Arms and Great Seal of the State. SECTION 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. (Laws of 1909, chapter 59, article VI.) Description of the arms of the state and the state flag. Prohibition of other pictorial devices. Great seal of the state. Use of the great seal. § 70. 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 blue, charged with the arms of the state in the colors as described in the blazon of this section. § 71. Painted devices of arms in certain public places. The device of arms of the state, corresponding to the blazon hereinbefore given, shall be painted in colors upon wood or canvas, 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. § 72. 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. § 73. 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. § 74. Use of the great seal. All such matters as have issued under the great seal of the state since March sixteenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, shall continue to be issued under such seal, except copies of papers and records certified by the secretar of state or his deputy and authenticated under his seal of office. THE GOVERNOR. The executive power is vested in the Governor in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and of the statutes. The Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the military and naval forces of the State. He acts as ex-officio member of various boards and commissions. He is required to communicate by message to the Legislature at every session the condition of the State, and to recommend such matters to it as he may judge expedient. He may convene the Legislature, or the Senate only, on extraordinary occasions. The Governor shall cause to be kept in the Executive Chamber journals of the daily transactions of his office, files of all official records, together with statements of all applications for pardon, commutation or other executive clemency, and of his action thereon. He is required to transact all necessary business with the officers of government, civil and military. He shall expedite all such measures as may be resolved upon by the Legislature, and shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed. The power to veto any bill passed by the Legislature is vested in the Governor. The term of office of the Governor is two years, and he receives an annual salary of $10,000, and the use of a furnished executive residence. He is authorized to appoint a counsel, a secretary, a military secretary, and such clerks and other assistants as may be necessary. The Privy Seal is the Arms of the State surrounded by the inscription "State of New York - Executive Privy Seal." |