ART. 74.] PILOTS—LICENSE TO NAVIGATE. 1083

the pilot first speaking or offering his services as pilot to such,
vessel before Cape Henry bears south, if inward bound.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 74, sec. 17. 1853, ch, 214, sec. 14.

17. The master or owner of every vessel sailing under a coast-
ing license over one hundred tons, shall, before going to sea,
apply to the board of pilots for a license to navigate the Chesa-
peake bay without a pilot, and shall pay to the said board of
pilots for such license, at the rate of six cents per ton, and such
license shall be good for twelve months from the date thereof.

Ibid. 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 Chesa-
peake bay without 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. 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. 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 pur-
pose of avoiding any of the provisions of this article.