PILOTS 2785

An. Code, 1924, sec. 21. 1912, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 21. 1888, sec. 21. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 17.
1868, ch. 115. 1918, ch. 90. 1920, ch. 175. 1939, ch. 755, sec. 21.

21. No pilot shall charge or receive any greater or less reward or com-
pensation for his services as such than follows: for piloting any vessel
drawing thirteen feet of water or over from any port in this State to sea or
to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, or coming from sea or from the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and bound to any river of this State
and to any port thereof, or bound from sea to the Chesapeake and Dela-
ware Canal or from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to sea, five dollars
and fifty cents for each foot of water she may draw; for, every vessel draw-
ing 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 22. 1912, 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, 1924, sec. 23. 1912, 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, 1924, sec. 24. 1912, 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, 1924, sec. 25. 1912, 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 26. 1912, sec. 26. 1904, sec. 26. 1888, sec. 26. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 11.

26. No person shall employ his vessel as a pilot boat, unless he be a
licensed pilot and follows that occupation, under the penalty of one hun-
dred and fifty dollars for every vessel such boat may board.