1829.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 74.
Proviso.
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to conduct or pilot his vessel, and shall continue
the
same pilot to his first port of discharge, or shall pay him half
pilotage to the first port; and every master of a merchant vessel
of the aforesaid draught of water or tonnage, going to sea,
shall be obliged to receive a pilot to conduct or pilot his vessel,
and shall continue the same pilot to the Capes, or pay half
pilotage to the Capes to the same pilot who first offered below
the Horse-Shoe, to conduct or pilot his vessel on her passage
upward, or to some other pilot belonging to the same company
with the said pilot; and every pilot who shall be entitled
to receive half-pilotage, shall, on receiving the same, be bound
to pay the amount over to the company of the pilot boat to
which he belongs, to be equally divided among the said company,
share and share alike: Provided, that if the said pilot or
some pilot of the company to which he belongs, shall not apply
to conduct or pilot the said vessel to sea, then the said
half-pilotage shall be paid to the first other applicant.
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Apprenticeship required.
Proviso.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted,
That hereafter no person shall
be entitled to receive a warrant as a first rate pilot, unless he
hath employed himself at least three years in the business of
piloting vessels of any draught, or unless he hath served at
least five years as an apprentice to the business of piloting:
Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be construed
to
prevent the renewal of any warrant heretofore granted.
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Penalty for overcharge.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted,
That the penalty of fifty dollars
shall be imposed on any pilot who shall wilfully charge or receive,
either directly or indirectly, any greater or lesser fees
for pilotage than may be allowed by law; one half of the said
penalty to go to the informer, and the other half to the Marine
Society of Baltimore; the whole to be recovered in the
name of the society, before the board of examiners: and
all and every matter relative to this act, or those to which it is
a supplement, whether penalty or dispute, shall be decided and
adjudged by the said board within three days after application
by the complainants.
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Penalty for neglect
of duty.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted,
That every master of a vessel who
shall refuse, when the same is required by the first applicant
below the Horse-Shoe as aforesaid, or other pilot of the same
company, or where no such applicant appears, by the first
other applicant, to conduct his vessel as aforesaid, to give
information of the tonnage thereof, by shewing her register or
licence, as the case may be, shall, for every such offence, forfeit
and pay the sum of thirty dollars, to be recovered in the
name of the state, in the same manner as small debts are recoverable,
one half for the use of the said state, and one half for
the use of the informer.
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Explanatory.
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to authorise any pilot to conduct or pilot
any vessel of greater draught than is expressly authorised
by his warrant.
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