504 PILOTS. [ART. 74.

17. The master or owner of every vessel sailing under a coast-
ing license over one hundred tons, shall, before going to sea,
apply to the Board of Pilots for a license to navigate the Chesa-
peake Bay without a pilot, and shall pay to the said Board of
Pilots for such license 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
16th and 17th sections of this article, shall be equally distributed
quarterly among the regular working pilots over twenty-one
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
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.

21. No pilot shall charge or receive any greater or less reward
or compensation for his services as such, than as follows: For
every vessel from sea to Baltimore, 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 of water she may draw; for all vessels
drawing less than twelve feet, three dollars and fifty cents for
each foot she may draw; and upon all vessels bound from Bal-
timore to sea, a deduction of one dollar per foot upon the fore-
going list of rates shall be made, which rates shall apply to
vessels to or from Georgetown.