{"law_id":"769895","section_number":"33.2-601","catch_line":"Ferry across Corrotoman River","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 33-171; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-247; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/33.2-601\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/33.2-601\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-601","structure":{"1":{"id":"1940","name":"Ferries And Toll Facilities","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","url":"\/33.2\/II\/6\/"},"2":{"id":"244","name":"Modes Of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, And Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","url":"\/33.2\/II\/"},"3":{"id":"243","name":"Highways And Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","url":"\/33.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"769895","structure_id":"1940","full_text":"The public free ferry across the Corrotoman River, in the County of Lancaster, authorized by Chapter 156 of the Acts of Assembly of 1847, shall be kept according to such act, except as otherwise provided in this section. The Circuit Court of Lancaster may have the contract for keeping the same let to the lowest bidder for a period of five years, and the bonds thereby directed shall be to the County of Lancaster. Furthermore, the ferry shall cross from Merry Point to the upper side of the wharf and canning factory at Ottoman wharf. However, the circuit court of the county shall have the right, upon the application of the board of supervisors, to discontinue the ferry if it appears that public necessity therefor no longer exists. No such application shall be made unless and until notice is given by (i) publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county or having general circulation therein and (ii) posting copies of the notice at the front door of the courthouse of the county and at both landings of the ferry. Such notice shall be posted and the first newspaper publication made at least 30 days before the day on which the application will be made to the court.","text":{"0":{"id":"2481579","text":"The public free ferry across the Corrotoman River, in the County of Lancaster, authorized by Chapter 156 of the Acts of Assembly of 1847, shall be kept according to such act, except as otherwise provided in this section. The Circuit Court of Lancaster may have the contract for keeping the same let to the lowest bidder for a period of five years, and the bonds thereby directed shall be to the County of Lancaster. Furthermore, the ferry shall cross from Merry Point to the upper side of the wharf and canning factory at Ottoman wharf. However, the circuit court of the county shall have the right, upon the application of the board of supervisors, to discontinue the ferry if it appears that public necessity therefor no longer exists. No such application shall be made unless and until notice is given by (i) publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county or having general circulation therein and (ii) posting copies of the notice at the front door of the courthouse of the county and at both landings of the ferry. Such notice shall be posted and the first newspaper publication made at least 30 days before the day on which the application will be made to the court.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"1940","name":"Ferries And Toll Facilities","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","url":"\/33.2\/II\/6\/"},"2":{"id":"244","name":"Modes Of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, And Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","url":"\/33.2\/II\/"},"3":{"id":"243","name":"Highways And Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","url":"\/33.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"789776","structure_id":"1940","section_number":"33.2-600","catch_line":"Acquisition or establishment of ferries","url":"\/33.2-600\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-600"},"1":{"id":"769895","structure_id":"1940","section_number":"33.2-601","catch_line":"Ferry across Corrotoman River","url":"\/33.2-601\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-601"},"2":{"id":"793837","structure_id":"1940","section_number":"33.2-602","catch_line":"Toll bridges; 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The Circuit\nCourt of Lancaster may have the contract for keeping the same let to the lowest\nbidder for a period of five years, and the bonds thereby directed shall be to\nthe County of Lancaster. Furthermore, the ferry shall cross from Merry Point to\nthe upper side of the wharf and canning factory at Ottoman wharf. However, the\ncircuit court of the county shall have the right, upon the application of the\nboard of supervisors, to discontinue the ferry if it appears that public\nnecessity therefor no longer exists. No such application shall be made unless\nand until notice is given by (i) publication once a week for two successive\nweeks in a newspaper published in the county or having general circulation\ntherein and (ii) posting copies of the notice at the front door of the\ncourthouse of the county and at both landings of the ferry. Such notice shall be\nposted and the first newspaper publication made at least 30 days before the day\non which the application will be made to the court.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-171; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-247; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c.\n256."}