New York Navigation Law Section 123 - Marks on logs and timber to be recorded.

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

Last modified: February 3, 2019