N.Y. Nav. Law § 123

§ 123. Marks on logs and timber to be recorded. Every person who shall\nrun any logs or timber down any river or stream recognized by law or use\nas a public highway shall select some mark different from any mark\npreviously recorded, and shall put the same on each log or stick of\ntimber in some conspicuous place, and shall cause such mark to be\nrecorded in the county clerk's office of each county in or through which\nsuch river or stream runs. The county clerk shall be entitled to the sum\nof fifty cents for recording such mark, to be paid by the person having\nthe same recorded, and a copy of said entry, certified by the clerk,\nshall be presumptive evidence that the logs or timber so marked are the\nproperty of the person by whom such mark was selected and recorded.\n