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N.Y. NAV Law § 39

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Motor boat regulation on Lake George

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§ 39. Motor boat regulation on Lake George. 1. Definitions. The term\n"motor boat" shall be deemed to mean and include a mechanically\npropelled vessel having a source of power other than propulsion by wind\npropelled sail or human propelled oar or paddle. The term shall also\ninclude a craft temporarily or permanently equipped with a detachable\nmotor, commonly known as an "outboard" motor boat.\n 2. No motor boat shall be operated in the stream and marshland south\nof the Dunham's Bay highway bridge (Route 9L) south of a point which is\napproximately eighteen hundred feet south of the south side of the Route\n9L Dunham's Bay highway bridge, at which point there will be anchored in\nthe water two large floating buoys warning that motor boats are\nprohibited beyond said point.\n 3. No motor boat shall be operated in the stream and marshland south\nof the point where 9L crosses the Warner Bay inlet stream south of a\npoint which is approximately one thousand feet south of the south side\nof Route 9L at the center of its crossing over the Warner Bay inlet\nstream at which point there will be anchored in the water two large\nfloating buoys warning that motor boats are prohibited beyond said\npoint.\n 4. No motor boat shall be operated in the stream or marshland in\nHarris Bay of Lake George south of Route 9L, and warning buoys shall be\ninstalled in the open water area south of Route 9L.\n 5. The expense attached to the purchase of the buoys, mentioned in\nsubdivisions two, three and four of this section, which after their\ninstallation shall become part of the Lake George buoyage system, shall\nbe payable from moneys available therefor by appropriation and from\nmoneys, if any, contributed by persons, towns and counties interested.\n 6. Penalties for violations. A person violating any of the provisions\nof this section shall be deemed guilty of a violation and punishable by\na fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than\nten days or by both such fine and imprisonment.\n

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