All penalties and forfeitures incurred by the owner or keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be recovered by suit on the bond of the owner or keeper, one half to go to the person who sues for it, the other half to be paid into the county treasury; and damages may likewise be recovered against such owner or keeper by suit on the bond.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 27 - Ferries; General Provisions
§ 65-27-1. Toll ferries and free ferries
§ 65-27-3. Right of owner of the soil
§ 65-27-5. Bond required of the keeper of a toll ferry
§ 65-27-7. Bond may be sued on
§ 65-27-9. Penalties, forfeitures, and damages recovered
§ 65-27-11. Purchase of competing ferry
§ 65-27-13. Equipment for safe transportation by ferry
§ 65-27-15. Duties of ferrymen
§ 65-27-17. Table of rates of tolls kept exposed to view