Note 1165 — Chapter VIII

Ohio, for example, passed two laws for the "protection" of its citizens owning steamboats. This act provided that no craft propelled by steam, operated under a license from the New York monopoly, should land or receive passengers at any point on the Ohio shores of Lake Erie unless Ohio boats were permitted to navigate the waters of that lake within the jurisdiction of New York. For every passenger landed in violation of these acts the offender was made subject to a fine of $100. (Chap, xxv, Act of Feb. 18, 1822, and chap. ii, Act of May 23, 1822, Laws of Ohio, 1822.)