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Session Laws, 1853
Volume 403, Page 277   View pdf image (33K)
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        E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.                                        277
of the commercial interest of the State of Maryland,
and 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.

     SEC. 9.  And be it enacted, That any licensed pilot
refusing, on due notice being given to him, to aid any
vessel in distress within six leagues southward of Cape
Charles, or in the Chesapeake bay, every such pilot so
refusing to aid any vessel in distress, as above required,
on proof thereof, shall forfeit and pay one hundred and
fifty dollars, and shall thereafter be rendered incapable
of serving as a pilot.
     Forfeiture of
pilots refusing
to aid vessels
in distress.
     SEC. 10.  And be it enacted, That if any master of
any vessel shall carry any licensed pilot to sea against
his inclination, such master shall pay to a full branch
pilot thirty dollars per month until his return or death;
to a twelve foot branch pilot twenty-four dollars per
month until his return or death; and to a nine foot
branch pilot twenty dollars per month until his return
or death; and if any master shall carry any licensed
pilot to sea against his inclination, when his boat or any
other boat is ready and offers to take him off, and the
same may be done without endangering the vessel, such
master shall pay such pilot the sum of three hundred
dollars over and above the wages aforesaid.
     Sums to be
paid for carrying
pilot to
sea.
     SEC. 11.  And be it enacted, That 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.
Penalty.
     SEC. 12.  And be it enacted, That any pilot being
detained on board of any vessel, except such detention
be unavoidable, shall be allowed three dollars per day
for each and every day he may be so detained, the
same to be paid by him the master, agent, owner or
consignee of said vessel.
$3 per day allowed
for detention
on
board.
     SEC. 13.  And be it enacted, That the master or
owner of every registered vessel of and above one hundred
tons, before going to sea, shall apply to the board
of pilots for a license to navigate the Chesapeake bay
without a pilot, and shall pay the said board for such
license at the rate of six cents per ton, and such license
shall be good for twelve months from the date thereof.
     Registered
vessel.
     SEC. 14.  And be it enacted, That the master or
owner of every vessel, sailing under a coasting license,
over one hundred tons, shall, before going to sea, apply
Vessel sailing
under coasting
license.



 
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