Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.40: Ferry licenses; terms and restrictions; sanctions.

Sec. 40.

The council of a village may regulate and license ferries from the village, or a place in the village; require the payment of a reasonable sum for a ferry license; impose reasonable terms and restrictions, in relation to the keeping and management of ferries and the time, manner, and rates of carriage and transportation of persons and property by ferry; provide for the revocation of a ferry license and for the imposition of sanctions for a violation of an ordinance prohibiting unlicensed ferries or regulating ferries established and licensed.