Chap. 62.—An ACT to establish a ferry across the James river at
Claremont, Surry county, Virginia.

Approved February 1, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for J. Frank Maucha and Granville Smith, of
the county of Surry, to establish and keep a ferry across James
river, from some point at or near the town of Claremont, in
said Surry county, to some convenient point on the opposite
shore, at or near Sandy Point Landing, in Charles City
county : provided that the said J. Frank Maucha and Gran-
ville Smith, their heirs or assigns, shall, within twelve months
from the date of the passage of this act, provide and have in
readiness for use at the ferry at least one boat, of dimensions
sufficient for the transportation of any ordinary vehicle, and
shall have in readiness sufficient hands for the proper and safe
management of such boat.

2. Unless the county courts of Surry and Charles City
counties shall, after due proceedings in said courts, fix other
rates of ferriage, the rates of ferriage at said ferry shall be as
follows, to-wit . For every person, twenty-five cents; for every
horse, mule, ass, work-ox or head of neat cattle, twenty-five
cents; for every sheep, goat or hog, ten cents; for every vehicle,
twenty-five cents for each wheel thereof.

3. The ferry hereby authorized to be established, shall be
subject to all the rules, regulations, conditions and penalties
prescribed by general statutes, now in force or hereafter
enacted, governing ferries established under the provisions
of chapter sixty-four of the Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three ; and the proprietors of said ferry shall be en-
titled to the rights, privileges, and remedies given as such
under said statutes; and for all purposes the said ferry shall
be deemed to have been established under the provisions of
said chapter of said Code: provided, however, that the fran-
chise hereby granted shall also at all times be subject to the
control of the general assembly, and may at any time be
amended by it. |

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.