N.Y. Public Lands Law § 5: Letters patent, form and contents; to be recorded in the office of the secretary of state

§ 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

contain an exception and reservation of all gold and silver mines. All

letters patent shall be recorded in a book or books to be kept for that

purpose in the office of the department of state, and the record thereof

in any such book or a copy of any letters patent duly certified by the

secretary of state to be a copy of such record thereof, whether

heretofore or hereafter recorded, shall be received in evidence in any

court in this state with the same force and effect as the original of

such letters patent.