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CHAP.
XXVI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
for every vessel from the capes to Baltimore-town, eight shillings and
nine-pence
current money, and from Baltimore-town to the cape, seven shillings
and six-pence
current money, for every half foot of water which such vessel shall
draw,
and from the mouth of Patowmack to George-town, and vice versa,
there
shall
be an addition of one fifth to the above sums, and so in proportion
for any less
distance from any other port of this state to the capes, or from the
capes to any
other port of this state, such distance to be ascertained by the said
board of examiners;
but no pilot shall receive any reward for any supernumerary inches
under
six. |
Allowance for
vessels touching
at Hampton
road, &c. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That if any vessel bound to sea, or to any of the
ports within this state, and under the direction of a pilot appointed
under this act,
shall touch at Hampton road, and from any other cause than distress
of weather,
the said pilot may demand and receive from the master of such vessel
the sum of
thirty shillings current money for carrying in any such vessel, and
for bringing
her out again the sum of twenty shillings current money; and if any
vessel bound
to se, or any of the ports above or below the mouth of Severn, shall
touch at
the port of Annapolis, for any other cause than distress of weather,
the pilot
may demand and receive from the master thereof the sum of ten shillings
for
every day he is detained with such vessel. |
Pilot to produce
a copy
of this act,
&c. |
XV. And,
to the end that strangers may not be imposed on in the rates of
pilotage, as settled by this act, Be
it enacted, That every pilot appointed in
pursuance of this act, shall be obliged, when he receives his pilotage,
to produce
a copy of this act to the master of the vessel, to shew that he demands
no greater
reward than is allowed by this act; and if any pilot shall neglect
to shew such
copy at the time of receiving his pilotage, he shall forfeit and pay
five pounds
current money, and if he shall refuse, on request, to produce such
copy, he shall
forfeit and pay twenty pounds current money. |
Wages allowed
to pilots
carried to sea,
&c. |
XVI. And be
it enacted, That if any master of any vessel shall carry any licensed
pilot to sea against his inclination, such master shall pay to a first
rate
pilot seven pounds ten shillings current money per month, if his boat be
with
him, if not, five pounds per month, if his boat be with him, if not, four
pounds per
month, until his return or death; to a third rate pilot five pounds per
month,
if his boat be with him, if not, three pounds per month, until his return
or
death; and if any master of any vessel shall carry any licensed pilot to
sea against
his inclination, when his boat or any other boat is ready and offers to
take him
in, and the same may be done without endangering the vessel, such master
shall
pay such pilot the sum of one hundred pounds current money, over and above
the wages aforesaid. |
Pilots to aid
vessels in distress,
&c. |
XVII. And be
it enacted, That any licensed pilot refusing, on due notice being
given to 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 Chesapeake 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. |
To be allowed
for detention. |
XVIII. And be
it enacted, That when any master of a vessel 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
the sum of ten shillings current money for every day he shall be detained
by such
master's 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 twenty shillings for every day his boat and hands shall be
detained by
such master's not being ready to proceed according to his notice. |
To take an
apprentice,
&c. |
XIX. And be
it enacted, That every pilot shall, within three months after he
obtains his warrant as aforesaid, take one white apprentice at the least,
and employ |
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