commencing at a point opposite the foot of Green street in said town of Ionia. Said privileges granted herein shall continue for the term of ten years from the passage of this act.
Sect. 2. Said Loren T. Hill, his heirs and assigns, shall be allowed the following rate of ferriage:
For two horses, mules, or oxen, and wagon, $1 00
Each additional pair of horses, mules, or oxen, 25
Each horse, mule, and rider, 30
Each horse or mule, led, 25
Loose cattle, per head, 10
Footman, 10
Sheep and hogs, per head, 05
Each hundred weight of freight, 10
One thousand feet of lumber, 1 00
Each horse or mule, and buggy, 75
Sect. 3. This legislative assembly hereby reserves the right to repeal said charter, if said L. T. Hill does not keep a good and sufficient boat, and run the same at all times when said river is passable.
Sect. 4. That said incorporation 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 register in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, with one or more sureties, conditioned that he will fulfil [sic] all the duties that are imposed upon him in this act, and in case of his 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 party, or of the ferryman in his employ, may have a remedy by a civil action upon the bond required in this act.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 10, 1862.
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