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Laws of South Carolina
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Published by Authority.]

AN ACT to Regulate the PXotage q
the Ports Of Charleston, Beaufort dnc
i Georgetown.
SEcTiN l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of House of Representative.
of the State of South Carolina, now me
land sitting in General Assembly, ant
by the authority of the same:
That the Governor is hereby author
Iized to appoint separate and distinc
Boards of Pilot Commissioners for thu
ports of Charleston, Beaufort anc
Georgetown, each Board to consis
of three persons, of whom two
shall be, or shall have been, seafarine
men, and the third 8 full branch pilot
The Commissioners of Pilotage, for the
port of Beaufort, shall have Jurisdiction
over st. Helena, Port Royal, and al
entrances Southwark.
SEC. Q. The said Commissioners shall
have power to organize, from time K
time, q Board of Examination, by ad
lding to their lumber two nautical men
if deemed necessary by them, to bt
chosen by themselves; and 1T shall be
the duty Of the said respective Exam
lining Boards to examine each and all
applicants as to his or their competency
to work or manage vessels, and, gener'
ally, to discharge the duties of Pilot Of
Pilots; and no license or branch, shall
be granted to any person unless he re-
ceive the certificate of competency
signed by a majority of such Examining
Board.
SEC. 8. That each and every applicant
| for branch, or license, before he shall
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the Examining Board, shall pay to the
said Board the sum of five dollars to
defray the expenses of such examine
ton and of issuing said certificate.
SEC. 4. Apprentices shall be taken by
full branch pilots only, with the approx
al of the respective Boards Of Commits
sioners Of Pilotage, and shall serve two
years before rsceiving a 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
competent to discharge their duties.
After holding their branches, or licen-
ses, of nine feet, for two years, if COM
petent, to the satisfaction of their mas
ters, they shall receive twelve foot
branch, or license, which they must
hold in service for two years, at the end
Of which time they may receive a full
branch, or license. In all cases how
ever, the applicant for apprenticeship
shall be eighteen years of age previous
to receiving his nine-foot branch, or
license: Provided, That any person, or
persons, who have been trading between
either of the ports above mentioned,
and other ports, for a period of five
years, shall, upon q satisfactory exami-
nation before either of the respective
Boards of Commissioners, be entitled
to receive from said Board q full branch,
or license.
SEC. 5. The said respective Boards of
Pilot Commissioners shall give to the
applicants approved by them either a
limited license or branch, or q full Ii
cense or branch, according as the appli-
cation and discovered fitness Of the ap-
plicant shall be, signed by majority of
the examining Board, or by their Chair
man, as the majority Of said Board may
direct, requiring of each applicant,
before the delivery to him of such Ii
cense or branch, to swear and subscribe
to the following oath, to be administered
by the President of the Board, to wit {:
II, A 3, do solemnly swear Tor affirm)
that 1 will we'll and faithfully, and ac-
cording to the best of my skill and
knowledge, execute and discharge the
business and duty Of licensed pilot or
apprentice as the case may be) for the
bar and barber of Charleston, Beaufort
or Georgetown las the case may be y and
that 1 will, at all times, wind, weather
and health permitting, use my best
endeavors to repair on boards Of all
ships and vessels that / shall see and
conceive to be bound for, or coming into
or going out Of the port or harbor OF
Charleston, Beaufort or Georgetown las
the case may be- unless that I am well
assured that some other licensed pilot is
then on board the same. And I do fur.
ther swear Tor affirm) that will from
time to time, and at all times, make the
best dispatch in my power to convey
safely over the bar Of Charleston, Beau.
fort or Georgetown (as 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 observe, follow and fulfill
to the best of my skill and ability and
knowledge, all such orders and direc.
tiOns as i shall or may receive from the
Commissioners of PiIotage relative to
all matters and things that may apper.
tain to the duty of pilot; and, further
that will not, at the same time, be
owner, part owner, nor be interested, di.
rectly or Indirectly, in more than two
. boats employed in the business Of the
pilotage of the bar and barber of Char
lesion, Beaufort or Georgetown las the
case may be.) So help me God"
SEC. 6. That after any such person OF
, applicant shall have taken the oath OF
affirmation aforesaid, and subscribed t.
the same, the said Board Of Commission.
els shall require such person to execute
to them, and their successors in office
bond, with two sureties, to be approv
ed by them, in the sum of five hundred
dollars if his licence be of nine or twelve
feet or in the sum of one thousand dol,
y lars If it be full license; which bono
' shall be conditioned for the faithful dis
: charge of his duties as such pilot
: wheieupon the said Board of Commits
sioners shall deliver to such person .
license, to be measured by respectiv,
draft Of water; said license to be signat
either by the President of the sait
Board, under direction of maiorit,
thereof, or by such majority themselves
SEC. 7. That the respective Boards O
T Commissioners of Pilotage shall hav,
! power and authority, for any cause O
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