W., 7 chains and 75 links; thence S. 14° W., 3 chains; thence S. 75° E., 7 chains and 75 links; thence S. 144° W., 3 chains and 71 links; thence S., 75° E., II chains and 35 links, to the bank of Hudson's river; thence S. 75° E., to main channel of the said river; thence northerly along said channel to intersect a line drawn S. 75° E. from the first station; and then N. 75° W. to the place of beginning." The third of such tracts is described as follows: Lots No. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 of the 80 acre lots in the tract granted to the Canadian and Novia Scotia refugees, containing in the whole 480 acres, and also over a tract of 9 acres 3 roods and 5 poles, being the east end or front of lot No. 60 in the same tract; which tracts are situated at Rouse's Point in the county of Clinton, on the west bank of Lake Champlain; acquired for the defense and safety of the state. 8 35. Cession of jurisdiction of lands acquired for light-house purposes. The jurisdiction of such tracts of land, not exceeding ten acres, acquired by the United States for the construction and maintenance of light-houses and keepers' dwellings before April 18, 1861, or as shall have been acquired since such date, or as shall be hereafter acquired, upon the selection by an authorized officer of the United States, the approval of the governor, the filing in the office of the secretary of state of a description of the boundaries thereof, with the approval of the governor indorsed thereon, and the filing and recording in such office of a map thereof, is ceded to the United States, upon condition that the jurisdiction so ceded shall not prevent the execution thereon of any process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of the state, except as such process might affect the property of the United States therein, and that such process * shall continue in the United States so long only as the land shall be used and occupied for the purposes of the cession, unless the consent of the state to a different use shall have been granted. 36. Acquisition by condemnation.When the United States Ishall have been authorized by law to acquire title to any real property within this state, such title may be acquired by gift or grant from the owners thereof, or by condemnation if, for any reason, the United States is unable to agree with the owners for the purchase thereof. § 37. Saving clause. The adoption of this article shall not *So in the original. Arms and Great Seal of State. § 40 be construed to cede to the United States any territory or jurisdiction over any territory not so cede by the laws repealed by the revision of the general laws of the state of which this article is a part, or to change the terms or conditions upon which such cessions were originally made. ARTICLE III. ARMS AND GREAT SEAL of State. SECTION 40. Description of the arms of the state and the state flag. and 901 42. Prohibition of other pictorial devices. 43. Great seal of the state. 44. The use of the great seal. 45. Laws repealed. 46. When to take effect. 2.2 40. Description of the arms of the state and the state flag. -The device of arms of this state, as adopted March sixteenth seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, 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, excelsior. State flag. The state flag is hereby declared to be buff, charged with the arms of the state in the colors as described in the blazon of this section. (As amended by chap. 229 of 1896, § 1.) 41. Painted devices of arms in certain public places.The device of arms of the state, corresponding to the blazon herein before 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. § 42. 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. 43. 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. § 44. The use of the great seal.-All such matters as have issued under the great seal of the state since March 16, 1778, 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 office. 45. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is repealed. Such repeal shall not revive a law repealed by any law hereby repealed, but shall include all laws amendatory of the laws hereby repealed. § 46. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect on October 1, 1892. |