No Canal Corporation official or employee shall act as agent for shippers, boat owners, or freighting firms engaged in canal commerce, or receive directly or indirectly any compensation from any shipper, boat owner, firm, or any person for procuring freight on freight boats. Such information as may be available as to freight to be shipped or as to freight boats will be furnished by the Canal Corporation to all applicants without charge of any kind.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 150.7