Sect. 4. If the said parties to whom these grants are given, fail in any of the provisions of this charter, then this legislative assembly reserves the right to repeal said charters.
Sect. 5. This act to take effect from and after its passage, and approval by the governor.
Approved April 5, 1862.
CHAPTER 17.
AN ACT GRANTING TO ARTHUR C. VAN METER AND HIS HEIRS, A CHARTER TO KEEP A FERRY ACROSS THE VERMILION RIVER.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That Arthur C. Van Meter, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall have the exclusive privilege, for the period of ten years, of keeping and maintaining a ferry across the Vermilion river, in the Territory of Dakota, at a point on said river, commencing where his ferry now is situated, opposite his dwelling-house, and extending up and down said river, as far as the land now claimed by him extends along the Vermilion river.
Sect. 2. That said Arthur C. Van Meter, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall, within six months 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 county, for the use of the public, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by said register, conditioned that he, the said Arthur C. Van Meter, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, will fulfil all the duties that are imposed upon him, or them, in this act; and in case of his or their failure or neglect to do so, he or they shall forfeit all the benefits that might have accrued to him or them from this act.
Sect. 3. That said Arthur C. Van Meter, his heirs, exec-
