N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 19-a: Marriages on vessels; reports and records

§ 19-a. Marriages on vessels; reports and records. The master, chief

officer, ship's surgeon, or the company, corporation, charterer, or

person having the management and control of any vessel which shall

arrive at the port of New York, shall report, in writing, to the city

clerk of the city of New York within three days after the arrival of

such vessel the marriage of any resident of such city occurring thereon

at sea, and shall file with such clerk a transcript of the entry made in

the log book of such vessel in respect to any such marriage.