ART. 74] EXAMINATION——WARRANTS. 1617

board of trade, the president of the corn and flour exchange and the
president of the pilot association, and the pilots shall pay the said
board one thousand dollars a year to defray the expenses of said board.

1904, art. 74, sec. 3. 1888, art. 74, sec. 3. 1860, art. 74, sec. 3.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 1.

3. Any person who may desire to be admitted a pilot shall produce
a certificate from the circuit court for the county wherein he resides,
or from the court of common pleas if he reside in the city of Baltimore,
of his honesty and good behavior.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1888, art. 74, sec. 4. 1860, art 74, sec. 4.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 1.

4. The board of examiners shall examine each applicant producing
such certificate; and if, upon public examination, the person shall
appear to the board of sufficient ability, skill and experience, they shall
grant him one of three kinds of warrants of appointment and license,
under seal, according to the qualification of such person, thereby
authorizing him for one year from the date of such warrant either to
pilot vessels of any draught of water, or vessels not exceeding twelve
feet draught, or vessels not exceeding nine feet draught; and every
person receiving such warrant and appointment shall thereafter be
reported a lawful pilot.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1888, art. 74, sec. 5. 1860, art. 74, sec. 5.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 1.

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.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1888. art. 74, sec. 6. 1860, art. 74, sec. 6.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 1.

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.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1888, art. 74, sec. 7. 1860, art. 74, sec. 7.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 1.

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.

Ibid, sec 8. 1888, art. 74, sec. 8. 1860, art. 74, sec. 8.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 1.

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.