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10. Whenever such contract shall be made, the county com-
missioners or mayor shall take bond from the contractor for the
faithful discharge of his duty, and shall establish the rates of
ferriage to be charged by him, from all persons not entitled to
pass free, as directed in the next succeeding section; but this
section shall not authorize the county commissioners or mayor
to contract for keeping a ferry, at any place where a ferry is
already established and kept.

11. The county commissioners or mayor, at the time of grant-
ing any license to keep the same, shall ascertain the price of
ferriage for passengers, horses, mules and cattle, sheep and hogs,
and the several kinds of carriages, (not allowing any thing for
the baggage of passengers,) at every ferry by them licensed or
let by contract, and shall direct how many and what kind of
boats shall be kept, and what number of able bodied and skilful
hands shall be employed in the boats at every ferry licensed by
them or let by contract, and the same shall be expressed in the
license or contract.

12. Every person keeping a public ferry shall keep constantly

set up in the most conspicuous part of his house a copy of his

license or contract, and the prices allowed him for ferriage

under the penalty of ten dollars for every day such copy shall

not be set up.

13. If any licensed ferry keeper or keeper of a ferry by con
tract shall ask or receive, directly or indirectly, more than the
price allowed for ferriage, he shall for every demand or receipt
forfeit five dollars.

14. If any person shall keep a ferry for hire or reward, at any
place where a ferry is now or shall hereafter be established,
without license from or authority by contract with the county
commissioners or mayor of the city of Baltimore, he shall forfeit
ten dollars for every offence.

15. Every person who shall be licensed or who shall contract
to keep a public ferry across the Chesapeake Bay shall be obliged
to carry on board each public ferry boat a good and sufficient
anchor and cable, a small yawl with a good pair of oars, and
also hatches and a substantial pair of oars and setting poles
for the said ferry boat, under the penalty of twenty-five dol-
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