The corporation may, in its discretion, remit either absolutely, or on such conditions as it shall prescribe, any forfeiture incurred by a violation of any provision of this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations established by it, on the written petition of the person liable for the forfeiture, with due proof of the facts on which the application for the remission is founded, which petition and proof and the order thereon shall be filed and preserved in the office of the department of audit and control.
N.Y. Canal Law § 133