N.Y. Railroad Law § 82: Canada thistles to be cut

§ 82. Canada thistles to be cut. Every railroad corporation doing

business within this state, shall cause all Canada thistles, white and

yellow daisies and other noxious weeds growing on any lands owned or

occupied by it, to be cut down twice in each and every year, once

between the fifteenth day of June and the twenty-fifth day of June and

once between the fifteenth day of August and the twenty-fifth day of

August. If any such corporation shall neglect to cause the same to be so

cut down, any person may cut the same, between the twenty-fifth day of

June and the fifth day of July inclusive, and between the twenty-fifth

day of August and the fifth day of September inclusive in each year, at

the expense of the corporation on whose lands the same shall be so cut,

at the rate of five dollars per day for the time occupied in cutting.