THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1933
[10. All masters of foreign vessels and vessels from a for-
eign port and all vessels sailing under register bound xto and
from Baltimore City or passing in or out of the Chesapeake
Bay by way of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, except
American vessels employed in and licensed for the coasting
trade, shall take a licensed pilot, or in case of refusal to take
such pilot, shall themselves, their owners or consignees pay
the said pilotage as if he had been employed. ]
10. All masters of foreign vessels and vessels bound to and
from a foreign port, and all vessels engaged in foreign trade
to and from the port of Baltimore, or any port within the
State of Maryland, and all vessels engaged in foreign trade,
trading via the port of Baltimore or any port within the
waters of the State of Maryland, or vessels passing in or out
of the Chesapeake Bay, by way of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal or Cape Henry, Virginia, or bound from any point
within the waters of the State of Maryland to the boundaries:
of the State of Virginia, except American vessels employed
exclusively in the coasting trade, shall take a licensed State
pilot, or in case of refusal to take such pilot shall themselves,
their owners or consignees pay the said pilotage as if a pilot
had been employed.
11. American vessels [employed in and licensed for] en-
gaged exclusively EMPLOYED in the coasting trade shall be
exempt from the duty of employing a pilot, and the vessels as
well as their masters, owners, agents, or consignees shall be
exempt from the duty of paying pilotage. Such vessel, how-
ever, voluntarily taking a pilot shall pay the same fee for
pilotage as prescribed in the case of a vessel bound to or from
a foreign port.
[12. The money collected by the Association of Maryland
Pilots for piloting services under this Article shall be equally
distributed quarterly among the regular working pilots over
twenty-one years of age; but the Board of Pilot Examiners
shall make suitable provision for any pilot who is sick or dis-
abled, not exceeding the distributive portion of any pilot
engaged in active service, provided, however, that the Board
of Supervisors of the Association of Maryland Pilots is em-
powered, authorized and directed to deduct from such money
collected and before such quarterly distribution, a certain per-
centage of said money, said percentage to be fixed by the Board
of Pilot Examiners, to be set aside in a separate or reserve
fund for replacement and repairs of major equipment. This
deduction shall be in addition to and exclusive of any deduc-
tions made by the Association of Maryland Pilots under its
by-laws. The supervision, maintenance and direction of this
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