347.23 No person to maintain ferry unless authorized.—No person not authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall maintain any ferry for transporting persons or property for profit across any river from any point within 1 mile of a terminus of any ferry maintained under the provisions of this chapter to any point within 1 mile of such terminus.History.—s. 4, ch. 5185, 1903; GS 921; RGS 1705; CGL 2756.