, 1878-11-28

ing.
j. No person shall receive branch
from this Board, to act as pilot. until he
has filed bond, approved by this Board,
according To Section 8, of the Pilot Law,
and has signed these Bylaws. pIedglng
his support to them; also shall produce
satisfactory proof to this Board that he is
a loyal citizen OF the Uuicd States.
4. A special meeting of the board shall
he called by the order of the chairman,
whenever an accident of any importance,
such rs Stranding. collision. or otherwise,
shall occur to any vessel inward or out
ward bound, Willie in charge Of a licensed
pilot, for the purpose of making investi-
cation into the cause of such accident.
D. rwo Commissioners shall constitute
Il quorum for the transaction of business,
and no business shall be transacted by the
Board at any meeting thereof unless n
quorum is present.
&. All petitions for branches to net rs
pilot, must be made in writing. and signed
by the name of the applicant, and pre-
sented at any meeting of the Board, either
regular or special.
z. Every pilot, either in person or
through the chairman, shall at each rcgu-
lar meeting Of the Board of Pilot Com
miSsioners, make a full and complete re-
port Of all moneys collected, or becoming
due, for pilotage during the preceding
| three months; the number Of vessels AZ
riving ut or leaving Puget Sound. which
are liable TO pilOtage, with the date of such
vessels arriving or leaving, with the draft
OF water OF each vessel, and her tonnage,
and shall pay to the Pilot Commissioners
five per cent. of the amount collected, rs
provided for in Section "A of the act Great
ing this Board; pnd further shall employ
every legal means in his power to collect
such piIotage due by law.
s. Pilots, when notified in writing to-
report in person to the Pilot Commission
ers must so report ut the meeting specified
IN such notice.
8. All testimony taken before the
Board OF Pilot Commissioners must b.
subscribed and sworn TO by the deponent.
Any pilot summoned to testif, before the
Board shall appear in accordance with
such summons, and shall make answer
under oath to any questions put to him
touching any matter connected with the
pilot service.
10. For any violation or infringement
of these BY Laws and regulations, the
party so offending shall pay fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or be sus-
pended, or deprived of his license as the
Board may elect.
IL. 1t shall be the duty of the pilots OF
each boat, once in three months, to elect
from their own numbers Captain, who
shall have the management OF said boat
and its affairs, under the general superin-
tendence of the Chairman of the Board of
Pilot Commissioners; and the name OF
such captain shall be communicated to the
Board at each regular meeting thereof;
said captain to have control Of the boat
for three months, or until his successor is
elected. 1t shall be the duty Of the cap
tain to report at each regular meeting of
the Board. an account Of the employment
and movements of his own boat, specify
ing the services in which she has been Ell
gagged, the number of vessels piloted in
aud out, and by whom ploted; and the
number OF days she has laid in port; and for
each AMI every neglect to comply with this
rule, the said captain may be fined not to
exceed fifty dollars, or be otherwise pull
isIed in the discretion of the Board.
IL. Pilot boats, while cruising, must have
a white signal lantern displayed in con-
spicuous manner during the night, and
the number OF the boat displayed on the
mainsail, as day signal.
l3. Neither pilots nor their boats shall
be permitted 10 leave their peculiar service
WICLIlcI III UOII w az o-"' uiiAcSo W "oSiSO
vessels in distress, more than thirty miles
north or south Of Tatooche Light, with
out first obtaining the permission of this
Board; and any boat infringing this rule
shall be regarded as detached from the
service. and the pilots assigned thereto.
unless specially engaged in the plotting in
or out of vessels, upon due proof shall be
regarded as having forfeited their license,
or be otherwise punished, at the discretion
OF the Board.
IA. If it should appear that any vessel
should enter this port without pilot in
consequence of the neglect OF the pilots
cruising; at the entrance of the Strait of
Fnca excepting steamers or vessels not
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