CHAPTER 11.
AN ACT GRANTING FERRY CHARTERS ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That Josiah Whitcomb and Preston M. Hotchkiss, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, shall have the exclusive privilege, for the period of ten years, of keeping and maintaining a ferry across the Missouri river in said territory, at a point on the Missouri river nearly opposite Ponka in Nebraska Territory, and for the distance of three miles above and below said point.
Sect. 2. That said parties shall at all times keep a safe and good boat or boats in good repair, for the accommodation of all persons wishing to cross said ferry, and shall give prompt and ready attention to all passengers or teams on all occasions, from sunrise to sunset, except in tempestuous weather.
Sect. 3. The rates charged for crossing said ferry shall not exceed the following, to wit:
For two horses, mules, ortoxen, and wagon with driver, $1 00
To each additional pair of horses, mules, or oxen, 30
For each two horses or mules, and buggy with driver, 75
For each one horse or mule, with buggy and driver, 50
For each led horse or mule, 25
For loose cattle, per head, 15
For sheep and hogs, per head, 10
For each hundred weight of freight and merchandise, 10
For each thousand feet of lumber, 1 00
Sect. 4. That said incorporation shall, within six months after the passage of this act, file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the clerk of the county commissioners within which said ferry is situated, a bond to said board, with one or more sureties, to be approved by said board, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned that they will fulfil all the duties that are imposed upon them in this act; and in case
