Sec. 8. Each licensed ferry-keeper shall constantly keep a sufficient number of boats, if more than one (1) be required by the board of commissioners, and give due attendance to the transportation of all persons, with their property, who shall apply for the same, between daylight in the morning and dark in the evening, and at any hour of the night, if required, except in cases of evident danger, to all other persons requiring the same, on their tendering double the rate of ferriage allowed to be taken in the daytime; and such board may require such ferry-keepers to keep such ferry open till midnight.
Formerly: Acts 1881(ss), c.52, s.8.