Section 85. Construction across and along canals, rivers and creeks

No
  pipe line shall be constructed upon or across any of the canals of  this
  state,  except  by  the  consent of and in the manner and upon the terms
  prescribed by the, commissioner of  transportation,  unless  constructed
  upon  a  fixed  bridge  across  such  canal, and with the consent of the
  person for whose benefit such bridge is constructed and  maintained,  or
  upon  such  a bridge over the canal, at the crossing of a public highway
  or  street,  with  the  consent  of  the  public  officers  having   the
  supervision  thereof,  or of the municipal authorities of any village or
  city within whose limits such bridge may be, nor shall the pipes of  any
  such corporation be laid through or along the banks of any of the canals
  of  this state, nor through or under any of its rivers or creeks, unless
  such pipes shall be encased, so as to prevent leakage, in such manner as
  shall be approved by the commissioner of transportation.