Section 39. Motor boat regulation on Lake George  


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