§ 136-89. Safety measures; guard chains or gates. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑89.  Safety measures; guard chains or gates.

Each and every person, firm orcorporation, owning or operating a public ferry upon any sound, bay, river,creek or other stream, shall have securely affixed and attached thereto, ateach end of the same, a detachable steel or iron chain, or in lieu thereof asteel or iron gate, and so affixed and arranged that the same shall be closedor fastened across the opposite end from the approach, whenever any motorvehicle, buggy, cart, wagon, or other conveyance shall be driven upon or shallenter upon the same; and shall be securely fastened or closed at each end ofthe ferry after such motor vehicle, buggy, cart, wagon, or other conveyanceshall have been driven or shall have entered upon the same.  And the said gatesor chains shall remain closed or fastened, at each end, until the voyage acrossthe stream upon which said ferry is operated shall have been completed.  TheDepartment of Transportation, as to ferries under its supervision, and therespective boards of county commissioners, as to other ferries, shall fix anddetermine a standard weight or size of chain, and a standard size, type, orcharacter of gate, for use by said ferries, leaving optional with the saidowner or operator the use of chains or gates.

Any person, firm orcorporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty ofa Class 1 misdemeanor. (1923, c. 133; C.S., ss. 3825(a), 3825(b), 3825(c);1927, c. 223; 1931, c. 145, s. 38; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11;1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1993, c. 539, s. 987; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)