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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.

An. Code, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 21. 1888, sec. 21. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 17. 1868, ch. 115.
1918, ch. 90. 1920, ch. 175.

21. No pilot shall charge or receive any greater or less reward or com-
pensation for his services as such than follows: For every vessel inward
bound to Baltimore, or from Baltimore to sea, drawing thirteen feet of
water or over five dollars and fifty cents for each foot of water she may
draw; for every vessel drawing ten feet of water and less than thirteen
feet, four dollars for each foot she may draw; for all vessels drawing less
than ten feet of water, three dollars and fifty cents for each foot of water
they may draw, which rates shall apply to vessels to or from Georgetown.

An. Code, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 22. 1888, 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 services of one at a reduction of
twenty per cent, on the pilot rate hereby established on one inward pas-
sage to Baltimore during the existence of said license, and if any vessel
bound to sea shall go to Hampton Roads for any other cause than distress
of weather, having a Maryland pilot on board, the master or owner shall
pay to said pilot twelve dollars for conducting her in and ten dollars for
taking her out.

An. Code, sec. 23. 1904, sec. 23. 1888, sec. 23. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 8.

23. Any pilot absenting himself from the business of piloting (unless
occasioned by sickness) for the term of three years shall not be entitled,
to any warrant or license to act as pilot thereafter, but his license shall be
revoked by the board of examiners.

An. Code, sec. 24. 1904, sec. 24. 1888, sec. 24. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 9.

24. Any licensed pilot refusing, on due notice being given him, to aid
any vessel in distress within six leagues southward of Cape Henry, or to
the same distance eastward of Cape Charles or in the Chesapeake bay,
shall on proof thereof, forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty dollars, and
shall thereafter be rendered incapable of serving as a pilot.

An. Code, sec. 25. 1904, sec. 25. 1888, sec. 25. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 10. 1868, ch. 115.

1918, ch. 90.

25. If any master of any vessel shall carry any licensed pilot to sea
against his inclination he shall pay the said pilot, if said vessel be of over
twelve feet draught, one hundred dollars per month until said pilot's re-
turn or death; if said vessel be not over twelve feet draught, eighty dollars
a month until said pilot's return or death; and for every day's detention
at quarantine by order of the health officer, five dollars per day for every
day of such detention.