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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           178
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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.
                                                                   LBD03255-01-9
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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.