§ 27-87-209. Tax or charge — Stream on state boundary
When a navigable stream makes a part of the boundary line of this state, if any tax or charge shall be assessed or collected by any adjoining state for the privilege of a ferry landing on the shore or bank of another state from this state, then the same tax or duty shall be assessed […]
§ 27-87-301. Requirement and terms
The county court shall have authority and is required to compel all persons who are authorized to keep a public ferry to give bond and good security in such sum as the court may deem sufficient to the judge of the county court and his or her successors in office. This bond shall be conditioned […]
§ 27-87-302. Damages
If any persons sustaining damage by reason of a ferrykeeper not having complied with the conditions of bond, the persons sustaining the damage may bring suit against the ferrykeeper on the bond in the name of the judge of the county court and recover for such nonperformance of the conditions so much damage as they […]
§ 27-87-303. Liability of sureties
In all cases of recoveries against ferrykeepers for violations of this chapter, if after judgment execution shall be returned that there are no goods and chattels of the ferrykeeper whereupon to levy and make the money demanded in the execution, the justice shall issue a scire facias against the sureties of the ferrykeeper. If the […]
§ 27-87-401. Regulation — Fines
(a) The toll of ferries that are established shall at all times be subject to regulation by the county court in which the ferry may be kept. (b) Every keeper of a ferry shall keep constantly posted in some conspicuous place at the ferry the rates of toll allowed to be charged. If any ferrykeeper […]
§ 27-87-402. Record — Distribution
(a) The court shall state on its record the rates of toll or ferriage which may be demanded for ferrying passengers, vehicles, beasts, and other property usually transported by ferries. (b) The clerk shall make out a copy of ferriage rates under his or her official signature and give it to the person procuring a […]
§ 27-87-403. Ferries in competition with state-owned toll bridges
(a) All ferries operating in competition with state-owned toll bridges shall be subject to regulation as to ferry rates by the State Highway Commission and the rates to be charged shall be the same as the traffic rates prevailing upon the state-owned toll bridge with which the ferry is operated in competition. (b) Any ferrykeeper […]
§ 27-87-207. Tax — Failure to pay
(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff to present the licenses named in § 27-87-206 to the proper ferryman within twenty (20) days after they are issued. (b) If the amount is not paid, the sheriff shall retain the license. (c) Twenty (20) days thereafter, if the amount is still unpaid, it shall […]
§ 27-87-208. Tax — Sheriff’s settlement
The sheriff shall settle for the amount collected by him or her for ferry tax in the manner and at the time that he or she is required to settle for other revenue of the county.
§ 27-87-101. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Public ferries” means all ferries upon or over any public navigable streams in this state; and (2) “Navigable streams” includes all lakes within this state that have been meandered in making the public surveys of the United States lands and retained as public property […]