502 PILOTS. [ART. 74.

not exceeding nine feet draught; and every person receiving
such warrant and appointment, shall thereafter be reported a
lawful pilot.

5. Each applicant shall pay to the Board of Examiners the
sum of 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 to the business of piloting.

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 carried 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.

8. Every first rate pilot shall pay two dollars, and every second
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.

10. The Board of Examiners may increase or decrease the
number of pilots, as they may deem necessary for the protection
of the commercial interests of the State.

11. Every member of the board, before he proceeds to ex-
amine any person applying for a warrant, shall take the fol-
lowing oath before some justice of the peace: I ————, do
swear that I will impartially examine and inquire into the
capacity, skill, and experience 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.

12. It shall not be lawful for any person to act as pilot, not-
withstanding his having obtained a warrant as aforesaid, unless