New York Laws
Article 11 - Canal Employees
111 - Ineligibility to Appointment on the Canals.

ยง 111. Ineligibility to appointment on the canals. No person owning
any hydraulic works dependent upon the canals for their supply of water,
or employed in or connected with any such works, or engaged in
transporting property upon the canals or owning or otherwise interested
in boats navigating the canals, shall be employed upon the canals.