Title XIV — ROADS AND WATERWAYS

237.010. Ferry not to be kept without license. — No person shall keep a ferry, so as to demand and receive pay thereat, without a license. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15286) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14198; 1919 § 5532; 1909 § 6475

237.020. Application for license. — Any person may petition the county commission of the county for license to keep a ferry; and if the commission believe such ferry necessary for the accommodation of the public, and that the petitioner is a suitable person to keep the same, it s…

237.030. Tax on license. — Such tax shall not be less than two dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, paid to the use of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15288) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14200; 1919 § 5534; 1909 § 6477

237.040. License issued, when. — Upon the production of the receipt of the collector of the county for the tax to such clerk, he shall issue a license to keep a ferry, at the place therein mentioned, for any term not exceeding five years, the said term to be fixed by the county c…

237.050. Bond required. — Before the delivery of the license such person shall give bond to the state, with sufficient security, approved by such clerk, in such sum as the commission shall order, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required by law at such ferry…

237.060. Licenses granted by clerks in vacation. — The clerk of the county commission, in vacation, may grant ferry licenses, assess the tax and fix the rates for the same, and exercise all the power of the commission touching the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15292) Prior revisi…

237.070. Continuation of licenses. — Such licenses shall continue until the end of the next term of the county commission; and the tax shall be assessed in proportion to the time for which the license is granted, and in all other respects the clerk and collector shall proceed as …

237.080. License granted without tax, when. — If any county commission believe that any ferry in the county is so little used as not to justify the payment of license, they may, in their discretion, give to the keeper of such ferry a license without the payment of any tax; and su…

237.090. License may be revoked. — If any ferryman fail to perform his duties, the county commission may, at any time, revoke his license. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15304) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14216; 1919 § 5550; 1909 § 6493

237.100. Keeping ferry without license, penalty. — If any person demand or receive pay for services as ferryman, without a license, he shall forfeit to the county twenty dollars for every day he shall keep such ferry, or be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days, …

237.110. Liable to action for damages. — Such persons shall be liable to a civil action for all damages that may accrue to the person licensed to keep such ferry. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15300) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14212; 1919 § 5546; 1909 § 6489

237.120. Ferriage — rates fixed by county commission. — The county commission shall fix the rate of ferriage at each ferry, and may at any time alter the same, having regard to the breadth and situation of the stream and publicity of the ferry. No change in the rates of ferriage …

237.130. Ferriage, when tendered. — No ferryman shall be compelled to do any act, as such, before payment or tender of his fee be made, according to the rates of ferriage. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15296) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14208; 1919 § 5542; 1909 § 6485

237.140. Rates posted. — Every ferryman shall keep a list of the legal rates of ferriage, printed, or written in a legible hand, constantly posted up at some public place at the ferry or ferryhouse. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15297) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14209; 1919 § 5543; 1909 §…

237.150. Failure to post rates, penalty. — If any ferryman fail to comply with the provisions of section 237.140, he shall, for every such offense, forfeit four dollars to the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15298) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14210; 1919 § 5544; 1909 § 6487

237.160. Good boats and sufficient hands to be kept. — Every ferryman shall keep at his ferry a good boat or boats, in good repair, suitable to the water, and sufficient hands to attend on all occasions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15294) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14206; 1919 § 5540; 1…

237.170. Penalty for neglect. — Every ferryman failing to give such due attention shall, for every offense, forfeit five dollars, and for failure to keep such boat in good repair, shall forfeit thirty dollars to the county where the ferry is situated; and he shall be liable for a…

237.180. Number of licenses not limited. — The county commission of the proper county may grant, or not, at their discretion, ferry license for a ferry or ferries on the same side of the river, and in the same county, within any distance of any ferry that shall then be already li…

237.190. Exclusive privilege granted, when. — County commissions may grant to the owner or owners of lands, on both sides of a river, in any county in this state, the exclusive privilege of keeping a ferry thereat. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15307) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14219; 191…

237.210. Cities may lease wharf. — Any city, town or other municipal corporation may, for a just compensation, in its discretion, lease to any owner or association of owners of any steamboat, or boats, or vessels, any portion of the wharf or landing of such city or town, for a te…

[Repealed or reserved.]

237.230. Penalties, how recovered. — All penalties imposed by this chapter may be recovered before any court having jurisdiction, in the name of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15301) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14213; 1919 § 5547; 1909 § 6490

237.240. Limitation. — Every offense under this chapter shall be prosecuted within one year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15303) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14215; 1919 § 5549; 1909 § 6492

237.400. Interstate compact for barge traffic development on the Missouri River with Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. — Within sixty days of September 28, 1983, the governor shall act to enter into a compact with the states of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska to read substantially as f…