54-13-320 - Forfeiture for refusal to keep ferry Qui tam action.
54-13-320. Forfeiture for refusal to keep ferry Qui tam action.
If any person who owns a public ferry refuses to keep up the ferry at the rates allowed by the members of the county legislative body or by law, the ferry owner shall, for every offense, forfeit and pay one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), to be recovered by the person suing for the refusal to that person's own use.
[Code 1858, § 1254 (deriv. Acts 1779 (Oct.), ch. 10, § 14); Shan., § 1718; mod. Code 1932, § 3037; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1731.]