N.Y. General Business Law § 280: Duty of carrier as to unclaimed articles

§ 280. Duty of carrier as to unclaimed articles. The proprietors of

the several lines of stages and the proprietors of the several canal

boat lines, and the proprietors of the several steamboats, who shall

have any unclaimed trunks, boxes or baggage within their custody, shall

immediately enter the time the same was left, with a proper description

thereof, in a book to be by them provided and kept for that purpose. In

case the name and residence of the owner shall be ascertained it shall

be the duty of such person who shall have any such property as above

specified, to immediately notify the owner thereof by mail.