.
NY State L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 5 - Entry Upon Lands for Purposes of United States Survey 60 - Entry Upon Lands for Purposes of United States Survey.

§ 60. Entry  upon  lands  for  purposes  of  United States survey. Any   person employed under and by virtue of an act of congress of the  United   States, passed the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and   seven,  and of the supplements thereto, may enter upon lands within this   state for the purpose of exploring, triangulating,  leveling,  surveying   and  doing any other act which may be necessary to carry out the objects   of  said  laws,  and  may  erect  any  works,  stations,  buildings  and   appendages  requisite  for  that  purpose,  doing  no unnecessary injury   thereby.If the parties interested can not agree upon the amount to be paid for   damages caused thereby, either of them may petition the supreme court in   the county in which the land is situated, which court  shall  appoint  a   time  for a hearing as soon as may be, and order at least fourteen days'   notice to be given to all parties interested, and with or without a view   of the premises, as the court may determine, hear the parties and  their   witnesses and assess damages.The  person  so  entering  upon  land  may tender to the party injured   amends therefor, and if in case of  appeal  to  the  supreme  court  the   damages  finally  assessed do not exceed the amount tendered, the person   entering shall recover  costs,  otherwise  the  prevailing  party  shall   recover costs.The costs to be allowed in all such cases shall be the same as allowed   according to rules by the court.If  any  person  shall  wilfully deface, injure, or remove any signal,   monument, building, or other property of the  United  States  coast  and   geodetic  survey,  constructed or used under or by virtue of the acts of   congress aforesaid, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding  fifty  dollars   for  each  offense,  and  shall  be  liable for damages sustained by the   United States in consequence of such defacing, injury or removal, to  be   recovered   in  an  action  on  the  case  in  any  court  of  competent   jurisdiction.
NY State L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 70 - Description of the Arms of the State and the State Flag.

§ 70. Description  of  the  arms  of the state and the state flag. The   device of arms  of  this  state  is  hereby  declared  to  be  correctly   described as follows:Charge. Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or,   behind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest; in base a   ship  and  sloop  under  sail,  passing  and  about  to meet on a river,   bordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper.Crest. On a wreath azure and or, an American eagle proper,  rising  to   the  dexter  from a two-thirds of a globe terrestrial, showing the north   Atlantic ocean with outlines of its shores.Supporters. On a quasi compartment formed  by  the  extension  of  the   scroll.Dexter.  The  figure  of  Liberty  proper,  her  hair  disheveled  and   decorated with pearls, vested azure, sandaled gules, about the  waist  a   cincture  or,  fringed  gules,  a  mantle of the last depending from the   shoulders behind to the feet, in the dexter hand a staff ensigned with a   Phrygian cap or, the sinister  arm  embowed,  the  hand  supporting  the   shield  at  the  dexter  chief point, a royal crown by her sinister foot   dejected.Sinister. The figure  of  Justice  proper,  her  hair  disheveled  and   decorated  with  pearls,  vested  or,  about the waist a cincture azure,   fringed gules, sandaled and mantled as Liberty,  bound  about  the  eyes   with  a  fillet  proper,  in the dexter hand a straight sword hilted or,   erect, resting on the sinister chief point of the shield,  the  sinister   arm embowed, holding before her her scales proper.Motto.  On  a  scroll below the shield argent, in sable, two lines. On   line one, Excelsior and on line two, E pluribus unum.State flag. The state flag is hereby declared to be blue, charged with   the arms of the state in the colors as described in the blazon  of  this   section.
NY State L § 71 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 71 - Painted Devices of Arms in Certain Public Places.

§ 71. Painted  devices of arms in certain public places. The device of   arms of the state, corresponding to the blazon hereinbefore given, shall   be painted in colors upon wood or canvass, and hung upon  the  walls  of   the executive chamber, the court of appeals, the office of the secretary   of state, and the senate and assembly chambers.
NY State L § 72 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 72 - Prohibition of Other Pictorial Devices.

§ 72. Prohibition  of  other  pictorial  devices. No pictorial devices   other than the arms of the state shall be used in the public offices  at   the  capitol  for  letter  headings  and  envelopes  used  for  official   business. Persons printing and circulating public  documents  under  the   authority  of  the state, when they use a vignette, shall place upon the   title pages of the documents the  standard  device  of  the  state  arms   without alterations or additions.
NY State L § 73 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 73 - Great Seal of the State.

§ 73. Great  seal  of the state. The secretary of state shall cause to   be engraved upon metal two and one-half inches in diameter the device of   arms of this state, accurately  conformed  to  the  description  thereof   given  in  this  article, surrounded with the legend, "The great seal of   the state of New York." It alone shall be used as the great seal of  the   state, and the secretary of state shall have the custody thereof.
NY State L § 74 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 74 - Use of the Great Seal.

§ 74. Use of the great seal. All such matters as have issued under the   great  seal  of  the  state  since  March  sixteenth,  seventeen hundred   seventy-eight, shall continue to  be  issued  under  such  seal,  except   copies  of papers and records certified by the secretary of state or his   deputy and authenticated under his seal  of  office.  The  secretary  of   state  may,  however,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions as he may deem   appropriate, furnish an impression, replica or print of the  great  seal   of  the  state  for  use  as  a collector's item, for use in preparing a   collector's item or for educational purposes.
NY State L § 75 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 75 - State Flower.

§ 75. State flower. The rose shall be the official flower of the state   in any color or combination of colors common to it.
NY State L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 76 - State Tree.

§ 76. State  tree.  The  sugar  maple (Acer Saccharum M.) shall be the   official tree of the state.
NY State L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 77 - State Gem.

§ 77. State  gem. The garnet shall be the official gem of the state of   New York.
NY State L § 78 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 78 - State Bird.

§ 78. State  bird.  The bluebird (Sialia Sialis) shall be the official   bird of the state of New York.
NY State L § 79 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 6 - Arms and Great Seal of State 79 - State Animal.

§ 79. State  animal.  The American beaver (Castor canadensis) shall be   the official animal of the state of New York.