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of the pilot association, and the pilots shall pay the said board one thou-
sand dollars a year to defray the expenses of said board.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1904, sec. 3. 1888, 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.

An. Code, sec. 4. 1904, sec. 4. 1888, sec. 4. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 1. 1918, ch. 90.

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 such vessels of any
draught of water, or vessels not exceeding thirteen feet draught, or vessels
not exceeding twelve feet draught; and every person receiving such war-
rant and appointment shall thereafter be reported a lawful pilot.

An. Code, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1888, 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.

An. Code, sec. 6. 1904, sec. 6. 1888, sec. 6. 185A 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 busi-
ness of piloting.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1888, 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.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, 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.

An. Code, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, sec. 9. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 8.

9. The board of examiners shall not grant to any person under the
age of twenty-one years a warrant or license generally known as a first
rate branch.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1888, sec. 10. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 8.

10. The board of examiners may increase or decrease the number of
pilots as they may deem necessary for the protection of the commercial
interests of the State.