1620 PILOTS. [ART. 74

1904, art. 74, sec. 18. 1888, art. 74, sec. 18. 1860, art. 74, sec. 18.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 15.

18. The master or owner of every vessel required to take out license
under the two preceding sections, navigating the Chesapeake bay with-
out 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.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1888, art. 74, sec. 19. 1860, art. 74, sec. 19.
1853, ch. 214, sec. 16.

19. The money collected by the board of pilots under sections 16
and 17 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.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1888, art. 74, sec. 20. 1860, art. 74, sec. 20
1853, ch. 214, sec. 19.

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.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1888, art. 74, sec. 21. 1860, art. 74, sec. 21. 1853, ch. 214,
sec. 17. 1868, ch. 115.

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
inward bound to Baltimore or from Baltimore to sea drawing fifteen
feet of water or over, five dollars for each foot of water she may draw,
for every vessel drawing twelve feet of water and not exceeding fifteen
feet, four dollars for each foot she may draw; for all vessels drawing
less than twelve feet of water, three dollars and fifty cents for each
foot of water she may draw, which rates shall apply to vessels to or
from Georgetown.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1888, art. 74, sec. 22. 1860, art. 74. sec. 22
1853, ch. 214, sec. 17.

22. Any vessel having a license under the provisions of this article
which may require a pilot shall have the sendees of one at a reduction
of twenty per cent, on the pilot rate hereby established on one inward
passage to Baltimore, during the existence of said license, and if any