Any proprietor of a ferry, or any ferryman, who shall violate any provision of this article, which makes the violation thereof a crime without specifying the grade or fixing the penalty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than $20; and, moreover, if the proprietor of any ferry fail in any respect to comply with any section of this article, the county court in which such ferry is established may adjudge and declare all his privileges in respect to such ferry at an end, after first causing such proprietor to be summoned to show cause against such order.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways
Article 18. Ferries and Wharves
§17-18-1. Discontinuance of Ferry by Disuse
§17-18-2. Establishment of Ferry -- Application; Notice
§17-18-3. Same -- View of Ferry Site
§17-18-4. Same -- Decision on Application; Regulations for Ferries
§17-18-5. Same -- Ferry Where Watercourse Is County Boundary
§17-18-6. Unauthorized Ferry Generally
§17-18-7. Operation of Private Boats
§17-18-8. Forfeiture for Unlawful Transportation
§17-18-9. Ferry Wharves and Landings -- Generally
§17-18-15. Prepayment of Ferriage; Unlawful Ferriage
§17-18-16. Prompt Passage; Ferries From Railroad Stations
§17-18-17. Ferries Across Shenandoah River
§17-18-18. Interference by Ferries in Another State
§17-18-19. Offenses and Penalties; Termination of Ferry Privilege