N.J.S.A. 48:8-5 — Refusal to or delay in carrying passengers or goods; exception.

48:8-5. Refusal to or delay in carrying passengers or goods; exception. Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance to his ferry, and shall not deny or unnecessarily delay the carrying over any passenger, horses, cattle, vehicles or goods under the penalty of three dollars for every such offense. He shall also be liable to an action for damages, at the suit of the party aggrieved. This section shall not require a ferryman to put off from his wharf or shore when it is manifestly hazardous so to do.

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