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§ 27-87-201. Taking toll without license — Penalty

If any person shall keep any ferry over any navigable stream, for which he or she shall charge any person any money or any other valuable thing, without complying with the provisions of this chapter in relation to obtaining license, he or she shall forfeit and pay to every other person having a licensed ferry […]

§ 27-87-202. License — Navigable waterways generally

(a) No person shall keep any ferry over or across any public navigable stream or lake so as to charge any compensation for crossing the stream or lake without first procuring a license from the county court of the county in which the ferry is situated. (b) Any person wishing to establish a ferry across […]

§ 27-87-203. License — Stream on county boundary

If any navigable stream or lake shall form a portion of the boundary of any county, so that one bank is in one county and the other is in a different county at the place where it is proposed to erect a ferry, a license shall be had from the county court for the ferry […]

§ 27-87-204. Operation by advertisement

(a) Any person wishing to put into operation any public ferry when the county court is not in session may do so by putting up an advertisement at the ferry, stating that he or she intends to apply at the next county court for a license for the ferry, and he or she may charge […]

§ 27-87-205. Tax — Assessment

(a) Before any ferry shall be established, the court shall determine what tax shall be paid by the applicant for the privilege of the ferry, which shall not be less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) It shall be the duty of the county courts to levy a tax […]

§ 27-87-206. License — Issuance

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court, immediately after the assessment of any tax for ferry privileges by the court, to issue a license for the ferrykeeper to whom the privileges were granted and to deliver it to the sheriff and charge him or her with the amount thereof, in […]

§ 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.

§ 27-87-209. 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 […]