72 - Change of ownership, name or hailing place.

§  72.  Change  of  ownership,  name  or  hailing  place.  Should  the  ownership, name or hailing place of a float change after state registry,  the owner of the float shall make new application  in  form  similar  to  that required for original registry and upon receipt of such application  the  corporation  shall  issue  a  new state certificate of registry and  record the same in its office. The owner or owners of a commercial float  found navigating the canal system, the ownership, name or hailing  place  of  which  shall  have  been  changed  without  proper  application  for  re-registry to the corporation, shall, upon due proof thereof be subject  to a penalty to the people of the state of New York not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars recoverable by the attorney general in an action in any  court of competent jurisdiction.