§416.  [am*dlS92.]  Ferries.    A  person  who:

1.  Maintains  a  ferry  for  profit  or  hire  upon  any  of  the  waters  of
this  State  without  authority  of  law ;  or,

2.  Having  entered  into  a  recognizance  to  keep  or  maintain  a
ferry,  violates  the  condition  of  such  recognizance.
Is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.
Where  such  ferry  is  upon  waters  dividing  two  counties,  the
offender  may  be  prosecuted  in  either  county.
416a.  [added  1898.]  Penalty  for  neglect  to  post  schedule
of  ferry  rates.  A  person,  corporation  or  association  operating  any
ferry  in  this  State,  or  between  this  State  and  any  other  State,  oper-
ating from  or  to  a  city  of  five  hundred  thousand  inhabitants  or
over,  x)osting  a  false  schedule  of  ferry  rates,  or  neglecting  to  post  in
a  conspicuous  and  accessible  place  in  each  of  its  ferry-houses,  in
plain  view  of  the  passengers,  a  schedule,  plainly  printed  in  the
English  language,  of  the  rates  of  ferriage  charged  thereon  and  au-
thorized by  law  to  be  charged  for  ferriage  over  such  ferry,  is  guilty
of  a  misdemeanor.
§  416.  [am*d  1898.]  Unlawful  acts  of  and  neglect  of  duty
hy  railroad  officials.  An  officer,  agent,  attorney  or  employe  of  a
railroad  corporation,  who:

1.  Offers  a  place,  appointment,  position  or  any  other  considera-
tion to  a  railroad  commissioner  or  to  a  secretary,  clerk,  agent,
employ^  Or  expert  employed  by  the  board  of  railroad  commis-
sioners; or

2.  After  due  notice,  neglects  or  refuses  to  make  or  furnish  any
statement  or  report  lawfully  required  by  the  board  of  railroad
commissioners  or  willfully  hinders,  delays  or  obstructs  such  com-
missloners^in  the  discharge  of  their  officfal  duties,

Is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.
