his license shall have expired, he shall forfeit for every vessel which he shall undertake to pilot to or from the port of Philadelphia, the sum of thirty dollars, together with the pilotage to which he would be otherwise entitled, one half to the use of the persons who shall sue for the same, and the other half for the use of decayed pilots, their widows and children.

SECT. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no license of the first class shall be granted to any person who at the time of passing this act, shall not be, or within three months previous thereto, have been, a licensed pilot by virtue of the laws of this commonwealth, or who shall not have served a regular appenticeship of at least six years to a licensed pilot; nor any license of the second class except to persons already licensed as aforesaid, or such as shall have served an apprenticeship of at least five years in manner aforesaid, nor any license of the third class except to persons already licensed as aforesaid, or who shall have served an apprenticeship of at least four years in manner aforesaid, and all indentures of apprentices to pilots shall be recorded in the warden's office, for which the master of such apprentices shall pay the sum of twenty-five cents, to be applied towards defraying the contingent expenses of the said warden's office; nor shall any license be granted until the person applying shall have given bond, with one sufficient surety to the governor of the commonwealth, in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than three hundred dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful performance of the duties and services required by this act, and that they will not be aiding or assisting in defrauding the revenue of the United States, and that they will deliver up the license to them granted when required by the wardens, in pursuance of the provisious of this act; Provided, That no person shall be entitled to a license as pilot for any branch, without first having under the immediate inspection of his master, or a pilot of the first branch, conducted a square rigged vessel (at least brig rigged) twice up and twice down the river.

SECT. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person having license as a pilot, shall for the space of two weeks refuse or wilfully neglect to execute the duties of a pilot, every such pilot upon due proof thereof shall forfeit his license: and if any pilot shall enter into any combination, with a view of preventing any other person from executing such duties, every such pilot being thereof duly convicted, shall forfeit his license as a pilot for the bay or river Delaware; and if it should so happen that the number of pilots necessary for the port of Philadelphia, should be reduced by decease, removal or otherwise, as to occasion much inconvenience to the trade of the state, in such case the wardens of the said port, or

any three or more of them, are here empowered, on such particular occasion as aforesaid, to grant certificates to such person or persons as they may find qualified to act as pilots, for the said space of six months, subject to be renewed if occasion should require it, and subject to the like rules, orders and regulations, and liable to the like fines, penalties and forfeitures, as other pilots who shall be appointed by virtue of this act.

SECT. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the licenses or certificates heretofore granted to any pilot or pilots, by any former board of wardens and not vacated, shall be of the same force and effect, as if the said licenses or certificates were granted in pursuance of the directions of this act, and all securities given by any pilots and others on their behalf, shall be and continue to all intents and purposes of the same force and effect, as any securities to be taken in pursuance of this act may or can be.

SECT. 21. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the pilot who shall first offer himself to any inward bound ship or vessel, shall be entitled to take charge thereof: Provided, His license shall authorize him to pilot ships or vessels of such draught of water, and it shall be the duty of such pilot if required, to exhibit his license to the master or commander of such ship or vessel, and in case the draught of water of such ship or vessel shall be greater than such pilot shall be licensed to carry, he may nevertheless with the consent of the master, take charge of such ship or vessel until a pilot duly qualified shall offer, and if such qualified pilot shall offer before such ship or vessel shall have passed Reedy Island, he shall be received, and the former pilot entitled to pilotage according to the distance he may have conducted such ship or vessel, and the latter to the residue of the pilotage, which shall be ascertained by the master warden for the time being; and the master or commander of such ship or vessel, shall display the signal for a pilot heretofore used, until a pilot duly qualified shall offer, and if the said master or commander shall refuse or neglect so to do, or shall refuse or neglect to receive a pilot duly qualified, the master, owner or consignee of such ship or vessel, shall forfeit and pay to the wardens aforesaid, a sum equal to the half pilotage of such ship or vessel, to the use of the society, for the relief of distressed and decayed pilots, their widows and children, to be recovered as pilotage in the manner hereinafter directed; and in all cases when extraordinary services have been rendered by any pilot or pilots, the board of wardens shall, in case the parties cannot agree, determine the compensation to be allowed for such services, and the pilot shall inform the master of every vessel he shall conduct to the port of Philadelphia, of the rules and regulations necessary in reporting at the warden's office.

SECT. 22. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of every master or commander of a ship or vessel, outward bound from the port of Philadelphia, and he is hereby required to remain twenty-four hours after his arrival at the capes, to give to the pilot on board such ship or vessel an opportunity to be taken out; and if the master or commander of such ship or vessel refuse so to do, and if the same can be done without endangering the vessel aforesaid, the master, owner or consignee of such ship or vessel, shall forfeit and pay to such pilot, his executors or administrators, any sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court of record in which the same may be sued for, by action of debt or otherwise.

SECT. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if it shall so happen that any first rate pilot, having a boat attending him, shall be carried to sea in any ship or vessel contrary to his inclination, by stress of weather or other unavoidable accident, the master, owner or consignee of such ship or vessel, shall pay to such pilot, his executors or administrators, the same wages as the master of said vessel receives, until the return of said pilot to the said capes, or in case he shall die while so absent, then to the time of his death; and if any second rate pilot shall be carried off as aforesaid, the same wages as the first mate of such vessel receives; and if any third rate pilot shall be carried off as aforesaid, the same wages as the seamen of such vessel receive; and if any pilot as aforesaid, not having a boat attending him, shall be carried to sea as aforesaid, he shall be paid one half the wages he would have been entitled to, had a boat been attending.

SECT. 24. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any inward bound ship or vessel having a pilot on board, shall be prevented by the ice or any other cause, from proceeding to the port of Philadelphia, and shall be compelled to proceed to some other port or place not in the bay and river Delaware, the pilot shall be entitled to receive and recover from the owner or owners of such ship or vessel, full pilotage as if he had conducted such ship or vessel to the port of Philadelphia, and shall also receive the sum of eight cents for each and every mile he shall travel to his usual place of abode.

SECT. 25. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be allowed two dollars per day, to every pilot of any ship or vessel compelled to perform quarantine, for every day he may be detained, to be paid by the master, owner or consignee of such ship or vessel, and the pilot of such ship or vessel shall not be discharged in less than six days without his con

sent.

SECT. 26. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

vessel at the city of Philadelphia, to make report to the master warden of the name of such ship or vessel, her draught of water, and the name of the pilot who shall have conducted her to the port, and where any such vessel shall be outward bound, the master of such vessel shall make known to the wardens the name of such vessel, and of the pilot who is to conduct her to the Capes, and her draught of water at that time; and it shall be the duty of the wardens to enter every such vessel in a book, to be by them kept for that purpose, without fee or reward; and if the master of any ship or vessel shall neglect to make such report, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of sixty dollars, and if the master of any such ship or vessel shall refuse or neglect to take a pilot, the master, owner or consignee of such vessel, shall forfeit and pay to the wardens aforesaid, a sum equal to the half pilotage of such ship or vessel, to the use of the society for the relief of distressed and decayed pilots, their widows and children, to be recovered as pilotage in the manner herein after directed: Provided always, That where it shall appear to the wardens, that in case of an inward bound vessel, a pilot did not offer before she had reached Reedy Island, or in case of an outward bound vessel, that a pilot could not be obtained for twenty-four hours after such vessel was ready to depart, the penalty aforesaid for not having a pilot shall not be incurred.

SECT. 30. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any inward bound ship or vessel having a pilot on board, shall be detained by ice and conducted by him to a place of safety, it shall and may be lawful for the master of any such ship or vessel, after being so detained for forty-eight hours to discharge his pilot, and in such case the pilot shall be entitled to reeeive and recover full pilotage, as if he had conducted such ship or vessel to the port of Philadelphia, and in case such pilot shall be detained more than forty-eight hours, his compensation for such detention shall be two dollars per day, for every day he shall be so detained.

SECT. 31. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any pilot shall misbehave in the execution of his duty, so that damage shall accrue by reason of his negligence or incapacity, it shall and may be lawful for the person or persons injured or aggrieved, to complain to the wardens, who shall thereupon appoint a time and place of hearing, of which due notice shall be given to such pilot, and upon due proof thereof being made to the wardens, it shall be lawful for them to fine such pilot in any sum not exceeding the amount of the pilotage of the ship or vessel, to which such damage shall have happened, for the use of decayed pilots, their widows and children, or to suspend such pilot for any term which the wardens may think proper, and in every case of suspension the pilot shall deliver up his license to the wardens, to be by them kept till the time for