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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 wea-
ther, haying 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 ren-
dered incapable of serving as a pilot.

25. If any master of any vessel shall carry any licensed pilot
to sea against his inclination, he shall pay to a full branch pilot
thirty dollars per month, until his return or death; to a twelve
foot branch pilot, twenty-four dollars per month, until his return
or death; and to a nine foot branch pilot, twenty dollars per
month, until his return or death; and if any master shall carry
any licensed pilot to sea against his inclination, when his boat or
any other boat is ready and offers to take him on, and the same
may be done without endangering the vessel, he shall pay such
pilot the sum of three hundred dollars over and above the wages
aforesaid.

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
board.

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