N.J. Stat. § 48:8-7: Persons carried according to arrival; penalty

All persons shall be received into the ferryboats or vessels and carried over the ferry according to their arrival at the ferry, provided all public officers and such as go on public or urgent occasions, as posts, couriers, physicians and midwives, shall be given preference.

Any ferryman violating this section shall be liable to a penalty of three dollars for every such offense.