§ 59. Survey and map of lands to be acquired; appropriation of land.\nWhen directed by the governor to acquire designated lands, structures or\nwaters, for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed, the commission shall\ncause a survey and map of such lands to be made. The members of such\ncommission and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon\nsuch lands, and the structures and waters thereon, for the purpose of\nmaking such survey and map. There shall be annexed thereto a certificate\nexecuted by the members of the commission, stating that the lands and\nthe structures and waters thereon, described in such survey and map, are\nnecessary for purposes of public defense and for other public purposes\nincidental thereto including public highway purposes. If any rights of\nway,
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§ 59. Survey and map of lands to be acquired; appropriation of land.\nWhen directed by the governor to acquire designated lands, structures or\nwaters, for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed, the commission shall\ncause a survey and map of such lands to be made. The members of such\ncommission and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon\nsuch lands, and the structures and waters thereon, for the purpose of\nmaking such survey and map. There shall be annexed thereto a certificate\nexecuted by the members of the commission, stating that the lands and\nthe structures and waters thereon, described in such survey and map, are\nnecessary for purposes of public defense and for other public purposes\nincidental thereto including public highway purposes. If any rights of\nway, easements or other estates or interests in lands are acquired for\npublic highway purposes, the certificate of the commission shall include\na description of the strips of land to be used for such purposes. The\noriginal of such survey and map and the certificates annexed thereto\nshall be submitted to the governor, and if approved by him, it shall be\nfiled in the office of the department of state. A copy of such survey,\nmap and certificates, certified by the department of state, shall be\nfiled by the commission in the office of the county clerk of each county\nin which such lands, or any portion thereof, are situated.\n From the time of the filing of the said survey and map in the office\nof the department of state, entry upon and appropriation by the state,\nof the property described in such survey and map for the purposes\nhereinbefore prescribed, shall be deemed complete and the strips of land\nselected for such public highway purposes shall thereupon become and be\nand forever continue to be open and established public highways. The\ncommission shall, immediately upon such filing of the survey and map in\nthe office of the department of state, enter upon and take possession of\nall the lands, structures and waters described in such survey and map.\nThe commission shall thereupon cause the strips of land selected for\npublic highway purposes to be constructed and improved as such. The\nexpenses of such construction and improvement shall be paid from the\ntreasury out of funds appropriated therefor, on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller. Such highways shall thereafter be maintained and\nrepaired under the direct supervision and control of the department of\ntransportation as a part of the improved highways of the state,\nexcepting however, that state highway ninety-one hundred and four, lying\nwholly within the borough of Queens, city of New York shall hereafter be\nmaintained and repaired under the direct supervision and control of the\ncity of New York as a city street for street purposes in accordance with\nthe provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York.\n