1084 PILOTS—COMPENSATION. [ART. 74,

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 74, sec. 21. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 17. 1868, ch. 115.

21. No pilot shall charge or receive any greater or less reward
or compensation for his services as such, than as follows: For
every vessel inward bound to Baltimore, or from Baltimore to
sea, drawing fifteen feet water or over, five dollars for each foot
of water she may draw; for every vessel drawing twelve feet
water, and not exceeding fifteen feet, four dollars for each foot
she may draw; for all vessels drawing less than twelve feet water,
three dollars and fifty cents for each foot she may draw, which
rates shall apply to vessels to or from Georgetown.

Ibid, sec 23. 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 deduction of twenty per cent, on the pilot rates hereby
established on one inward passage 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.

Ibid. 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.

Ibid. sec. 21. 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.

Ibid, sec 25. 1853, ch. 214, sec. 10. 1868, ch. 115.

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