NY Jud L § 30-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws JUD - Judiciary Article 2 - General Provisions Relating to Courts and Judges 30-A - Seal of Kings County and of the County Clerk, the Supreme Court and the County Court in Said County.

§  30-a.  Seal  of  Kings  county and of the county clerk, the supreme   court and the county court in said county. 1. The county of  Kings,  the   county  clerk  of said county and the supreme court and the county court   therein, shall have and use the following seal:Description of sealThe seal shall be approximately two and one-quarter inches in diameter   and shall consist of two concentric circles. The space between the outer   and inner circles shall be colored azure blue. In the upper part of said   space shall be inscribed in capital letters the words:  "SEAL  OF  KINGS   COUNTY," and in the lower part the words: "NEW YORK."The  interior  of  the  inner  circle  shall  have  a  white  or plain   background.  Upon such background shall be superimposed a relief map  of   Kings  county.  The map shall be of orange color. It shall be subdivided   by naming and delineating thereon the boundaries  of  the  six  original   colonial  towns which now comprise the county of Kings and by specifying   thereon the date of settlement or legal establishment of  each  of  such   towns,  namely:   town of Flatlands, 1636; town of Gravesend, 1645; town   of Brooklyn, 1646; town of Flatbush, 1652; town of  New  Utrecht,  1657;   and town of Bushwick, 1660.Above said map, inside the inner circle, shall be inscribed in capital   letters  the  Dutch  maxim:  "EENDRAGHT MAAKT MAGT." The literal English   translation of this maxim is: "Unity makes might." The meaning  of  this   maxim is: "In union there is strength." The maxim was originally adopted   by  Peter  Stuyvesant,  the  governor  from sixteen hundred forty-six to   sixteen hundred sixty-four of the New Netherlands in  America.  It  also   was inscribed upon the first flag of the city of Brooklyn.Below said map, inside the inner circle, shall be inscribed in capital   letters the words: "THE SIX ORIGINAL TOWNS."The  orange  color  of  the map is intended to symbolize the "House of   Orange" and to memorialize the Dutch who governed  the  New  Netherlands   (which  included  the  said  six  original colonial towns) until sixteen   hundred sixty-four, when they were occupied by the British.Pictograph of sealThe following is an enlarged pictograph of said  seal  (the  blue  and   orange coloring being omitted): ______________________________________________________________1                                                             2                                                             3          COPY OF Pictograph of seal                         4          MAY BE OBTAINED FROM:                              5          NYS LEGISLATIVE BILL DRAFTING COMMISSION           6          CONTACT: LEGISLATIVE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM'S HELPLINE   7                                                             8                                                             9____________________________________________________________  2.  The  county  clerk  of Kings county shall cause the design of said   seal (in black and white, the orange and blue colors being  omitted)  to   be  engraved  upon  metal.  From  time  to time he shall obtain and make   available, and keep in good order and repair as many  of  such  engraved   metal seals as may be necessary for the proper performance of the duties   of  his  office  and  of  the  duties  of the clerks and officers in the   supreme court and county court authorized to  use  said  seal.  All  the   expense  incurred  by  the county clerk incident to said seal shall be a   county charge against the county of Kings.3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only: (a) by the  county  clerk   of  Kings  county  or by any deputy or clerk duly authorized by him; and    (b) by any justice of the supreme court resident in Kings county  or  by   any judge of the county court in said county, or by any clerk or officer   duly authorized by said justice or judge.4.  The  use  of said seal or of any replica or simulation thereof, in   form or substance, by  any  unauthorized  person  or  for  any  wrongful   purpose,  is  prohibited.  Any  violation  of  this prohibition shall be   deemed to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.