§ 2-14. Custody of city real estate records by real estate commission.

The real estate commission shall be the custodian of all the deeds, conveyances, abstracts of title, and all other papers and documents relating to or affecting the title to any and all real estate owned by the city. The real estate commission shall keep a record of all real property and interest in real property acquired by the city and shall provide and keep for the purpose a suitable book which shall contain the entries relating to such property given with the particulars hereinafter provided relating to deeds, and with such additional data in any particular case as said commission may deem important.

Deeds shall be listed so as to show:

(1)

The name of the grantor;

(2)

The character of conveyance, whether quitclaim, warranty or full covenant deed, etc.;

(3)

The date of conveyance;

(4)

The consideration paid;

(5)

Full description of the premises;

(6)

All reservations and conditions contained in the conveyance and any other portion of such conveyance which affects the interest or estate conveyed;

(7)

The date when and the book and page where such deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of Onondaga County;

(8)

The date of acceptance of such conveyance by the common council of lands acquired under statutory proceedings or proceedings under the city charter;

(9)

In case of lands or any interest therein that have been or shall hereafter be acquired by proceedings taken under any statute, the said record shall contain a description of the premises and a full statement of such proceedings with a reference to the record thereof in the county clerk's office and all maps relating thereto;

(10)

All lands dedicated to public use by the Syracuse Land Company or other parties;

(11)

In case of lands that have been dedicated to public use by the Syracuse Land Company, or that have been or may hereafter be so dedicated by any party, where no actual conveyance has been made, there shall be entered a description of such lands with date and manner of dedication with reference to all maps relating thereto, and any improvement or other act done by the city declaring or indicating an intent to extend such lands for public use. The real estate commission shall keep such records and papers protected from fire and other damage, and it shall so arrange them as to render them readily accessible and easy to locate.