Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That George W. Brinckerhoof and his associates, and their heirs and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to establish and maintain a ferry across Rock river, at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago,

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for and during the term of twenty years from and after the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. When said ferry is established, it shall and may be lawful for the said George W. Brinckerhoof and his associates, their heirs and assigns, to demand and receive, from all persons crossing said ferry, for and during the time aforesaid, the following rates of ferriage, to-wit: For each four wheeled wagon (drawn) by two horses or oxen, seventy-five cents, and for each additional animal by which the same is drawn, twelve and a half cents; for the same, when unloaded, sixty-two and a half cents, and the like sum of twelve and a half cents for each additional animal; for each pleasure carriage drawn by two horses, and the driver, seventy-five cents; and for each additional horse, twelve and a half cents; for each person or single horse, twenty-five cents; for each single or led horse, six and a fourth cents; for each head of neat cattle, six and a fourth cents; for each head of sheep, goats, or hogs, two cents: Provided, always, That no person attending the county commissioners’ or circuit courts, as a member or judge thereof, or as a party to any matter pending in, or any witness or juror attending on, said courts, shall be taxed ferriage.2

Sec. 3. The ferry hereby granted shall be in all respects governed by the act, entitled “An act to provide for the establishing of ferries, toll-bridges, and turnpike roads,[”] approved, February 12, 1827, except as herein provided.

Approved, March 2, 1839.