Relates to designating the seal of the county of Cortland for use by the county clerk and the supreme court and county court of such county to execute official documents.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1674
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the seal of Cortland
county and of the county clerk, supreme court and county court
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 30-f
2 to read as follows:
3 § 30-f. Seal of Cortland county and of the county clerk, the supreme
4 court and the county court in said county. 1. The county of Cortland,
5 the county clerk of said county and the supreme court and the county
6 court therein shall have and use the following seal:
7 Description of Seal
8 The seal shall be approximately 2 1/4 inches in diameter. The outer
9 border shall consist of inverted scallops with an inner smooth circle
10 border. Along the upper outside of the circle shall be the inscription
11 in capital block lettering "SEAL OF CORTLAND COUNTY, N.Y." Along the
12 lower outside of the circle shall be the inscription in capital block
13 lettering "A.D. 1808." The center shall consist of a shield topped by an
14 eagle and wreath of laurels. The shield shall feature 13 stars in a
15 field of blue, above a red and white striped base. The left side of the
16 seal shall consist of a man with a sheaf of wheat. The right side of the
17 seal shall consist of a man with a hammer and wheel, with a factory
18 behind. Both men shall have hands resting on the center shield. The
19 foreground of the seal, at the base of the shield shall consist of a
20 mound of Cortland apples.
21 2. The county clerk of Cortland county shall cause the design of said
22 seal (in black and white) to be engraved upon metal. From time to time
23 the county clerk shall obtain and make available, and keep in good order
24 and repair as many of such engraved metal seals as may be necessary for
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the proper performance of the duties of the office and of the duties of
2 the clerks and officers in the supreme and county courts authorized to
3 use said seal. All the expense incurred by the county clerk incident to
4 said seal shall be a county charge against the county of Cortland.
5 3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only:
6 (a) by the county clerk of Cortland county or by any deputy or clerk
7 duly authorized by them;
8 (b) by any judicial clerk of the supreme or county court resident in
9 Cortland county, duly authorized by said county clerk; and
10 (c) any county officer or other person authorized by law to execute
11 official documents on behalf of the county.
12 4. The use of said seal or of any replica or simulation thereof, in
13 form or substance, by any unauthorized person or for any wrongful
14 purpose, is prohibited. Any violation of this prohibition shall be
15 deemed to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
