Fares and tolls . Section 2. The commissioners shall establish at each ferry the fares or tolls for passengers, horses, vehicles and other things there ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 3

Sufficiency and safety of boats . Section 3. Each ferryman shall keep sufficient and safe boats in good repair and shall give ready attendance on ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 4

Remedy for damage from negligence or default of ferryman . Section 4. Whoever suffers damage by the negligence or default of a ferryman may recover ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 5

Keeping ferry without license; liability . Section 5. Whoever without license keeps a ferry and demands or receives pay or toll therefor shall forfeit not ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 6

Maintenance of ferry by towns . Section 6. If the commissioners determine that it is necessary to establish a ferry, and no person appears to ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 7

Apportionment of expense of maintenance of ferry . Section 7. The commissioners may, either when such ferry is established between two towns or thereafter, upon ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 8

Negligence in maintaining ferry . Section 8. A town which neglects to maintain a ferry as provided in the two preceding sections shall forfeit not ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 9

Certificate of character of load . Section 9. The master of a boat laden with goods, wares or merchandise which enters the waters of a ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 10

False statement as to quantity or quality of goods laden . Section 10. Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud such proprietors makes or causes ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 11

Examination of load . Section 11. A collector of tolls on a canal may detain a boat and cause the goods, wares and merchandise laden ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 12

Fencing dangerous canals . Section 12. The city council of a city or the selectmen of a town may, for the purpose of determining whether ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 13

Failure to comply with fencing order . Section 13. If such order of the city council or selectmen is not complied with within sixty days ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 14

Laying out or alteration of common landing places; erection and maintenance of structures thereon . Section 14. In every city or town where the tide ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 15

Failure to lay out; appeal to county commissioners . Section 15. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the selectmen of a town to lay ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 16

Ascertainment of location of common landing place . Section 16. Upon the representation of ten or more inhabitants of a county to the county commissioners ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 17

Discontinuance; appeal . Section 17. A town at a meeting called for the purpose may discontinue any common landing place laid out under this chapter. ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 18

Recognizance for costs . Section 18. Before any action is taken upon an appeal under section fifteen or seventeen the appellants shall cause a sufficient ...

Massachusetts General Laws - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings - Chapter 88, Section 19

Use of common landing places . Section 19. The city council of a city and the selectmen of a town may make rules and regulations ...

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