N.Y. Canal Law § 78: Assignment of berths for loading or unloading

§ 78. Assignment of berths for loading or unloading. The corporation

or its representative may assign berths to all floats while loading or

unloading at any landing place upon a canal and determine disputes

concerning same. The corporation, shall, as to any of the locks,

terminals or mooring places of the canal system used by floats, regulate

and station such floats for the best interest of navigation. The

corporation may determine how far and in what instances masters and

other persons having charge of any float shall accommodate each other in

their respective anchorages. If any master or other person having

control of any float within the limits of such waters shall neglect or

refuse to obey the directions of the corporation, or its representative,

in any such matters within its authority, or shall resist or oppose the

corporation in the execution of the said duties, such person shall be

liable to a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars, recoverable by

the corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction, and payable into

the canal fund.