N.Y. Navigation Law § 139: Publication of notice of wrecked property

§ 139. Publication of notice of wrecked property. Every sheriff, into

whose possession any wrecked property shall come, shall immediately

thereafter publish a notice directed to all parties interested, for at

least four weeks in succession, in one or more of the newspapers

published in the county where the property shall have been saved. Every

such notice shall contain a minute description of such wrecked property,

and every bale, bag, box, cask, piece or parcel thereof, and of the

marks, brands, letters and figures on each, and shall state where such

wrecked property then is, and its actual condition, and the name, if

known, of the vessel from which it was taken or case on shore, and of

the master and supercargo of such vessel, and the place where such

vessel then is, and its actual condition. The expense of publishing

every notice required to be published relating to wrecks shall be

charged on the property or proceeds to which it relates.