Michigan Compiled Laws R-s-1846-255-1-29 Chapter 29 Chapter 29. Of The Regulation Of Ferries. (255.1...255.12)

• Section 255.1 Board Of Supervisors; Ferries; Grant Of License, Term.
  The board of supervisors of each of the counties of this state may grant licenses for keeping ferries in their respective counties, to as...
• Section 255.2 Board Of Supervisors; Ferries; Rates, Hours Of Service, Regulations.
  The said board when they shall grant any license to keep a ferry, shall order and direct the rates of ferriage which the person...
• Section 255.5 Bond To State; Filing.
  Every person applying for such license shall, before the same be granted, give bond to the people of this state in such penal sum...
• Section 255.6 Record Of License By County Clerk, Copy To Licensee.
  Every such license shall be entered by the county clerk in a suitable book in his office; and a copy of such license, attested...
• Section 255.7 County Line Waters; License.
  Whenever the waters over which any ferry may be used, shall divide 2 counties, a license obtained in either of the counties, shall be...
• Section 255.8 Violation Of Bond; Penalty, Prosecution.
  Every person who shall violate such bond shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be subject to such fine...
• Section 255.9 Ferrying Without License; Penalty.
  If any person shall use any ferry for transporting across any river, stream or lake, persons, goods, chattels or effects, for profit or hire,...
• Section 255.10 County Line Waters; Prosecution By Either County.
  When any offense mentioned in either of the 2 last preceding sections, shall be committed on waters dividing 2 counties, the persons so offending...
• Section 255.11 Scope Of Chapter.
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect or impair any right or privilege belonging to any individual or corporation, by virtue of any law...
• Section 255.12 Ferry Landings Deemed Public Highways.
  Ferry landings shall be deemed public highways, and may be laid out, constructed, maintained, altered, or discontinued in the same manner, and shall in...

Last modified: October 10, 2016