N.Y. Navigation Law § 121: Booms and other obstructions to be opened on notice; penalty for failure

§ 121. Booms and other obstructions to be opened on notice; penalty

for failure. Every person who shall build any boom or other obstruction

in the waters of any river or stream, for the purpose of stopping or

securing lumber, logs or other timber shall within ten days after the

receipt of a written notice from any person who shall have lumber, logs

or other timber to transport on such river or stream, open such boom or

remove such obstruction or part thereof so as to permit the assorting

and passage of such lumber, logs and other timber through and down such

river or stream. Every person who wilfully obstructs, by booms or

otherwise, the channel of any river or stream so as to hinder or delay

the free passage of lumber, logs or timber over or through the same,

shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each day of the

continuance of such obstruction, to be recovered by the person aggrieved

thereby, and in addition to such penalty, shall be liable for all

damages caused by such obstruction.