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Repealing clauso. 7. All acts heretofore passed relating to the said company shall
be and they are hereby repealed, so far as they are inconsistent with
this act.
Commencement. S. This act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof.
CAp. 90.-An ACT to amend the several acts concerning pilots.
(slod March 23, ]M.)
RateI ofpiiotngo 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That every registered
SeI. tY9. vessel owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, or by
prnt. the citizens or subjects of any foreign state, whose vessels are by
port.
treaty with the government of the United States, placed on the
same footing as vessels of the United States, shall pay the following
rates of pilotage, in lieu of those now established by law, to wit:
From sea to Hampton roads, if the vessel be boarded by such pilot
twenty miles to the east of Cape Henry, one dollar and fifty cents per
foot, if forty or more miles to the east of Cape Henry, twenty-five cents
per foot ii addition to the above rates; if less than twenty miles to
the east of the capes, one. dollar and twenty-five cents per foot;
from Hampton roads to sea, one dollar per foot; from Hampton
roads to Norfolk and Portsmouth, eighty-eight cents per foot; from
Hampton roads to Sleepy hole or Look out, one dollar and three
cents per foot; from I1anpton toads to Pagan creek, eighty-eight
cents per foot; from Hampton roads to Jamestown, or any place
between Pagan creek and Jamestown, one dollar and ninety-four
cents per foot; from Hampton roads to City Point or Bermuda Hun-
dred, or any place between Jamestown and City Point or Bermuda
Hundred, two dollars and eighty-seven cents per foot; from HIamp-
ton roads to Turkey island, three dollars and forty-eight cents per
foot; from Hampton roads to Warwick, or any place between Tur-
key island and Warwick, four dollars and thirty-four cents per foot;
from Hampton roads to Richmond, or any place between Richmond
and Warwick, four dollars and sixty-three cents per foot.
Rates rront port to 2. Be it fiether enacted, That the same rates of pilotage shall
800. be demanded for conducting a vessel from each of the places men-
tioned in the foregoing section, to Hampton roads, as are demand-
able for conducting such vessel from Hampton roads to the said
places respectively.
pilatage on foreign 3. Be it further enacted, That all foreign vessels, not placed by
,essesi. treaty with the government of the United States, on the same foot-
ing as vessels of the United States, shall pay one fourth in addition
to the rates of piloting therein prescribed.
cotnstinovesso, 4. Be it fitrthei. enacted, That every master of a vessel, sailing
to take trtplot,
or pay pilot, under a coasting license, and of the burden of seventy tons, shall
ago. be compelled to take the first pilot who offers to the ca-st of Cape
Henry, to conduct his vessel ; and, in case of refusal on the part of
the said master to take such pilot, he shall be compelled to pay half
pilotage to the first port to which such vessel is bound.
Foetopilotfordo- 5. Be it ft)-lher enacted, That any master of a vessel who shall
tention. give a pilot notice to attend his vessel, and the pilot shall attend ac-
cordingly, such pilot shall receive one dollar and seventy-five cents
for every (lay he shall be detained.
Power to appoint 6. Be it fither enacted, That pilots may appoint an agent in
an t of pilots the city of Richmond, and borough of Norfolk, state their accounts
ltoor provedald and prove the same before any justice of the peace or alderman of
recovered. said city or borough, and lodge the same with such agent for collec-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0499&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)