Section 30-F. Seal of Cortland county and of the county clerk, the supreme court and the county court in said county  


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  • 1. The  county  of  Cortland,
      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 2 1/4 inches in  diameter.  The  outer
      border  shall  consist  of inverted scallops with an inner smooth circle
      border. Along the upper outside of the circle shall be  the  inscription
      in  capital  block  lettering  "SEAL OF CORTLAND COUNTY, N.Y." Along the
      lower outside of the circle shall be the inscription  in  capital  block
      lettering "A.D. 1808." The center shall consist of a shield topped by an
      eagle  and  wreath  of  laurels.  The shield shall feature 13 stars in a
      field of blue, above a red and white striped base. The left side of  the
      seal shall consist of a man with a sheaf of wheat. The right side of the
      seal  shall  consist  of  a  man with a hammer and wheel, with a factory
      behind. Both men shall have hands resting  on  the  center  shield.  The
      foreground  of  the  seal,  at the base of the shield shall consist of a
      mound of Cortland apples.
        2. The county clerk of Cortland county shall cause the design of  said
      seal  (in  black and white) to be engraved upon metal. From time to time
      the county clerk 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 the office and of the duties of
      the clerks and officers in the supreme and county courts  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 Cortland.
        3. Such seal shall be used and affixed only:
        (a) by the county clerk of Cortland county or by any deputy  or  clerk
      duly authorized by them;
        (b)  by  any judicial clerk of the supreme or county court resident in
      Cortland county, duly authorized by said county clerk; and
        (c) any county officer or other person authorized by  law  to  execute
      official documents on behalf of the county.
        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.