The Northern Indian Ferries Act

Power to declare establish define and discontinue public ferries

Claims for compensation

Superintendence of public ferries

Management may be vested in municipality

Management may be vested in District Council or District or Local Board

Letting ferry tolls by auction

Recovery of arrears from lessee

Power to cancel lease

Surrender of lease

Power to make rules

Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction

Person using approaches, etc., liable to pay toll

Tolls

Table of tolls

Tolls, rents, compensation and fines are to form part of revenues of State

Compounding for tolls


II.--PUBLIC FERRIES


Claims for compensation for any loss sustained by any person in
consequence of a private ferry being taken possession of under section 4, shall be inquired into by the
Magistrate of the district in which such ferry is situate, or such officer as he appoints in this behalf, and
submitted for the consideration and orders of the State Government.


LAWGIST

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