The following shall be the maximum rates of toll that shall be charged at each public ferry in this State chartered under the provisions of this chapter:

1. (1) For every passenger, five cents, except in the case of public steam ferries on which a maximum rate of ten cents for a single trip or passage may be charged;
2. (2) For every head of sheep, goats, hogs and other small animals, five cents;
3. (3) For every horse, mule and head of cattle, ten cents;
4. (4) For every passenger with single horse, mule, ox or other riding animal, twenty cents;
5. (5) For every single-horse buggy, cart or other vehicle, twenty-five cents;
6. (6) For every two-horse wagon or other vehicle, fifty cents;
7. (7) For every three-horse wagon or other vehicle, sixty-five cents; and

8. (8) For every four-horse wagon or other vehicle, seventy-five cents.

   The governing body of any county may fix lower rates of toll for any one or more specific ferries in such county as the special local conditions and circumstances may demand, and in cases of ferries crossing rivers or streams forming boundary lines between any two counties, such lower rates may be fixed by the governing bodies of such two counties.