Sect. 5. A list of the above rates shall be placed by said owners upon the ferry-boat, or on some conspicuous place near the landing; and, if the owner or owners tax and receive from any person a greater sum than is herein allowed for ferrying, he or they shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved the sum of ten dollars for each offence, and suit for the recovery of the same may be commenced by action of debt before a justice of the peace, in the name of the party so aggrieved.
Sect. 6. Any person or persons crossing or ferrying any person or property across said Missouri river, within the above-named limits for compensation, shall be deemed guilty of an infringement of the privilege, and shall forfeit and pay to owners of said ferry ten dollars for each person, or article of property so carried over said river, to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the owners of said ferry.
Sect. 7. This legislative assembly reserves the right to repeal said charter, provided said parties do not fulfil all the provisions of this charter.
Sect. 8. This act to be in full force from and after its passage.
Approved April 5, 1852.
CHAPTER 15.
AN ACT GRANTING M. M. RICH A FERRY CHARTER ACROSS BIG SIOUX RIVER.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That M. M. Rich, his heirs, executors, and assigns, shall have the exclusive privilege for the period of ten years of keeping and maintaining a ferry across the Big Sioux river, at a point to be selected by him on his, said M. M. Rich's claim, in the county of Cole; and no other ferry shall be established within one mile above and below the same.
