§ 291-b. Recording conveyances of land in towns in Cattaraugus county;\nduties of county and town clerks. Every deed and will relating to real\nproperty in Cattaraugus county, outside the cities of Olean and\nSalamanca, and every judicial decree establishing the right of\ninheritance to real property within Cattaraugus county shall, before the\nsame be hereafter recorded in the office of the clerk of Cattaraugus\ncounty be presented to the clerk of said county together with a carbon\ncopy or copies of the substance thereof, equal to the number of\ntownships of the said county in which land is conveyed by the\ninstrument. Such copy or copies shall set forth the date, consideration,\nthe names of the grantors and grantees, the mail address of the grantee\nand a description of the property
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§ 291-b. Recording conveyances of land in towns in Cattaraugus county;\nduties of county and town clerks. Every deed and will relating to real\nproperty in Cattaraugus county, outside the cities of Olean and\nSalamanca, and every judicial decree establishing the right of\ninheritance to real property within Cattaraugus county shall, before the\nsame be hereafter recorded in the office of the clerk of Cattaraugus\ncounty be presented to the clerk of said county together with a carbon\ncopy or copies of the substance thereof, equal to the number of\ntownships of the said county in which land is conveyed by the\ninstrument. Such copy or copies shall set forth the date, consideration,\nthe names of the grantors and grantees, the mail address of the grantee\nand a description of the property conveyed as set out in the instrument\nof conveyance. Such copy or copies of an instrument of conveyance of\nland within the county of Cattaraugus, outside the cities of Olean and\nSalamanca, shall be retained by the clerk of the said county until the\nfirst day of the month succeeding the date on which it was received, and\nhe thereafter shall transmit immediately all such copies received by him\nduring the preceding month to the clerks of the towns in which such\nconveyances have occurred. Hereafter the clerk of Cattaraugus county or\nany subordinate in the office of such clerk of Cattaraugus county who\nshall record any instrument of conveyance of real property without\nreceiving and transmitting to the town clerk of the town concerned, a\ncopy thereof as provided herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. At the\ntime a conveyance is offered for a record a fee of twenty-five cents\nshall be paid to the county clerk in addition to any other moneys\nrequired to be paid to entitle the deed to be recorded.\n The town clerks in each of the towns of Cattaraugus county outside the\ncities of Olean and Salamanca, shall enter the copies of conveyances and\nall appurtenant data so received from the Clerk of Cattaraugus county in\na record book to be provided and kept for such purpose. Such book and\nthe records contained therein shall be open to public inspection and\nshall be used by the local assessors in making assessments.\n