Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Philip Jarboe and Harvey M. Jarboe, of the county of Greene, are hereby authorized to establish a ferry across the Illinois river, at the town of Bridgeport, in Morgan county, and are authorized and empowered to demand and receive, from all persons, the following rates of ferriage, to wit: For each four-wheeled wagon with four horses or oxen or more, one dollar; for each four-wheeled two-horse wagon, sixty-two and a half cents; for each person and single horse, twenty-five cents; for each single or led horse, twelve and one-half cents; for each head of neat cattle, four cents; for each head of hogs, sheep, or goats, two cents; for each two-wheeled cart or gig and driver, fifty cents; for each sleigh and one horse and driver, thirty-seven and one-half cents.

Sec. 2. The county commissioners of Pike and Morgan counties are hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax on said ferry, the same as they are authorized to do on other ferries; and also to regulate, reduce, or alter, the rates of ferriage as in other cases. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 16, 1839.