St. Mary's gazette., 1866-04-26
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
pTBlIC GENERAL-CHApTER 81
losfICIaL. !

4 BILL entitled an Act TO repeal the SIX
teen and twenry-nInti. sections of the
seyentv-fourth Article of the Code OF
Public General Laws, relating to Pilots.
and t. substitute IN lieu thereof the fol-
lowin. -
Section [ Be II enarfed by the GenersH
.4sa,nNg IF Mrrgtnnd. That sections six
teen and twenty y-ninc of Article seventy
four Of the Cole of Public General Laws
relating to Pilots be and they are hereby
repealed, and the. following substituted
therefor
Section l6. All masters Of foreign ves-
sells and vessels from foreign port, and
all vessels sailing under register, bound to
and from Baltimore city, except vessels
engaged exclusively in the eoasting trade,
shall take licensed pilot, or in case OF re-
fusal to take such pilot, shall himself, own
ers or consisnees, pay the said pilotage as
if one had been employed and such pilot
age shall be paid to the pilot first speaking
or offering his services as pilot to such YES
sci, before Cape Henry bears south If IN
ward bound.
Sections %. The pilots shall be fequir-
ed under the direction of the board, TO
keep as many as three pilot boats at sea,
one Of said boats to be stationed fifteen
miles to the north OF Cape Henry, one in
the latitude of and Ten miles from Cape
Hcrry. and one fifteen niles south OF "a. e
Henry ; and the board shall have full pow
er to make rules and regulations for their
cruising. and may designate and appoint
five pilots AID grant them authority to en-
force such rules and regulations as they
may adopt, and to inspect the boats in ser
vice from time to time, and generally do
Ill things which may be necessary tor the
efficiency Of the pilots aud the boats used
IN the service.
Section >. And be 1t enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after the
date of its passage.
\ BILL entitled an Act to secure the
completion Of the Eastern Shore Raii-
road
Section l. b. It enacted ly the General
.1sseuMg Of .laryI1nd, That the lien held
by the State of Maryland on the property
If the Eastern Shore Railroad Company to
secure the payment of the SIX per centum
interest out of the profits of the work on
the shares of the capital stock OF the sald
company held by the State, shall not DC
construed to give preference to the sad
State over the bondholders OF the SAID
Company, and the said lien is hereby ex-
presslv waived, postponed and deferred IN
| favor of the holders cf bonds of the SAID
Company, which may be issued tor the
construction and equipment OF the said
+, Railroad to al amount Lot exceeding III
the whole five hundred thousand dollars,
Section ,. and be 1t enacted. That the
said Company has full power to issue rs
bonds or other securities on the pledge OF
its nropcrty, estate end franchises, bfaS-
inr interest at rate not exceeding SIX per
ccntum per annum, redcemable at any
time within t,renty wears, and not exceed
inq in amount the sum OF five hundred
thousand dollars, in addition to its bonds
already issued, and dispose Of the same for
the objects aforesaid and no bonds of the
said Company issued. in good faith for
the construction, completion or equipment
of the said Railroad shall be annuled OF
abatcd because the same may have beer
disposed of by the said Company at less than
its par value
Section 3. And be /. enacted, That II
the election of Directors on the part OF tho
private stockholders, the stock Of the STATE
stock shall not be voted; nor shall the saIn>
be counted in ascertaining the presence o
quorum necessary for such election
Section 4. and be it enacted, That tins
act shall take effect and operate from th'
day Of its passage.
\ BILL entitled An Act further to reSu
late the relation of creditor and debtor
between the State Of Maryland and th'
Susquchanna and Tide Water Cana
Companies.
Whereas, The Susquehanna and Ild'
Water Canal Companies, by reason of th'
calamitous frcshet which occurred IN th'
Snsnuchonna about the time of the pas