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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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to the board of pilots for a license to navigate the
Chesapeake
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.
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Vessels navigating
Chesapeake
Bay
without license.
Proviso.
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SEC. 15. And be it enacted,
That the master or
owner of every vessel, required to take out a license
under and by virtue of this act, navigating the Chesapeake
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; Provided,
however, the payment of full pilotage shall not
be exacted from any inward bound vessel which, on
her arrival and before her departure to sea, shall obtain
from the board of pilots a license in pursuance of the
provisions of this act.
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Money collected
to be
equally distributed.
Proviso.
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SEC. 16. And be it enacted,
That the money to be
collected by the board of pilots, under and by virtue of the
thirteenth and fourteenth sections of this act, shall be
equally distributed quarterly among the regular working
pilots over twenty-one years of age; Provided,
however, that 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.
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Compensation
allowed.
Proviso.
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SEC. 17. And be it enacted,
That from and after
the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any
pilot to charge or receive any greater or lesser reward
or compensation, for his services as such, than is hereafter
expressed, to wit: For every vessel from sea to
Baltimore, drawing fifteen feet water or over, five dollars
for each and every foot of water she may draw;
for every vessel drawing twelve feet water, and not exceeding
fifteen feet, four dollars for each and every foot
of water she may draw; for all vessels drawing less than
twelve feet, three dollars and fifty cents for each and
every foot she may draw; and upon all vessels bound
from Baltimore to sea, a deduction of one dollar per
foot upon the foregoing list of rates shall be made,
which rates shall also apply to Georgetown and vice
versa; Provided, however, that any vessel possessed of
a license, in pursuance of the provisions of this act,
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 into Hampton Roads for any
other cause than distress of weather, having a Maryland
pilot on board, the master or owner shall pay to said
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