The daily gazette., 1881-04-06
SECOND EDITION
From the T leRraph.
DELAWARE ASSUMIN + JURlS-
DICTION OVER PHILADEL-
DIIIA ,,fNAE ALrDrn

DICTION OVER PHILADEL-
PHlA COM ME RCE.
The Pllotage bill. as passed BY tue
lower house OF the Delaware Legislature
yesterday morning, contains The follow
Ing provisions -
The Governor of the State of Della
Ware shall appoint FIVE persons, ac-
quainted with the navigation OF the
Delaware river and bay, to serve one fo!
term OF two years, tive for four years,
and two for five years, as q Board ci
Pilot Commissioners, and when these
first appointments shall have expired the
new appointments shall be made for The
term oi five years. The Commissioners
shall meet in Wilmington on the nrst
Monday of May and November in each
year upsn the call OF the President, aud
Whenever occasion may require. This
Beard shall have power 10 examine ap-
plicanis for pilot licenses, and, upon
their judgment that the applicants is
competent, shall grant the same. They
shall make all rules governing pilots
and decide all differences between pilots
and masters but any person dissenting
from their opinion shall have The pIivi-
legs Of appealing TO the Supreme Court
wlthin SIX days.
Pilots licenses shall be of two clas-
ses the first To psrsous capable OF pi-
loling ships or vessels of auy draught of
water (; tue second to persons capable
| 0f plotting vessels drawing twelve feet
Or less. hese licenses shall be in force
for one year, and penalties are prescrib-
ed for acting rs pilot except under such
licenses, aud each pilot SO licensed shall
pay " the Pilot Commissioners the sum
of $40.
Licenses Of the FIRST class shall not be
granted TO any person, whs has not, for
three months previous to the passage
vi this act, been licensed pilot under
the laws Of Pennsylvania or New Jer-
sey, or have served The regular appren-
Lice-sbip Of six years. Zach pilot Ii
censed shall give bond with surety not
exceeding $500 that he will faithfully
perform his duties and not engage in
detraudlng the revenue.
Every ship or vessel p opelled by
steam or sails arriving from or bound
to any foreign port, except such as are
solely coal-laden, passing out of the
Delaware Bay by way Of Cape Hen-
lopen, shall be obliged to receive a
pilot, and every vessel bound to the
Breakwatsr for orders and not pro-
ceeeing further up the Delaware Bay
shall be obliged TO reosive q pilot, pro-
vided she IN spoken or a pilot offers
his services outside of Cape Henlcpen
Light bearing southwest, and any
master refusing TO take pilot suing
for the same a sum equal to The pilot
age, to be recovered In any Of ouI
slate Courts, or before any justice oi
the peace, or a libel in admiralty
The first duly licensed pilot speaking
vessel shall be accepted, but Coast
wise traders need not accept pilot.
The bill also provides for the com
pensatiou of pilots taken 10 sea b.
vessels in stress OF weather, etc, point
out the remedies for imp opsr conduo
on the part of pilot, and fixes th'
rates OF pilotagG as follows Ever,
merchant vessel drawing not more
than twelve feet, 1914 per foot; ovel
twelve and under fifteen, $4'1s pei
foot over Afteen aud under eighteen
$3.50 per fuol, over eighteen and un'
der twenty, 10 per foot; over twenty
feet, $3.50 per foot, and over ant
above these figures. between the Is
lay of November and the 1st day o
April, and the additional sum of $40
Vessels bound down to the Brsakwals
for orders shall pay half the pilotag
to Philadelphia, aud if they go on +
Philadelphia, full pilotage fees In ad
dition.