N.Y. General Business Law § 260: Cutting and harvesting ice by adjoining proprietors

§ 260. Cutting and harvesting ice by adjoining proprietors. Whenever

the owner or lessee of lands bordering upon the Hudson river shall

require the ice formed in said river between the center thereof and said

lands for the purpose of filling any icehouse now erected, or which may

at the time of the formation of such ice hereafter be erected on any

such lands adjoining the same, such owner or lessee of said lands and

icehouses shall have the exclusive privilege of cutting and harvesting

all the ice so formed in said river in front of and adjacent to said

lands and between the same and the center of said river; provided such

owner or lessee shall have indicated his intention of exercising such

privilege by staking out so much of said ice as shall be required for

said purpose, which said staking out shall not be required to be done

until the ice has attained a thickness of four inches; and provided,

also, such owner or lessee shall surround the cuttings and openings made

with fences of bushes or other safeguards to warn all persons of such

cuttings and openings. And, whenever any icehouse is located on an

island in said river, this article shall apply to all ice formed

opposite the shores of such island in both channels into which said

river shall be divided by such island, subject to the provision

hereinafter contained; and it shall not be lawful for any person other

than the owner or lessee of such lands and icehouses, whether located on

the banks of the river or on such island, to take possession of or cut

the ice so staked out in said river or channel between the center

thereof and his lands, and the same is prohibited after such owner or

lessee shall have complied with the foregoing requirements.