The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-05-16
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Resolutions Of the General
Assembly of South Carolina.
Published by'Anth ority.


of South Carolina now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same:
That the Governor is hereby authorized to
appoint separate and distinct boards of COM
missioners of,pilotage for theports Of Char
lesion, Beaufort aud Georgetown, each board
to consist of three persons, Of whom two
shall be or shall have been seafarlng men,
and the third full branch pilot. The COM
missioners of the port Of Beaufort shall have
Jurisdiction over st. Helena, Port Royal,
and all entrances southwark.
SEC. 9. The said commissioners shall have
power to organize from time, board of ex-
animation, by adding to their number two
nautical men, if deemed necessary by them,
to be chosen by themselves, and it shall be
the duty of said examining boards to exam
Inc each and all applicants as to his or their
competency to work or manage vessels, and,
generaly to discharge the duties of pilot or
pilots, and nolicenSe or branch shall be grant
! ed to any person or persons unless he rccei-
YES the certificate IF competency signed by a
majority of such board.
SEC. 3. That each and every applicant for
a branch or license, before he shall receive
the certificate from majority of the exam
ining board, shall pay to said board the sum
of FIVE dollarsto defray the expenses Of such
examination and of issuing said certificate.
SEC 4. Apprentices shall be taken by
full branch pilots only, with the approval of
the respective boards Of commissioners of
pilotage, and shall serve two years before
receiving q nine.foot branch, or license; the
last year of service it shall be the duty Of
their masters to take the said apprentices on
board of all vessels, so that they may become
completely competent to discharge their du-
tics. After holding their branches, or IL
cences of nine feet, for two years, if compe-
tent, to the satisfaction Of their masters,
they shall receive twelve foot branch, or
license, which they must hold in service for
two wears, at the end of which tinte they
may receive a full branch, or license. In
all cases, however, the applicant for appfen-
ticcship shall be eighteen years of age pre-
vious to receiving his nine-foot branch, or
license Provided, That any person, or per-
sons, who have been trading between either
Of the ports above mentioned, and other
ports, for period of6ve years, shall, upon
a satisfactory examination buf0rc either OF
the res, ectiYe boards of commissioners, be
entitled to receive from said board full
branch or license.
SEC. 5. The said respective boards of pi-
lot commissioners shall give to the applicants
approved by them either limited license or
branch. or a full license or branch, accord
ing as the application and discovered fitness
of the applicant shall be, signed BY a majori-
ty of said board may direct, requiring OF
each applicant, before the delivery to him OF
such license or branch, to swear and sub
scribe to the following oath, to be admins
tered by the president Of the board, to-wlt:
Il. A Is, do solcmnly swear (or afhrm) that
l will well and faithfully, and according to
the best of my skill and knowledge, execute
and discharge the business and duty OF
licensed pilot or apprentice Gas the case may
bc) for the bar and harbor of Charleston,
Beaufort or Georgctwon, Gas the case may
be,) and that l will, at all times, wind,
weather and health permitting, use my best
cudcavors to repair OIL board of all ships and
vessels that 1 Shall sec and conceive to be
bound for, or coming into, or going out Of
the port or harbor of Charleston, Beaufort or
Georgetown, Gas the case may be,) unless
that I am we'll assured that some other IL
censcd pilot is then on BOARD the same. And
| do further swear Cor affirm) that l will,
from time to time, and at all times, make
the best dispatch in my power to convey
safely over the bar of Charleston, Beaufort
or Georgetown, Gas the case may be,) every
vessel committed to my care, in coming IN
or going out of the same; and that will,
from time to time, and at all times, truly OBJ
serve, follow and fulfill, to the best OF my
knowledge, all such orders and directions as
I shall or may receive from the commission
ers of pilotagc relative to all matters and
things that may appertain to the duty Of a
pilot; and further, that will not, at the
sam time, be owner, part owner, nor be III
tcrestcd, directly or indirectly, in more than
two boats employed in the business of the
pilotage of the bar and harbor Of Charleston,
Beaufort or Georgetown, Gas the case may
bc,.) So help he God"
SEC 6. That after any such person or ap-
plicant shall have taken the oath or affirnla-
tion aforesaid, and subscribed to the same,
the said board of commissioners shall require
such person to execute to them and their
successors in office, bond with two surcties,
to be approved by them, in the sum Of five
hundred dollars if his license be of nine or
twelve feet; which bond shall be conditioned
for the faithful discharge Of his duties as
such pilot; whercupon the said board OF COM
missioncrs shall deliver to such person a
license, to be measured by his respective
draft Of water; said license to be signed by
the president of the said board, under di-
rcctioon of majority thereof, or by such ma
jority themselves. =; -,
SEC. 7. That the respective boards of
commissioners Of pilotage shall have power
and authority, for any cause or charge, to
them satisfactorily proven, to order and di-
rect any or all pilots, for their respective
bars and harbors, to deliver up his or their
license or licenses, and to take out a new
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