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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. 549 cation shall be made: Provided, When application shall be made for · the renewal of the license, where the former license has expired, the same may beligranted or renewed without lprevious notice or petition. Sec. 344. very person applying for a xcense to keep a ferry shall, ,,,§§§§f“""“g °‘ “¥* before the same is issued, enter into a bond or undertakin to the United States, with one or more sureties, to be approved by Ehe commissioner, in a sum not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, conditioned that such person will keep the ferry according to law, the bond to be filed in the office of the commissioner; and if default shall at any time be made in the condition of such bond or undertaking, damages, not exceeding the penalty, may be recovered by any person aggrieved. _ Seo. 345. Every person obtaining a license to keep a ferry shall ,eg°$,°,f;§,,,,§f‘“°’ °' pggvide and keep in good and complete repair the necessary boat or ts for the safe conveyance of all persons and propertly, and furnish such boats at all times with suitab e oars, setting plc es, andother implements necessary for the service thereof, an s all keep a sutlicient number of discreet and skillful men to attend and manage the same; and he shall also at all times keep the place of embarking and landing in good order and retpair by cutting away the bank of the lake or stream so that persons an progrty may be embarked and landed without dangpfhor unnecessary de  ‘ Sec. 346. enever the commiss oner of any precinct shall rant a ”;¢;2¤g¤¤,;¤jgP¢¤ {gg; license to keep a ferry across anly lake or stream e shall establish the rm illegal mi? rates of ferriage which may be awfully demanded for the transports.- tion of persons and -propert& across the same, having due rl§ard to the breadth and situation of e stream and the dangers and d' culties incident thereto, and the publicity of the place at w ich the same shall have been established; and every keeper of a ferry who shall at any ·time demand and receive more than the amount so designated for ferrying shall forfeit and gay to the party aggrieved for eve such offense the sum of five dol rs over and above the amount whidvh hall have been illegally received, to be recovered before any commissioner having jurisdiction. ‘ - Sec. 347. The commissioners of the_ several precincts be, and they uggwesfggggmy are hereby., authorized to fix, alter, and establish from time to time ` the rates of ferriageto be levied and collected at all ferries now established or hereafter to be established by law within or bordering upon the precinct lines of any of the precincts in said district. Sec. 348. Every lpgson licensed to keep a ferry shall post up in Liga of r¤¤>¤ gv be some conspicuousp near his ferry landing)a written or printed list pm up um my of the rates of ferriage which are chargea le by law at the ferry, which list of rates shal at all times be written in a plain, legible manner and posted up so near. the place wherebdpersons shall pass across such ferry that the same may be easily re ; and if at any time such keelger shall neglect or refuse to post and keep up such list it shall not be wful to charge or take any ferriage or compensation at such ferry during the time of such delinquency. Sec. 349. All persons shall be received into the feripboats and con- m*;g;¤g;¤_g<j1?(};°g;d*§A°{¥ veyed across the stream over which such ferry shal be established penalty at ma. ’ according to their arrival at the same· and if any keeper of a ferry shall act contraryto this regulation he hall forfeit and pay the sum of three dollars for every such offense to the party aggrieved, to be recovered before any commissioner having ]urisdiction: Provided, Public officers on urgent business, postriders, couriers, physicians, surgeons, and midwives shall in all cases .be first carried over where all caré not go atEthe same timeil gd k f  h k Ec. 350. ve rson `cens _ to ee a e accor 'ng to the siF°"'Y °¤P•=*·¤¤°l¤· provisions of thi?cli):pter shall have the egclusivrdtyprivilege of trans- ve rightmmnspom porting all persons and property over and .across the stream where