E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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pilot twelve dollars for conducting her in, and ten
dollars
for taking her out.
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SEC. 18. And be it enacted,
That whenever a pilot
is engaged to pilot any vessel, the master or owner shall
continue him, if inward bound, to her first port of discharge,
or to sea, if outward bound, or pay him full
pilotage.
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When allowed
full pilotage.
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SEC. 19. And be it enacted,
That the pilots shall be
required, under the direction of the board, to keep as
many pilot boats on active duty as the board of examiners
may deem necessary, to cruise outside Cape Henry,
for the protection of commerce; one or more to be
kept on the station as a look-out boat, in or near Cape
Henry; and the said board shall have full power and
authority to designate the stations, and make such rules
and regulations for their cruising, and may designate
and appoint five pilots, and grant them authority to enforce
such rules and regulations as they may adopt, and
to inspect the boats in the service from time to time,
and generally to do all things which may be necessary
for the efficiency of the pilots and the boats used in the
service; Provided, that 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, further, the master or owner of
any vessel shall not touch in any of said rivers on their
passage to or from Baltimore, for the purpose of avoiding
any of the provisions of this act.
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Number of
pilot boats to
be kept on active
duty.
Provisoes.
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SEC. 20. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent the employment of any
person to pilot any vessel in any of the rivers of this
State, except the Patapsco and Potomac rivers, or from
any part of the Chesapeake bay north of the Patapsco
river to any other part of said bay north of said river.
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Act how construed.
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