N.Y. Navigation Law § 135: Claim for salvage

§ 135. Claim for salvage. Every officer to whom any order duly made,

for the delivery of the wrecked property, or its proceeds, shall be

directed, shall present to the claimant exhibiting such order a written

statement of the claims for salvage and expenses on such property and

proceeds. If the claimant shall refuse to allow such claims, the amount

of such salvage and expenses shall be adjusted in the manner hereinafter

provided, and, after the payment or tender of the payment of such

salvage and expenses, as agreed to or adjusted, the officer, in whose

custody such property or proceeds shall be, shall deliver or pay the

same, according to the terms of the order directed to him.