§ 40. Acquisition of property. 1. The acquisition of property necessary for purposes of the improvement, use, maintenance, control, management or repair of the canal system, shall be pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law by the corporation or by the commissioner of transportation at the request of the corporation. 2. The […]
§ 41. Acquisition of cemeteries. Whenever in the judgment of the corporation, it is necessary for the purposes of improving, maintaining or repairing the canal system, to appropriate any property occupied by graves, burial places, cemeteries or other places of interment of human remains, the corporation may acquire such property in the manner and by […]
§ 42. Removal of encroachments. The corporation is authorized to cause to be removed from canal property any building, part of a building or structure erected, placed, maintained or otherwise occupying such canal property, if, in its opinion, the removal is necessary for the improvement, use, maintenance, control, management, repair or operation of the canal […]
§ 43. Exchange of property. In order to facilitate the acquisition of property as defined in this article, and which, in the judgment of the corporation, will be in the public interest and necessary for canal purposes, payment for such property may be made by means of an exchange therefor of property found to be […]
§ 44. When applied. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect any proceeding or appropriation now pending for the acquisition of any property for the purposes of the canal system of the state of New York, and any such proceeding or appropriation shall be continued to termination pursuant to the statute under which such […]
