THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT to repeal the sixteenth and twenty-ninth
sections of the seventy-fourth article of the Code
of Public General Laws, relating to Pilots, and
to substitute in lieu thereof the following:

Passed Feb.
1, 1866.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That sections sixteen and twenty-nine
of article seventy-four, of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws relating to Pilots, be and they are here-
by repealed, and the following substituted there-
for:

Repealed.

16. All masters of foreign vessels and vessels
from a foreign port, and all vessels sailing under
register, bound to and from Baltimore city, except
vessels engaged exclusively in the coasting trade,
shall take a licensed Pilot, or in case of refusal to
take such Pilot, shall himself, owners or consignees
pay the said pilotage as if one had been employed;
and such pilotage shall he paid to the Pilot first
speaking or offering his services as Pilot to such
vessel before Cape Henry bears south, if inward
bound.

Licensed pi-
lot.

29. The Pilots shall be required, under the
direction of the board, to keep as many as three
pilot boats at sea, one of said boats to be stationed
fifteen miles to the north of Cape Henry, one in

Pilots to
keep three
boats.

the latitude of and ten miles from Cape Henry, and
one fifteen miles south of Cape Henry; and the
board shall have full power to make rules and reg-
ulations 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 service from
time to time, and generally do all things which
may be necessary for the efficiency of the Pilots
and the boats used in the service.

Board to
make rules.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

In force.