277.090 Railroad company may operate ferry.
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(1)Any railroad company may, without securing the grant of any ferry franchise or
privilege from the county judge/executive, transport, or employ other persons to
transport for it, any passengers, baggage or freight carried, or to be carried, on its
railroad line, across any stream within or bordering upon this state.
(2)Any railroad company operating a ferry for the purposes mentioned in subsection
(1)of this section may transport thereon any other persons, freight or baggage
offered for transportation upon obtaining the grant of a ferry franchise or privilege
in the manner prescribed by law, except that no railroad company, employee, agent
or trustee of a railroad company, shall be granted a franchise or privilege to
establish, operate or maintain a new ferry within one mile and a half in a straight
line of any ferry already established and in operation.