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NY Gen Bus L § 255 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 15 - Specious Cash Sales 255 - .

§  255.  The  provisions  of  this article shall not apply to consumer   sales made pursuant to article nine of the personal property law, credit   card transactions, consumer sales of personal property or services which   could require or entail the execution of a promissory note  pursuant  to   section four hundred three of the personal property law, or transactions   involving the purchase of an automobile.
NY Gen Bus L § 260 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 16 - Ice 260 - Cutting and Harvesting Ice by Adjoining Proprietors.

§  260.  Cutting and harvesting ice by adjoining proprietors. Whenever   the owner or lessee of lands  bordering  upon  the  Hudson  river  shall   require the ice formed in said river between the center thereof and said   lands  for the purpose of filling any icehouse now erected, or which may   at the time of the formation of such ice hereafter  be  erected  on  any   such  lands  adjoining  the same, such owner or lessee of said lands and   icehouses shall have the exclusive privilege of cutting  and  harvesting   all  the  ice  so  formed in said river in front of and adjacent to said   lands and between the same and the center of said river;  provided  such   owner  or  lessee  shall have indicated his intention of exercising such   privilege by staking out so much of said ice as shall  be  required  for   said  purpose,  which  said staking out shall not be required to be done   until the ice has attained a thickness of  four  inches;  and  provided,   also, such owner or lessee shall surround the cuttings and openings made   with  fences  of  bushes or other safeguards to warn all persons of such   cuttings and openings. And, whenever  any  icehouse  is  located  on  an   island  in  said  river,  this  article  shall  apply  to all ice formed   opposite the shores of such island in  both  channels  into  which  said   river  shall  be  divided  by  such  island,  subject  to  the provision   hereinafter contained; and it shall not be lawful for any  person  other   than the owner or lessee of such lands and icehouses, whether located on   the  banks  of the river or on such island, to take possession of or cut   the ice so staked out in  said  river  or  channel  between  the  center   thereof  and  his  lands, and the same is prohibited after such owner or   lessee shall have complied with the foregoing requirements.
NY Gen Bus L § 261 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 16 - Ice 261 - Protection of Rights.

§  261.  Protection  of  rights.  Whenever such ice shall have been so   staked out, all ice lying between the  center  of  the  said  river,  as   hereinafter  defined,  and  such  lands,  or so much thereof as shall be   required for the purpose of filling the  icehouse  erected  thereon,  as   aforesaid,  shall  be  and  become the personal property of the owner or   lessee of such lands and icehouses, and any person trespassing  upon  or   taking the same for commercial purposes or otherwise, shall be liable to   such  owner  or  lessee  for  the value of the ice so taken, and for any   damage, in like manner as for an injury done to any other property,  and   an action may be maintained for a permanent injunction, or for the value   of  the  ice so taken, or for any damage; and a temporary injunction may   be granted, restraining any defendant from trespassing  upon  or  taking   the   said  ice  for  commercial  purposes  or  otherwise,  pending  the   determination of  the  action.    Nothing  contained  in  this  article,   however,  shall  be  construed  as in any manner affecting, impairing or   interfering with the right of any owner, lessee  or  occupant  of  lands   bordering  upon or adjacent to the Hudson river or Catskill creek to the   unrestricted use of the premises owned, leased or occupied  by  him  for   any lawful purpose.
NY Gen Bus L § 262 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 16 - Ice 262 - Center of River Defined.

§  262.  Center  of  river defined. The center of such river is hereby   defined to be a line halfway between low-water mark on the east bank and   low-water mark  on  the  west  bank  of  such  river.  Where  an  island   intervenes,  having  an icehouse or icehouses thereon, the center of the   river, for the purpose of this article, is hereby defined to be  a  line   in  each  channel  into  which  said  river  is thereby divided, halfway   between low-water mark along the shore of  such  island  bordering  upon   such  channel  and  the  banks of such river opposite such island. Where   there are, or shall be, dykes erected along both banks of said river, or   along either shore of such island and also along the bank of said river,   opposite thereto, the center of said river is hereby  defined  to  be  a   line  halfway between said dykes. Where there is, or shall be erected, a   dyke along one shore of such island, or along one  bank  of  said  river   only,  the  center  of said river is hereby defined to be a line halfway   between said dyke and low-water mark along the  opposite  bank  of  said   river,  or  along  the  opposite  shore  of such island, where an island   intervenes.  Nothing in this article shall be construed to  deprive  the   public  from  the  right to travel or drive over such ice for any or all   legitimate purposes whatever.
NY Gen Bus L § 263 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 16 - Ice 263 - Catskill Creek.

§  263.  Catskill  creek.  This article shall apply to lands bordering   upon navigable tide water of the Catskill creek.
NY Gen Bus L § 264 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 16 - Ice 264 - Mohawk Basin, at Green Island.

§  264. Mohawk basin, at Green Island. Whenever the owner or lessee of   lands contiguous to lands of the state bordering on the Mohawk basin  at   Green  Island,  and  lying between the lands of such owner or lessee and   such basin, shall require the ice  formed  in  such  river  between  the   center  thereof  and  such lands of the state for the purpose of filling   any icehouse now erected, or which may at the time of the  formation  of   such  ice  hereafter  be erected, on such lands contiguous to such state   lands, such owner or lessee of such lands and icehouses shall  have  the   exclusive   privilege,  and  without  obtaining  any  permit  under  any   provision of the canal law, of cutting and harvesting  all  the  ice  so   formed  in  such  basin  in  said river in front of and adjacent to such   lands of the state between the same and the center  of  the  basin,  and   opposite such privately owned or leased lands; provided that the nearest   boundary  of said land is not more than fifty (50) feet removed from the   shore line of the basin, and provided such owner or  lessee  shall  have   indicated  his  intention of exercising such privilege by staking out so   much of said ice as shall be required for said  purpose,  which  staking   out shall not be required before the ice has a thickness of four inches,   and provided, also, such owner or lessee shall surround any cuttings and   openings  with  fences of bushes or other safeguards as a warning to all   persons. It shall not be lawful for any person other than the  owner  or   lessee  of such lands and icehouses to take possession of or cut the ice   so staked out within the area covered by the  privilege  above  granted,   and  the  same  is  prohibited  after  such  owner  or lessee shall have   complied with the foregoing requirements. The provisions of section  two   hundred  and sixty-one, relative to ice in the Hudson river, shall apply   to ice within the area staked out in the Mohawk basin  by  an  owner  or   lessee  in  compliance with the provisions of this section. This section   shall not apply to that portion of the land where the  nearest  boundary   recedes more than fifty (50) feet from the shore line of the basin.
NY Gen Bus L § 265 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 16 - Ice 265 - Ice Cutting and Ice Bridges.

§  265.  Ice  cutting and ice bridges. A person or corporation cutting   ice in or upon any waters within the boundaries of this  state  for  the   purpose  of removing the ice for sale or use, must surround the cuttings   and openings made with fences or guards  of  boards  or  other  material   sufficient to form an obstruction to the free passage of persons through   such  fences  or guards into the place where such ice is being cut. Such   fences or guards must be erected at or before the time of commencing the   cuttings or openings, and must be maintained until ice has again  formed   therein  to  the  thickness  of  at least three inches, or until the ice   about such openings has melted or broken up.  Whoever  omits  to  comply   with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Gen Bus L § 270 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17 - Milk Cans 270 - Unlawful Detention of Milk Cans.

§  270.  Unlawful detention of milk cans. No person shall, without the   consent of the owner or shipper, or his agent, use,  sell,  dispose  of,   buy  or traffic in any can, irrespective of its condition, or the use to   which it may have been applied, belonging to any dealer in or shipper of   milk or cream in this state or which may be shipped to any town, village   or city in the state, which can has the name or initials of such  owner,   dealer  or  shipper  stamped,  marked or fastened thereupon, or wilfully   mar, erase or change by re-marking or otherwise such name or initials.If any person, without the consent of such owner, dealer  or  shipper,   or  his agent, uses, sells, disposes of, buys, traffics in or has in his   possession or under his control any such can, it  shall  be  presumptive   evidence  that such use, sale, disposal, purchase, traffic or possession   is unlawful.Any such owner, dealer or shipper, or his agent, may  take  possession   of  any  can  used  in  violation of this article wherever found, and if   filled or partly filled with milk or cream,  and  the  person  in  whose   possession  it  is found does not, when requested, immediately empty the   same, such owner, dealer or shipper, or his agent, may  empty  the  same   into  the  street  or elsewhere, and shall not be liable for damages for   any act done pursuant to the provisions of this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 271 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17 - Milk Cans 271 - Penalty and Action to Recover.

§  271.  Penalty  and  action  to  recover.  Any  person violating any   provision of this article shall forfeit  to  such  owner  or  dealer  or   shipper  or his agent the sum of fifty dollars for every such violation,   and an action may be brought therefor in the  name  of  any  such  agent   without  joining  the  real party in interest that he represents, and in   any such action brought for any such violation different persons may  be   joined  as  plaintiffs, whether jointly or severally interested therein,   and different persons may be  joined  as  defendants  therein  who  have   severally  violated  any  such  provisions, and a recovery may be had in   favor of one or more of such plaintiffs against  one  or  more  of  such   defendants.Such  action  may  be brought in a court of record having jurisdiction   thereof, and the place of trial thereof shall in such case  be  laid  in   the  county  where the defendant resides at the time of the commencement   thereof, or it may be brought in a justice court or other court  not  of   record  having  similar  jurisdiction,  in  the town, city or county for   which such court is constituted and in which the  defendant  resides  at   the  time  of  the  commencement  of the action. Any such action must be   begun within one year after the cause of action accrued.The civil court of the city of New York shall have  jurisdiction  over   actions  brought  under the provisions of this article against residents   of said city and such court and the judges thereof shall in such actions   have and exercise all the powers now conferred by said article on courts   not of record, and the sheriff of the city of New York and the  marshals   of said city shall have to like extent the powers of constables provided   in said article.
NY Gen Bus L § 272 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17 - Milk Cans 272 - Search Warrant.

§ 272. Search warrant. If at the time of the issue of the summons in a   court  not  of record, the plaintiff or his agent make affidavit that he   has reason to believe and does believe that any defendant has  any  such   can  or cans secreted upon his premises, the justice or other magistrate   or court issuing the summons must,  without  requiring  an  undertaking,   grant  an  order for the arrest of the defendant, which order shall also   contain a direction to the officer  to  whom  the  same  is  issued,  to   immediately  search  the  place or premises mentioned in said affidavit,   and if any such can or cans are there found, to bring the same  together   with the defendant or other persons in whose possession said can or cans   are found, before such justice, magistrate or court. The proceedings may   be  amended  at  any  time by adding parties or otherwise as justice may   require; and the judgment may provide for the disposition of the can  or   cans so found.If  upon  the  issue  of  any  such  process,  the constable, or other   officer, shall be unable to find the person or  persons  therein  named,   but  shall  find  any  can or cans, as therein set forth, he shall bring   such can or cans before such justice or magistrate, who shall  thereupon   proceed  to determine the right of such complainant thereto, and if upon   such hearing had thereon he shall be satisfied that  such  can  or  cans   rightfully  belong  to  such  complainant, or that he is entitled to the   possession thereof,  he  shall  forthwith  deliver  the  same  into  his   possession or the possession of his agent.
NY Gen Bus L § 273 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17 - Milk Cans 273 - Railroad or Steamboat Company May Act as Agent of Owner.

§  273.  Railroad or steamboat company may act as agent of owner.  The   several superintendents of the railroad companies, and the branches  and   connections thereof, and steamboat lines operating their roads or lines,   or  any  portion  thereof,  in  this  state shall have power to collect,   gather and take into  possession  from  any  person  or  whenever  found   thereupon,  any cans belonging to any such owner, dealer or shipper, and   return the same to such owner, dealer or  shipper  and  may  appoint  an   agent for that purpose, and such superintendent and such agent appointed   by  him shall have the same power and authority under this article as an   agent of such owner, dealer or shipper.The certificate of such  superintendent  appointing  such  agent  duly   acknowledged  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  the  appointment and   authority of such agent.
NY Gen Bus L § 274 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17 - Milk Cans 274 - Assistance of Police Officer or Constable.

§   274.  Assistance  of  police  officer  or  constable.  Any  person   authorized by this article to seize and take into his or her  possession   any  such  cans  may,  in case of resistance, call to his or her aid any   police officer or constable of the town, village or city who shall  when   so  called  on assist him or her in seizing or taking possession of such   cans.
NY Gen Bus L § 275 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 275 - Definitions.

§ 275. Definitions. As used in this article:  (a)  "Name,  mark  or  device"  means any word, name, symbol, picture, design or any combination thereof, produced upon, and used by  a  person to indicate ownership of vessels, receptacles or utensils.  (b)  "Person"  means  any  individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, union or other organization.  (c) "Produced  upon"  means  branded,  stamped,  stenciled,  engraved, etched, blown, embossed, impressed, or otherwise permanently placed upon any vessel, receptacle or utensil.  (d)  "Vessels,  receptacles  and  utensils"  include  all packages and containers and accessories used in selling or distributing  any  natural or   processed   product,   compound,  mixture,  or  substance,  or  any combination thereof, and designed and intended for re-use by the  person filing hereunder in the normal course of trade, and includes, but is not limited  to,  bottles, jars, milk or cream dispensers, siphons or siphon heads, kegs, pails, cans and closures therefor,  boxes,  cases,  crates, freezers,  tubs,  refrigeration  boxes,  blocks, moulds, trays, pans and tanks.  (e) For purposes of this article, a name, mark or device is  "used  in this  state"  when  it  is  produced  upon  the  vessels, receptacles or utensils and the vessels, receptacles or  utensils  are  placed  in  the channels of trade.  (f)  The use of the singular and plural shall be inclusive each of the other to carry out the intent and purpose of this article.
NY Gen Bus L § 276 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 276 - Filing of Statement.

§  276.  Filing  of statement. A person who uses in this state a name, mark or device to indicate ownership of vessels, receptacles or utensils may file in the office of the secretary  of  state,  on  a  form  to  be furnished  or approved by him, a statement subscribed by such person and affirmed by him as true, under the penalties of perjury  setting  forth, but not limited to, the following information:  (a)  The name and business address of the person filing the statement; and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation.  (b) The nature of the business of the person filing.  (c) The type of vessels, receptacles and utensils in  connection  with which the name, mark or device is used.   The  statement  shall  include  or be accompanied by a copy, specimen, facsimile or counterpart of such name, mark or device in  quadruplicate, together with a filing fee of fifty dollars.
NY Gen Bus L § 277 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 277 - Certificate of Filing.

§  277.  Certificate of filing.  Upon compliance with the requirements   of this article, the secretary of state shall cause a certificate to  be   issued and delivered to the person filing the statement. The certificate   shall  be  issued  over  the signature of the secretary of state and the   seal of the department of state, and it shall show the name and business   address of the person claiming ownership of the vessels, receptacles  or   utensils  upon which the name, mark or device is produced; the nature of   the business of the person filing; the type of vessels,  receptacles  or   utensils on which the name, mark or device is produced and used; a copy,   specimen, facsimile or counterpart of such name, mark or device as filed   in  the  secretary of state's office, or a reproduction thereof; and the   filing date.Any certificate issued under the provisions hereof and duly  certified   by  the  secretary of state, or a certified copy of the statement filed,   shall be admissible in evidence in any action or judicial proceedings in   any court of this state as competent and sufficient proof of the  filing   pursuant  to  this  article,  and  shall  be prima facie evidence of the   ownership by the person filing hereunder of all vessels, receptacles and   utensils upon which such name, mark or device is produced.
NY Gen Bus L § 278 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 278 - Filing Under Prior Law.

§  278.  Filing under prior law. At the end of twelve months following   the effective date of this article, the secretary of state shall  cancel   all  certificates  issued  under  sections three hundred sixty and three   hundred sixty-one of article twenty-four of the  general  business  law,   unless  a  new  statement  shall  have  been  filed  under this article;   provided, however, that such certificates issued under  such  prior  law   shall  remain  in  full force and effect and shall be entitled to all of   the benefits of this article during said twelve months' period or  until   the said statement has been filed.
NY Gen Bus L § 279 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 279 - Assignment.

§  279. Assignment. The certificate of the filing of any name, mark or   device under this article and the benefits obtained thereunder shall  be   assignable  with  the  sale  of  the vessels, receptacles or utensils on   which the same are produced and used. Assignments  shall  be  made  upon   forms  supplied  by the secretary of state, which shall be duly executed   and may be recorded upon the payment of a fee of fifty  dollars  payable   to the secretary of state who, after recording the assignment, may, upon   request of the assignee, issue in his name a new certificate.
NY Gen Bus L § 279-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 279-A - Records.

§  279-a.  Records.  The  secretary  of  state  shall  keep for public   examination a record of all names, marks or  devices  filed  under  this   article.
NY Gen Bus L § 279-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 279-B - Cancellation.

§  279-b.  Cancellation.  The secretary of state shall cancel from the register:  (1) Any certificate concerning which  the  secretary  of  state  shall receive  a  voluntary  request  for cancellation thereof from the person filing or from the assignee;  (2)  Any  certificate  in  respect  of  which  a  court  of  competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation on any legal or equitable ground.
NY Gen Bus L § 279-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 279-C - Deposits on Vessels, Receptacles or Utensils.

§  279-c. Deposits on vessels, receptacles or utensils. The requiring,   taking, paying or accepting of any deposit  for  any  purpose  upon  any   vessel,  receptacle  or utensil shall not be deemed to constitute a sale   of such property, either optional or otherwise, for the purposes of this   article.
NY Gen Bus L § 279-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 17-A - Filing of Names, Marks and Devices Used on Certain Vessels, Receptacles and Utensils 279-D - Prohibited Acts.

§  279-d.  Prohibited  acts.  It  is  hereby declared unlawful for any   person to fill or use, to give, buy, take, destroy,  sell  or  otherwise   dispose  of, or traffic in, vessels, receptacles or utensils, upon which   a name, mark or device which has been filed hereunder  is  produced,  or   refuse  to  return  such  vessel, receptacle or utensil on demand of the   owner, or to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove  or   conceal  any  such  name,  mark  or  device, unless in each case written   consent of the owner is obtained or unless the vessels,  receptacles  or   utensils shall have been purchased from the said owner.