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FERRIES.
[CHAP. XII.

For each one horse, mule, and buggy with driver, 50

For each led horse or mule, 15

For loose cattle, per head, 10

For sheep and hogs, per head, 05

For each hundred weight of merchandise, 10

For each thousand feet of lumber, 75

Sect. 4. That said incorporators shall, within one year after the passage of this act, file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which said ferry is situated, a bond to said registrar in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, with one or more sureties, conditioned that he will fulfil all the duties that are imposed upon him in this act, and in case of a failure or neglect to do so, he shall forfeit all the benefits that might have accrued to him from this act.

Sect. 5. Any person who shall sustain any injury from the negligence or default of said parties, or of the ferryman in their employ [may] have a remedy by a civil action upon the bond required in this act.

Sect. 6. The legislative assembly do hereby reserve the right to repeal said charter whenever the said incorporators shall fail to comply with the provisions of this charter.

Sect. 7. This act shall be in force from and after its passage, and approval [by] the governor.

Approved April 30, 1862.

W. JAYNE, Governor.




CHAPTER 13.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A FERRY ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER OPPOSITE IONIA IN NEBRASKA.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Section 1. That Loren T. Hill, his heirs and assigns, be, and they are hereby, granted the exclusive privilege to establish and keep a ferry across the Missouri river opposite Ionia in Dixon county, Nebraska Territory, or at any point within two miles and a half by way of the river above and below,