1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 188.
Free bridge.

a sufficient sum is raised, not exceeding in the aggre-
gate one thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when said bridge
is built, it shall be a free bridge.

CHAPTER 187.

Passed May

20, 1852.

AN ACT to repeal an Act passed at the present
Session of the General Assembly, entitled, an Act
to make public a certain Road in the Third Elec-
tion District of Prince George's county,

Repealed.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the act passed at the present session of
the General Assembly, making public a certain road
in the third election district of Prince George's county,
be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Passed April

29, 1852.

CHAPTER 188.

AN ACT to Regulate Pilotage.

Appointment

of board of ex-
aminers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That J. Smith Hollins, William Gra-
ham, Samuel T. Thompson and John Haynie, or any
three or more of them, be, and they are hereby appoint-
ed a board to examine any person who shall desire to
be admitted a pilot, he first producing a certificate from
the Circuit court of the county wherein he resides, or
from the court of Common Pleas of the city of Balti-
more, in case he resides in said city, of his honesty and
good behaviour, and paying to the said board the sum of
five dollars, and to the register of the board, seventy-

Three kinds

of warrants.

five cents; and if, upon public examination, the per-
son shall appear to the board, of sufficient ability, skill
and experience, they shall grant him one of three kinds

of warrants, of appointment and license, according to
the qualification of such person, thereby authorising
such person, for one year from the date of such war-
rant, either to pilot vessels of any draught of water, or
vessels not exceeding twelve feet draught, or vessels