1624 PILOTS. [ART. 74

1888, art. 74, sec. 22. 1860, art. 74, 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 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. 1860, art. 74, sec. 23. 1853, ch 214, sec. 8.

23. Any pilot absenting himself from the business of pilot-
ing (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. 24. 1860, art. 74, 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 there-
after be rendered incapable of serving as a pilot.

Ibid. sec. 25. 1860, art. 74, 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
vessel be of over twelve feet draft, one hundred dollars per month
until said pilot's return or death; if said vessel be of over nine
feet and not over twelve feet draught, eighty dollars a month
until said pilot's return or death; if said vessel be of nine feet
draft or under, sixty-six dollars and sixty-six and two-thirds
cents per month until such pilot's return or death, and for
every day's detention at quarantine by order of the health
officer, three dollars per day for every day of such detention.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1860, art. 74, 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 hundred and fifty dollars for every vessel such
boat may board.