Evening journal., 1899-03-28
The APPRENTICE WINS
Young Edwards Victory Over
Pilot Commissioners.
HE GAINS FOUR YEARS BY It

isUFpRICR COURT ORDERS IN
! pENTURE PAPERS RECORDED.
ANDERSON SUIT FOR $4,000 Is
NOW ON-SOME ROUTINE WORK
DONE.
In uhe case Of William s Edwards.
Jr, vs.. the Boand Of PEot Commission
Css, q Deaware, Chief Justice Lore.
IN the superior Cnut th.s mornQlg, lie
lverei ahe following decision sustain-
ing The contention Of Edwards
This is an application for per-
emptory writ OF mandamus to compel
} John p. Virden, Robert @. Chambers.
Thomas C. Marehal, John n. Carswell,
and Alfred ID. Poole, constituting the
Board OF Pj,-t Commissioners of THE
: State of Delaware. to enter i'm Qhe hook
Of the said board provided for The pur-
pose, the application Of WrN.am S. Ed
: wards, Jr., the relatog, to be register
ed as a Delaware bay and river pilot
apprentice as 1G like TIN day of No
vember, 1892, and to accep; and adopt
I sulh Application to be g., reg.e.t cred
as said apprentice as OF That date, I'm
T, determining his seniority among suoh
s apprentices. for The purpose Of issuing
e to him a pilots license, when he shall
I become, unlar the laws OF Delaware
entitled to sudh license.
1T appears that the relapor. -n lhe
e ith day OF June, 1892, was aprrentloed
d by ind-nure to one Wilfiam S. ed
wards fer The o-ursa OF six years, II.
be Taught, during the business az q
e pilot OF Delaware bag anil river ami
:. from that date ne continuai.y SERVED
regular apprenticeship to said Will
i lam s Edwards, a first-c,ass licensed
.- Plot OF this state, on beard IL a Della
a ware hay and rtver pilot boat.
a THAT on THE TIN day OF November
+ 1892, aa the first semi-arnua, meatinr
n of the said beard alter said appran
tceship began, the eaid indanturs cf ap
q premiership was delivered to the sail
n boand for registration on the books o
Ie The said board provided for that prr
le p-se That the said board refused Il
accept and registersaid indenture Of ap
~ lpreniceship so as to fix Zine day the ap
e premiership began as OF June 4, 169.
ID but have since registered 10 as begin
y Ming on the Attn of May, 1896, and !.
,me m the meantime have accepted amid reg
istered numerous olher indanluIres O
apprenticeship, thereby giving sue
,ast-namei apprentices seniority eve
ID he ssiater in THE right I'D become
he duly licensed pilot and uniier the law
to Of this state, and postponing his rish
IN thereto from November 2, 1898, to Ma
~ ~ 4, 1902
by "The board juatlhes its action apo
nd the ground .hat th5 reiatcr had nc
m compiled with Jhe rules Oh the bear
~ in This: That said William S. Ed
as wards never obtained permission froI
ot the board o. take ,he said Wi
mt liam s. Edwards, Ir., as a pilots ar
'n prentice. mon did the eaid az
id lprentice name THE pilot bat to wlaic
ed he was to be attached, said rules lin
nd Ning the number OF pilots and apprer
p' tices to thbrty-thnee, and allowing eac
mi pilot boat to take two apprentices on.
mt ''The 1e.ator contends THAT These gut
I'm are without Warrant Of law. and uher
.as for void.
he "Urder section ], chapter 449, vo
he ume 16. Delaware Laws. The act cr'
nd atinlg ihe Board Of Prot Commission
-th ems. he board isl clothed with fu
.ed power amid authority under dae olnit'
m t.ons presbribed,to grant -icenses
ns- persons tc act as pilots on the bay az
IN river Delaware, and to make rules f
"a thain government while employed
that service, to decide all differenc
that may arise between mns,ers, ow
ems and ccnsignes OF ships or vesse
az az ard pi1.ds. This authority Of o
for board in terms applies only 10 pile
ket when employed In that service.
lia ''The law seems to assume the exif
@cAs @ ence of the relations of master and a
: II prentice entirety outside Of its scol
The Thus i'm sactS-n 3 it is provided that
less license of the first or eecond class sh'
loh be granted TO any person or person
or or except sudh persons as have there
nti- fore held, CT do Now hold such Ecer
cks under the laws Of this state, or sh
ler have served a regular apprentlcesl
s,r ~ of at least six years 10 licensed pi
cen Of this state on board Of a De'aw'
,ay- bay cr river pilot boat"
the "Nor shall any license be granted
Vi any person except such as may h;
q Of been appnentlced prior to the fnst
gins Of March A. d., 1899; until the pr