Section 3 in Rules Under Section 12 of the Northern India Ferries Act, 1878
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Government ferries in the Assam Valley Districts will be divided into two classes, major and minor. Ferries in all other Districts in whole of Assam shall be classed as minor. A major ferry is a ferry across any of the following rivers :Brahmaputra,Lohit,Subansiri,Manas,Jiabhoreli.A minor ferry is a ferry across any of the rivers other than those mentioned above.Rates for tolls for minor hand-driven and minor power-driven ferries in all the Brahmaputra Valley Districts and Cachar and Garo Hills Districts are separate. In all the Brahmaputra Valley Districts the rates of tolls for all minor hand-driven ferries are the same and also the rates of the tolls for all minor power- driven ferries are the same. Similarly in Cachar and Garo Hills Districts the rates of tolls for all minor hand-driven ferries are the same and also the rates of tolls for all minor power-driven ferries are the same. For major ferries the toll rates are fixed for each individual ferry. A list showing the ferries in each class shall be mentioned by the Executive Engineer; if any change is made in the list, it shall be reported to the Chief Engineer.
