LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1803.

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master shall pay such pilot three hundred dollars over and
above the wages aforesaid.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That any licensed pilot refusing,
on due notice being given him, to aid any vessel in distress,
within six leagues to the southward of Cape Henry, or the
same distance to the eastward of Cape Charles, or in Chesa-
peake bay, every such pilot, so refusing to aid any vessel in
distress as above required, on proof thereof before the said
board, shall be rendered incapable of serving as a pilot.

Refusing
to aid
vessels in
distress, to
be rendered
incapable of
serving.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That when any pilot taking
charge as by this act he is obliged, without distinction of ves-
sels, of such as coming from places exposed to visits of infec-
tious diseases, and which vessels are by law subjected to
quarantine, in such case the pilot thus detained on board shall
be entitled to receive, and shall be paid, the sum of two dollars
per day, in the same manner as for pilotage, while detained
under the regulation of the quarantine laws.

Allowance
when sub-
jected to
quarantine.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That when any master of a ves-
sel shall give notice to the pilot he shall employ of the time and
place such master shall appoint for his attendance, and such
pilot shall attend accordingly, he may demand and take four
dollars for every day he shall be detained by such master not
being ready to proceed according to his notice, and if any pilot
shall attend, on request of any master, with his boat and hands,
he may demand and take eight dollars for every day his boat
and hands shall be detained by such master's not being ready
to proceed according to his notice.

And for
detention.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That every pilot shall, within
three months after he obtains his warrant as aforesaid, if pos-
sible, take one white apprentice at the least, and employ him
constantly on board his boat, instructing him in the art of pilot-
ing, and such apprentice shall have freedom dues, and the
usual allowance to apprentices at the expiration of their time,
and all such apprentices shall be exempt from militia duty
during the time of their apprenticeship.

To take
one white
apprentice
at least.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That no pilot licensed in virtue
of this act shall undertake to conduct or pilot any vessel from
sea, and bound to any port of Virginia, unless such vessel is
below the Horseshoe, and no pilot appointed by law of that
state shall be below the Horseshoe, and shall offer to pilot such
vessel, in such case the pilot from this state shall deliver up
such vessel to the first authorized Virginia pilot who shall
speak him, and will take charge of the said vessel, and shall
demand no reward, provided the legislature of Virginia have
made a similar regulation as to vessels from sea, and bound to
some port in this state.

Not to con-
duct vessel
from sea
bound to
Virginia,
unless
below the
Horse-shoe.