Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 435 — Ferries Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Ferries Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

No person shall establish, keep or use any ferry for the conveyance or passage of persons or property, for profit or hire, unless he shall be licensed as directed by this Act, under the penalty of $5 for each day the same is maintained, and $3 for each person and each article of property so conveyed, to be forfeited to…

Any person may petition the county board for license to keep a ferry, and if said board shall deem such ferry necessary, it shall order the county clerk to issue a license to such person, upon his paying the fee therefor to be fixed by the board, and giving bonds as provided in this act: Provided, that no person shall…

Where the ferry is to be established between two counties, the petition shall be addressed to the county boards of both counties, and the concurrence of both of such boards shall be necessary to the granting of the license, fixing the tolls and prescribing the regulations of the ferry; but a separate license shall be i…

No license shall be granted to establish a ferry unless the petitioner shall give notice of his intended application by publication in some newspaper published in the county for at least four weeks successively next preceding the session of the county board at which the application shall be made, or if no newspaper is…

No such license shall be granted to any person other than the owner of the land adjoining to or embracing the water over which the ferry is to be established, unless such owner shall neglect to apply for such license, after notice by the applicant, at least four weeks before the sitting of the county board, of his inte…

When several such owners apply, the county board may grant the license to any one or more of them as it shall deem best

When several such owners apply, the county board may grant the license to any one or more of them as it shall deem best. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

Before the delivery of any license, the person to whom the same is granted shall give bond, payable to the People of the State of Illinois, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county clerk, in such sum as the county board shall order, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as ferryman according…

The term for which a ferry license shall continue shall be fixed by the county board at the time of granting the license, not exceeding ten years, but the same may be renewed from time to time upon petition, without the notice hereinbefore required, upon giving such bond, and paying such license fee as may be required…

The license fee to be fixed by the county board in any case shall be such sum as the said board shall think proper, not less than $5, nor exceeding $300, but such license fee shall not be in lieu of taxes upon the property, or franchise of such ferry, but the same shall be subject to be assessed and taxed as other prop…

The county board shall fix the rate of ferriage at each ferry, and may at any time alter the same, having regard to the breadth and situation of the stream or other water course, and the publicity of the ferry, and may prescribe regulations for the management of such ferry. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

Every keeper of a ferry who shall at any time take or demand more than the toll allowed as aforesaid, shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved the sum of $5, and such amount as he shall have illegally taken. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

Every keeper of a ferry shall keep a list of the legal rates of ferriage, printed, or written in a legible hand, constantly posted up in some public place at the ferry or ferry house, where the same can be easily seen and read by passengers. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

If any keeper of a ferry fails to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, he shall, for every day such list is not posted up, forfeit not less than $10 to the county

If any keeper of a ferry fails to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, he shall, for every day such list is not posted up, forfeit not less than $10 to the county. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

Every keeper of a ferry shall provide proper wharves, causeways or other conveniences and safeguards, for the embarking and landing of passengers, teams, horses, cattle, and other property in safety, and without unnecessary delay. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

He shall keep the ferry at all times in good repair, and shall faithfully attend thereto, with such and so many sufficient and safe boats and so many competent men, and proper implements, as shall be necessary to operate such ferry for the proper accommodation of the public. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

If any keeper of a ferry shall fail to perform any of his duties under the two preceding sections, he shall forfeit to the county $10 for each day during the continuance of such failure

If any keeper of a ferry shall fail to perform any of his duties under the two preceding sections, he shall forfeit to the county $10 for each day during the continuance of such failure. If such failure be continued for the space of three weeks, or if the ferry shall be abandoned, disused or unfrequented for the space…

Every keeper of a ferry shall afford safe and speedy passage to all persons and their teams and property, from daylight in the morning until dark in the evening of each day, unless delay is necessary for repairs, and during such further time as may be required by the county board, and shall, at any hour in the night, w…

All persons shall be received into such ferryboat or other vessels, as aforesaid, and conveyed across the water course over which the same shall be established, according to their arrival or first coming to the said ferry: Provided, that all public officers, or such as go on public or urgent occasion, as post riders, c…

If any keeper of a ferry shall fail to perform any of his duties under the two preceding sections, he shall, for each offense, forfeit to the person aggrieved the sum of $3, and shall be liable for all damages occasioned thereby. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 530.)

All ferries heretofore established and confirmed over the Ohio, to the proprietors of land on the western shore of said river, as well as all other ferries which have, at any time, been established over any other of the lakes, rivers, creeks or other water courses within the limits or upon the borders of this state, an…

Whoever, not being licensed to maintain a ferry, or authorized by law so to do, shall run any boat or other craft for the purpose of conveying passengers across any river or other water course, within three miles of any ferry which now is or hereafter shall be established, pursuant to this act, except as hereinafter al…

The penalties herein provided for may be recovered in a civil action in the circuit court of the county where the offense is committed

The penalties herein provided for may be recovered in a civil action in the circuit court of the county where the offense is committed. (Source: P.A. 79-1362.)

When it shall be necessary, for the establishment or use of any ferry, to take or damage private property, for a landing, ferryhouse, or approach to any ferry, proceedings may be had for that purpose under any act that may then be in force for the exercise of the right of eminent domain, subject to all restrictions tha…

Eminent domain

Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)