Section 30-A. Seal of Kings county and of the county clerk, the supreme court and the county court in said county  


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  • 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 seal
        The 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 seal
        The following is an enlarged pictograph of said  seal  (the  blue  and
      orange coloring being omitted):
     
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         6          CONTACT: LEGISLATIVE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM'S HELPLINE  |
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        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.