Section 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.