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by said Article 14 of the Constitution, and further proceedings had
in accordance with said Article 14.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 373
(House Bill 205)

AN ACT to repeal Section 14 of Article 74 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, (1965 Supplement), title "Pilots," and to enact new
Section 14 in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the section
repealed, to change the rates charged by pilots in the State for
piloting vessels in the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 14 of Article 74 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Supplement), be and it is hereby repealed and that new Sec-
tion 14 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the Section repealed, and to read as follows:

14.

No pilot shall charge or receive any greater or less reward or
compensation for his services as such than follows: For piloting
any vessel drawing fifteen feet of water or over, from any river or
port of the State to the sea or to the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal or to any other river or port in this State, or coming from the
sea or from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and bound to any
river or port of this State, eleven dollars fifty cents ($11.50) for
each foot of water the vessel may draw; provided that should any
vessel have a draft of less than fifteen feet, the pilotage charge
shall be computed on a fifteen foot draft; and further provided,
that vessels requiring in excess of fourteen hours, but less than
sixteen hours, between commencement of pilot service to completion
of pilot service, shall pay the regular pilotage charge, plus one-half
pilotage charge, the one-half pilotage charge not to exceed the fifteen
foot minimum charge, for such pilotage service; vessels requiring
in excess of sixteen hours, between commencement of pilot service to
completion of pilot service, shall pay two pilotage charges for such
pilotage service. Vessels requiring more than fourteen hours between
commencement of pilot service to completion of pilot service due to
weather and/or government regulations shall not be subject to more
than the regular pilotage charge. Vessels bound directly between the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and sea, or between any river or
port of the State south of the Severn River and the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, shall pay two pilotage charges for such pilotage
service. The Board of Pilot Examiners shall establish rates for special
pilotage service not contrary to the provisions of this article. The
rates for any such special pilotage service, however, shall not exceed
the rate established for pilotage under this article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.