New York Consolidated Laws, State Law - STL § 72. Prohibition of other pictorial devices

No pictorial devices other than the arms of the state shall be used in the public offices at the capitol for letter headings and envelopes used for official business.  Persons printing and circulating public documents under the authority of the state, when they use a vignette, shall place upon the title pages of the documents the standard device of the state arms without alterations or additions.