306 PILOTS. [ART. 39.

ARTICLE XXXIX.
PILOTS.

1 Board of examiners a corporation, register 2 Vacancies 3 Applicants to produce certificates of hon- esty, etc 4 Board to examine applicants, warrants of appointment and license. 5 Fees paid by applicant 6 Who entitled to warrant as first-rate pilot 7 Warrants, when renewable. 8 Fees on renewal 9 Minor not to have a first-rate branch 10 Board may increase or decrease number of pilots 11 Oath of board 12 Pilot to keep boat, penalty 13 Name of boat and place to be put on stern and sails 14 Penalty for acting without warrant, to what prohibition not to extend 15 Board of examiners to make rules, may suspend or dismiss, penalty for acting thereafter

16 What vessels required to take licensed pilots, pilotage 17 Master of coasting vessel to obtain license to navigate bay without pilot 18 Having no license to take pilot, full pilot- age not exacted from inward-bound ves- sel which shall obtain license 19 Proceeds of license, etc, how distributed 20 What vessels exempt from license, etc, proviso. 21 Charges 22 Charges 23 Pilot absenting himself three years, license revoked 24 Penalty for not aiding vessels in distress 25 Paid if taken to sea, quarantine 26 Penalty for employing vessel as pilot-boat without license 27 Pay for detention on vessel 28 Master to pay full pilotage 29 Pilots to keep three boats, board to make rules. 30 Where pilots not required.

Art 74, s 1. 1853, c 214, s 3 Board of ex- aminer), a cor- poration Register.	1. The board of examiners of pilots is a body politic and corpo- rate, and may appoint a register, who shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose, all applications to, and all other proceed- ings of, the said board, and shall countersign all warrants for pilots granted by the board.
Id s 2 1853, c 214, s. 7 Vacancies.	2, If any of the said examiners shall die, resign, or refuse to act, or remove from the city of Baltimore, or be otherwise incapable to act, the remaining examiners, or a majority of them, shall fill such vacancy; provided, that they shall so regulate their appointments as to have at least one member of their board a person, skilled in the business of piloting.
Id s 3 1853, c 214, s 1 Applicant to produce certif- icates of honesty, etc	3. Any person who may desire to be admitted a pilot, shall pro- duce a certificate from the Circuit Court of 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.
Id s 4. 1853, c 214, s 1. Board to ex- amine appli- cants.	4. The board of examiners shall examine each applicant produc- ing 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 per- son, thereby authorizing him for one year from the date of such war-
Warrants of appointment and license	rant 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.