| 1803.
CHAP. 63. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
place she belongs to, shall be put on her stern, and on her mainsail
and foresail, in large letters. |
Penalty for acting
without licence.
Proviso. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person,
not having a warrant
as a pilot agreeable to this act, shall presume to take upon himself
to conduct or pilot any vessel bound from any port in this state
to sea, or coming from sea and bound up any river of this state,
and to any port thereof, every such person shall forfeit one hundred
and fifty dollars, and such person shall also be liable for all damages
occasioned by his undertaking to conduct or pilot any such vessel,
by action at common law; Provided, that this prohibition shall
not extend to prevent any person from assisting any vessel in distress,
of such person shall deliver up such vessel to any pilot who
shall come on board, and offer to conduct or pilot such vessel, and
he shall pay such person one half of the fees received by him for the
pilotage of such vessel. |
Six may be in
partnership. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That not more than six
pilots shall be
in partnership, under the penalty of two hundred dollars each. |
Pilots to supply
themselves with
a copy of the law. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every pilot, on
receiving a warrant
as aforesaid, shall supply himself, from the register of the
board, with a copy of the law, for which he shall pay twenty-five
cents to said register, and shall also give bond, with good security,
(such as shall be approved of,) in the penalty of five hundred dollars,
for the faithful discharge of his duty agreeably to this act. |
Board may make
rules and orders. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said board
of examiners may
make such rules and orders for the government and regulation of
pilots appointed and licensed by them, as they may think proper,
not contrary to the provisions of this act; and the said board may,
by their order, deprive any of the said pilots of their licence, or
suspend them for a limited time, for breaking such rules or orders,
or omitting any thing required by the same, or for acting in any
manner contrary thereto; and if any of the said pilots, so suspended
or deprived, during the time fo such suspension or deprivation
shall take upon him to pilot or conduct any vessel, such pilot shall
forfeit and pay one hundred dollars for every such offence. |
Vessels obliged to
receive pilots. |
10. AND, for the encouragement of pilots to
do their duty, BE
IT ENACTED, That every master of a merchant-vessel drawing nine
feet water or upwards, coming from sea, shall be obliged to receive
the first pilot who offers below the Horseshoe to conduct or pilot his
vessel, and shall continue the same pilot to his first port of discharge,
or shall pay him half pilotage to the first port; and every master of
a merchant-vessel of the aforesaid draught of water, going to sea,
shall be obliged to receive a pilot to conduct or pilot his vessel, and
shall continue the same pilot to the Capes, or pay half pilotage to
the Capes to the first applicant, and the master of every vessel, not
having a pilot on board, who shall follow another vessel that has a
pilot on board, shall pay him half pilotage; and every pilot shall
be exempt from militia duty during the time he shall act as pilot. |
Pilot to offer his
services first to the
vessel nearest land. |
11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every pilot cruising
or standing
out to sea, shall offer his services first to the vessel nearest the land,
or in most distress, under the penalty of fifty dollars; and if any
pilot, not being hindered by sickness or other lawful cause, shall
refuse to go on board any vessel when required by the master, to
execute his office, such pilot shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars,
and in either case, upon complaint and conviction before the |
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