Sec. 12.
Ferry landings shall be deemed public highways, and may be laid out, constructed, maintained, altered, or discontinued in the same manner, and shall in all respects be subject to the same regulations, so far as they may be applicable, as other public highways and bridges; and any public highways along the border of, or terminating upon, the waters of any stream, river, or other body of water across which a ferry is licensed, may be used as a landing for such ferry, subject to such rules and regulations as the authorities having control over highways may establish, and such use shall be deemed a proper use thereof as a highway.
History: Add. 1871, Act 189, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 1334 ;-- How. 1472 ;-- CL 1897, 4307 ;-- CL 1915, 4792 ;-- CL 1929, 4597 ;-- CL 1948, 255.12
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (255.1 - 255.12)
R-S-1846-255-1-29 - Chapter 29 Chapter 29. of the Regulation of Ferries. (255.1...255.12)
Section 255.1 - Board of Supervisors; Ferries; Grant of License, Term.
Section 255.2 - Board of Supervisors; Ferries; Rates, Hours of Service, Regulations.
Section 255.5 - Bond to State; Filing.
Section 255.6 - Record of License by County Clerk, Copy to Licensee.
Section 255.7 - County Line Waters; License.
Section 255.8 - Violation of Bond; Penalty, Prosecution.
Section 255.9 - Ferrying Without License; Penalty.
Section 255.10 - County Line Waters; Prosecution by Either County.