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N.Y. Public Lands Law § 38-A Removal of occupants of land resold
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§ 38-a. Removal of occupants of land resold. When a resale of land is directed, the commissioner of general services shall cause notice to be given to every occupant of such land to remove therefrom, and if he does not comply with such notice, he shall direct the district attorn…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 39 Application for grant under special law
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§ 39. Application for grant under special law. The commissioner of general services shall not grant any of the unappropriated state lands to any person applying therefor by virtue of a special law, unless such application be made within one year after the passage of such law, un…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 4 Vesting of crown lands in the people of the state
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§ 4. Vesting of crown lands in the people of the state. The absolute property of all messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and of all rents, royalties, franchises, prerogatives, privileges, escheats, forfeitures, debts, dues, duties and services by whatsoever names resp…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 40 Exchange of unappropriated state lands
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§ 40. Exchange of unappropriated state lands. The commissioner of general services may, from time to time, exchange a part or all of any parcel or parcels of unappropriated state lands for real property required by or of benefit to the state of New York and in which title is hel…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 5 Letters patent, form and contents; to be recorded in the office of the secretary of state
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§ 5. Letters patent, form and contents; to be recorded in the office of the secretary of state. All letters patent shall be in such form as the commissioner of general services directs. All letters patent granting unappropriated state lands, as defined by this chapter, shall con…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 50 Sale of abandoned canal lands
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§ 50. Sale of abandoned canal lands. The commissioner of general services may sell and convey at public or private sale the right, title and interest of the state in and to any real property, acquired for canal purposes, which the commissioner of transportation may determine to …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 51 Maintenance and repair of highway crossings on abandoned canal lands
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§ 51. Maintenance and repair of highway crossings on abandoned canal lands. The maintenance and repair of highways on any parcel of such canal lands which have heretofore been abandoned pursuant to law and which have been converted into crossings at grade or which may hereafter …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 59-A Disposition of proceeds
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§ 59-a. Disposition of proceeds. The proceeds from a sale or grant of such lands shall be applied first to repay any expenditures made by the office of general services from moneys appropriated to said office in the first instance for the administration, management, utilization …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 6 Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title
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§ 6. Determination of claims based on alleged failure of title. Whenever a legal claim is made for a refund of purchase-money because of the alleged failure of the title of the state to lands sold or granted under its authority including any right, title or interest of the state…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 7 Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common
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§ 7. Partition of lands held by the state in joint tenancy or tenancy in common. Whenever the commissioner of general services directs, the attorney-general shall cause partition to be made of any real property held in joint tenancy or tenancy in common, in which the people of t…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 75 Grants of land under water
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§ 75. Grants of land under water. This section authorizes grants, leases, easements, and lesser interests, including permits, for the use of state-owned land underwater and the cession of jurisdiction thereof consistent with the public interest in the use of state-owned lands un…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 76 Surrender of grant
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§ 76. Surrender of grant. A grantee or his successor in interest, may at his option surrender to the state, without consideration or for a compensation to be determined by the commissioner, the lands under water theretofore granted to him or any part thereof, by filing with the …
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 77 Notice of application therefor
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§ 77. Notice of application therefor. Every applicant for a grant of land under water shall, previous to his application, cause notice thereof to be published at least once a week for four weeks, successively, in a newspaper printed in the county in which the land so intended to…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 78 Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment
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§ 78. Failure to comply with conditions of grant; annulment. On or before the tenth day of January in each year the commissioner of general services shall examine the records of all grants of land under water for which patents shall have been issued containing conditions to be c…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 8 Trespasses upon state lands
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§ 8. Trespasses upon state lands. Where, in the judgment of the commissioner of general services, sufficient information has been provided to her or him that a possible trespass upon state-owned lands has occurred then the commissioner may investigate such allegations of trespas…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 80 Definitions
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§ 80. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Gold mine" means a mineral deposit in which the total sales value of the gold is more than fifty per centum of the value of all other minerals associated or occurring with the gold in the mine. 2. "Silver mine" means a mineral depo…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 81 Minerals subject to state ownership; exploration of mines on state lands
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§ 81. Minerals subject to state ownership; exploration of mines on state lands. 1. The following minerals are the property of the people of the state of New York in their right of sovereignty: (a) All deposits of gold and silver in or upon private lands and lands belonging to th…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 82 Notice of discovery; filing; fee; bounty to discoverer; royalty to state
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§ 82. Notice of discovery; filing; fee; bounty to discoverer; royalty\nto state. 1. Any person discovering a mine or deposit of gold or silver\nin or upon private lands within this state, and any citizen of the\nUnited States discovering a mine or deposit of any mineral in or up…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 83 Entry upon lands to work mines; effect of notice
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§ 83. Entry upon lands to work mines; effect of notice. 1. Nothing contained in this article shall affect any right heretofore granted by special act of the legislature nor affect the terms of any consent heretofore given by the commissioner of general services to persons having…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 84 Mining rights; regulations; continuation; termination
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§ 84. Mining rights; regulations; continuation; termination. 1. All rights to explore for or extract minerals from a mine or deposit that have heretofore arisen by reason of the filing of a notice of discovery or by reason of the issuance of a permit or consent by the commission…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 85 Rules and regulations
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§ 85. Rules and regulations. The commissioner of general services may prescribe the form and contents of all notices provided for by this article and may, from time to time, make, adopt and enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this article, as he may deem ne…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 9 Penalty for trespasses
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§ 9. Penalty for trespasses. Every person who shall trespass upon\nIndian lands or any lands belonging to the state and under the general\ncare and superintendence of the commissioner of general services, any\nlands belonging to the state which are under the jurisdiction of any\…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 90 Accelerating or impeding flow of mineral waters
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§ 90. Accelerating or impeding flow of mineral waters. Pumping, or by any artificial contrivance whatsoever in any manner accelerating the natural flow, or producing an unnatural flow of that class of mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an excess of carb…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 91 Action to restrain
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§ 91. Action to restrain. Any citizen of the state may maintain an action to restrain any person or corporation from committing any of the unlawful acts specified in section ninety of this chapter, in any city or town in which said citizen is assessed for and is liable to pay, o…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 92 Limitation of article
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§ 92. Limitation of article. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to affect the Onondaga salt springs reservation, located in Onondaga county, or the springs of any county adjacent thereto.
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 92-A Waste of mineral waters
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§ 92-a. Waste of mineral waters. 1. The waste of that class of mineral waters holding in solution natural mineral salts and an excess of carbonic acid gas is hereby declared to be unlawful. 2. Waste defined. The permitting of the flow or escape of that class of mineral waters de…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 92-B Permits authorizing flow of springs
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§ 92-b. Permits authorizing flow of springs. The commissioner of parks and recreation may issue an annual permit permitting the flow of such spring in such amount and at such times as such permit shall specify. No permit shall be issued unless it appears that the flow of such sp…
N.Y. Public Lands Law § 92-C Actions to restrain violations of law; Saratoga county
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§ 92-c. Actions to restrain violations of law; Saratoga county. In addition to those persons authorized to bring actions pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-one, the commissioner of parks and recreation may maintain an action to restrain any person or corporation from c…