N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 85: Construction across and along canals, rivers and creeks

§ 85. Construction across and along canals, rivers and creeks. No

pipe line shall be constructed upon or across any of the canals of this

state, except by the consent of and in the manner and upon the terms

prescribed by the, commissioner of transportation, unless constructed

upon a fixed bridge across such canal, and with the consent of the

person for whose benefit such bridge is constructed and maintained, or

upon such a bridge over the canal, at the crossing of a public highway

or street, with the consent of the public officers having the

supervision thereof, or of the municipal authorities of any village or

city within whose limits such bridge may be, nor shall the pipes of any

such corporation be laid through or along the banks of any of the canals

of this state, nor through or under any of its rivers or creeks, unless

such pipes shall be encased, so as to prevent leakage, in such manner as

shall be approved by the commissioner of transportation.