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Art. 74, s. 1.

1853, c. 214, s. 3. Board of examiners, a corporation.

Register.

Id. s. 2.

Vacancies.

ARTICLE XXXIX.

PILOTS.

1. Board of examiners a corporation; register. 16. What vessels required to take licensed 2. Vacancies.

3. Applicants to produce certificates of hon-
esty, etc.

4. Board to examine applicants: warrants of
appointment and license.

5 Fees paid by applicant.

6. Who entitled to warrant as first-rate pilot.
7. Warrants, when renewable.

8. Fees on renewal.

9. Minor not to have a first-rate branch.

10. Board may increase or decrease number of
pilots.

11. Oath of board.

12. Pilot to keep boat; penalty.

13. Name of boat and place to be put on stern
and sails.

14. Penalty for acting without warrant; to
what prohibition not to extend.

15. Board of examiners to make rules; may
suspend or dismiss; penalty for acting
thereafter.

pilots; pilotage.

17. Master of coasting vessel to obtain license to navigate bay without pilot.

18. Having no license to take pilot; full pilotage not exacted from inward-bound vessel which shall obtain license.

19. Proceeds of license, etc., how distributed. 20. What vessels exempt from license, etc.; proviso.

21. Charges.
22. Charges.

23. Pilot absenting himself three years, license

revoked.

24. Penalty for not aiding vessels in distress. 25. Paid if taken to sea; quarantine.

26. Penalty for employing vessel as pilot-boat
without license.

27. Pay for detention on vessel.
28. Master to pay full pilotage.

29. Pilots to keep three boats; board to make
rules.

30. "Where pilots not required.

1. The board of examiners of pilots is a body politic and corporate, and may appoint a register, who shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose, all applications to, and all other proceedings of, the said board, and shall countersign all warrants for pilots granted by the board.

2. If any of the said examiners shall die, resign, or refuse to act, 1853, c. 214, s. 7. or remove from the city of Baltimore, or be otherwise incapable to act, the remaining examiners, or a majority of them, shall fill such vacancy; provided, that they shall so regulate their appointments as to have at least one member of their board a person skilled in the business of piloting.

Id. 8. 3.

1853, c. 214, s. 1.

Applicant to produce certificates of

honesty, etc.

Id. s. 4.

1853, c. 214, s. 1. Board to examine applicants.

Warrants of appointment and license.

3. Any person who may desire to be admitted a pilot, shall produce a certificate from the Circuit Court of the county wherein he resides, or from the Court of Common Pleas if he reside in the city of Baltimore, of his honesty and good behavior.

4. The board of examinets shall examine each applicant producing such certificate; and if, upon public examination, the person shall appear to the board of sufficient ability, skill and experience, they shall grant him one of three kinds of warrants of appointment and license, under seal, according to the qualification of such person, thereby authorizing him for one year from the date of such warrant either to pilot vessels of any draught of water, or vessels not exceeding twelve feet draught, or vessels not exceeding nine feet draught; and every person receiving such warrant and appointment, shall thereafter be reported a lawful pilot.

1853, c. 214, s. 1.
Fee paid by
applicant.
Id. s. 6.

5. Each applicant shall pay to the board of examiners the sum of Id. s. 5. five dollars, and to the register of the board seventy-five cents. 6. No person shall be entitled to receive a warrant as a first-rate pilot, unless he shall have served at least five years as an apprentice 1853, c. 214, s. 1. to the business of piloting.

Who entitled to warrant as firstrate pilot.

Id. s. 7.

1853, c. 214, s. 1.

Warrants, when

7. Every pilot shall renew his warrant of license every year in the month of April or May; and no renewals shall be granted at any other time, or new license applied for, unless the pilot has been car- renewable. ried to sea or confined by sickness, so as to prevent his application within that period; and the board may renew any license or not, as they may think proper.

1853, c. 214, s. 1.

Fees on

8. Every first-rate pilot shall pay two dollars, and every second- Id s. 8. rate pilot shall pay one dollar and fifty cents, and every third-rate pilot shall pay one dollar, to the register of the board for such renewal.

9. The board of examiners shall not grant to any person under the age of twenty-one years, a warrant or license generally known as

a first-rate branch.

renewal.

Id. s. 9.

1853, c. 214, s. 8. Minor not to

have a firstrate branch.

10. The board of examiners may increase or decrease the num- Id. s. 10. ber of pilots, as they may deem necessary for the protection of the Board may in

commercial interests of the State.

11. Every member of the board, before he proceeds to examine any person applying for a warrant, shall take the following oath before some justice of the peace: I, ———, do swear that I will impartially examine and inquire into the capacity, skill, and experi ence of the applicant or applicants in the art of piloting in the Chesapeake bay, and the rivers thereof, and will admit them as I find them qualified, or reject them if I shall find them unqualified, without favor, affection, or reward.

crease or decrease number

ot pilots.
1853, c. 214, s. 2.

Id. s. 11.

Oath of board.

1853, c. 214, s. 4.

boat.

12. It shall not be lawful for any person to act as pilot, notwith- Id. s. 12. standing his having obtained a warrant as aforesaid, unless he or Pilot to keep the company to which he belongs, shall keep one suflicient boat of at least twenty-six feet keel, straight rabit and decked, and well found, under the penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars for every Penalty. vessel such person shall undertake to conduct or pilot.

Id. s. 13.
Name of boat
put on the stern.
and place to be

1853, c. 214, s. 4.

and sails.

Id. s. 14.
Penalty for act-
warrant.

1853, c. 214, s. 5.

ing without

13. No pilot shall make any demand to pilot any vessel, unless he shall have a branch or license to the destined port of said vessel, and the name of every boat and the place she belongs to shall be put on her stern, and on her mainsail and foresail, in large letters. 14. If any person not having a warrant as a pilot, shall take upon himself to conduct or pilot any vessel bound from any port in this State to sea, or coming from sea and bound to any river of this State, and to any port thereof, he shall forfeit one hundred and fifty dollars, and shall also be liable for all damages occasioned by his undertaking to conduct or pilot any such vessel; but this prohibition To what prohi shall not prevent any person from assisting any vessel in distress, if extend. such person shall deliver up such vessel to any pilot who shall come on board and offer to conduct or pilot such vessel; and the pilot

bition not to

Id. s. 15.

1853, c. 214, s. 6. Board of examiners to make rules,

may suspend or dismiss.

shall pay such person one-half of the fees received by him for the pilotage of such vessel.

15. The board of examiners may make such rules and orders for the government and regulation of pilots licensed by them as they may think proper not contrary to the provisions of this article; and they may, by their order, deprive any pilot of his license, or suspend him for a limited time, for breaking such rules or orders, or omitting anything required by the same, or for acting in any manner contrary thereto. And if any pilot so suspended or deprived shall, during the time of such suspension or deprivation, take upon himPenalty for act- self to conduct or pilot any vessel, he shall forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty dollars for each offence.

ing thereafter.

1866, c. 25.

What vessels required to take licensed pilot.

Pilotage.

Art. 74, s. 17.

Master of coasting vessel to

16. All masters of foreign vessels and vessels from a foreign port, and all vessels sailing under register, bound to and from Baltimore city, except vessels engaged exclusively in the coasting trade, shall take a licensed pilot, or in case of refusal to take such pilot, shall himself, owners, or consignees, pay the said pilotage as if one had been employed; and such pilotage shall be paid to the pilot first speaking or offering his services as pilot to such vessel before Cape Henry bears south, if inward bound.

17. The master or owner of every vessel sailing under a coasting 1853, c. 214, s. 14. license over one hundred tons, shall, before going to sea, apply to the board of pilots for a license to navigate the Chesapeake bay withto navigate bay out a pilot, and shall pay to the said board of pilots for such license

obtain license

without pilot.

Id. s. 18.

1853, c. 214, s. 15. Having no license to take pilot.

Full pilotage not exacted

from inwardbound vessel which shall obtain license.

Id. s. 19.

at the rate of six cents per ton, and such license shall be good for twelve months from the date thereof.

18. The master or owner of every vessel required to take out license under the two last preceding sections, navigating the Chesapeake bay without such license, shall either take the first licensed pilot who offers to conduct or pilot his vessel to or from sea, or shall pay him full pilotage; but the payment of .full pilotage shall not be exacted from any inward-bound vessel which, on her arrival and before her departure, shall obtain from the board of pilots a license in pursuance of the provisions of this article.

19. The money collected by the board of pilots, under the sixteenth and seventeenth sections of this article, shall be equally dishow distributed. tributed quarterly among the regular working pilots over twenty-one

1853, c. 214, s. 16. Proceeds of license, etc.,

Id. s. 20.

What vessels

exempt from

license.

years of age; but the board shall make suitable provision for any pilot who is sick or disabled, not exceeding the distributive portion of any pilot engaged in active service.

20. The master or owner of any vessel bound up or down the 1853, e 214, s. 19. Pocomoke river, or any river whose mouth is bounded on both sides by the Eastern Shore of Maryland, shall not be required to take out any license from the board of pilots, or to pay any pilotage to or from any of said rivers, unless a pilot be employed; provided, the master or owner of any vessel shall not touch in any of said rivers on their passage to or from Baltimore for the purpose of avoiding any of the provisions of this article.

Proviso.

Charges.

21. No pilot shall charge or receive any greater or less reward 1862, c. 115. or compensation for his services as such, than as follows: for every vessel inward bound to Baltimore or from Baltimore to sea, drawing fifteen feet water or over, five dollars for each foot of water she may draw for every vessel drawing twelve feet water, and not exceeding fifteen feet, four dollars for each foot she may draw; for all vessels drawing less than twelve feet water, three dollars and fifty cents for each foot she may draw, which rates shall apply to vessels to or from Georgetown.

22. Any vessel having a license under the provisions of this article, which may require a pilot, shall have the services of one at a deduction of twenty per cent. on the pilot rates hereby established on one inward passage to Baltimore during the existence of said license; and if any vessel bound to sea, shall go to Hampton roads for any other cause than distress of weather, having a Maryland pilot on board, the master or owner shall pay to said pilot twelve dollars for conducting her in, and ten dollars for taking her out. 23. Any pilot absenting himself from the business of piloting (unless occasioned by sickness) for the term of three years, shall not be entitled to any warrant or license to act as pilot thereafter, but his license shall be revoked by the board of examiners.

24. Any licensed pilot refusing on due notice being given him, to aid any vessel in distress within six leagues southward of Cape Henry, or to the same distance eastward of Cape Charles, or in the Chesapeake bay, shall, on proof thereof, forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty dollars, and shall thereafter be rendered incapable of serving as a pilot.

Art. 74, s. 22.

1853, c. 214, s. 17.

Charges.

a. s. 23. Pilot absenting himself three

1853, c. 214, s. 8.

years, license
revoked.

Id. 8. 24.
1853. c. 214, s. 9.
aiding vessel in

Penalty for not

distress.

Paid if taken to

sea.

25. If any master of any vessel shall carry any licensed pilot to 1868, c. 115. sea against his inclination, he shall pay the said pilot, if said vessel be of over twelve feet draught, one hundred dollars per month, until said pilot's return or death; if said vessel be of over nine feet and not over twelve feet draught, eighty dollars a month, until said pilot's return or death; if said vessel be of nine feet draft or under, sixty-six dollars and sixty-six and two-thirds cents per month, until such pilot's return or death; and for every day's detention at quar- Quarantine. antine, by order of the health oflicers, three dollars per day for every day of such detention.

Art. 74, s. 26.
Penalty for

1853, c. 214, s. 11.

26. No person shall employ his vessel as a pilot-boat, unless he be a licensed pilot and follows that occupation, under the penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars for every vessel such boat may sel as pilot-boat board.

employing ves

without license.

1853, c. 214, s. 12.

27. Any pilot being detained on board any vessel, unless such Id. s. 27. detention be unavoidable, shall be allowed three dollars per day for Pay for deteneach day he may be so detained; to be paid by the master, agent, owner, or consignee of said vessel.

tion on vessel.

1853, c. 214, s. 18.

28. Whenever a pilot is engaged to pilot a vessel, the master Id. s. 28. shall continue him (if inward bound) to her first port of discharge or When engaged to sea (if outward bound), or pay him full pilotage.

master to pay full pilotage.

1866, c. 25. Pilots to keep three boats.

rules, etc.

29. The pilots shall be required, under the direction of the board, to keep as many as three pilot-boats at sea, one of said boats to be stationed fifteen miles to the north of Cape Henry, one in the latitude of and ten miles from Cape Henry, and one fifteen miles Board to make south of Cape Henry, and the board shall have full power to make rules and regulations for their cruising, and may designate and appoint five pilots and grant them authority to enforce such rules and regulations as they may adopt, and to inspect the boats in service from time to time, and generally do all things which may be necessary for the efficiency of the pilots and the boats used in the service. 30. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent the employment of any person to pilot a vessel in any of the rivers of this State, except the Patapsco and Potomac rivers, or from any part of the Chesapeake bay north of the Patapsco river, to any other part of said bay north of said river.

Art. 74, s. 30. 1853, c. 214, s. 20. Where pilots not required.

TITLE XXIII.

Corporations.

ARTICLE 40. FORMATION, POWERS, AND REGULATION OF CORPORA

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