The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-03
LAW AFFECTING
PILOTS MAY Be
PASSED
PILOTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO
CLASSES IF MEASUER is PASS
ED-GovERNMENT SUPERVISION
is PROVIDED FOR.

The Washington correspondent of
the Jacksonville Times Union sends
his paper the following concerning
the new pilot hill which has been in
troduced in the house
Are the pilots located at New
York. Charleston, New Orleans and
other places along The Atlantic and
gulf coasts to be le3isiated odt of
business? The last bill introduced in
congress affecting their interests is
that of Representative Swasey, of
Maine, as follows: Tnat on and after
Jan. 1, 1912, all pilots serving on YES
sells entering ports of the Atlantic.
gulf adm Pacific coasts ~ the Cnlted
States shall be eX 1lni lcd rs to their
fitness for such service classified, APP
pointed and licensed by the s.eambca at
inspection servlra Of the United
States, under such 2gulati ms as the
board of supervising inspectors, WITH
the approval of the sac"atlry OF COM
merce and labor may establish, and
only such licensed pilots shall be per-
mitted to engage in such service.
Sec. 2. That all pilots appointed
and licensed as above provided shall
be divided into four classes, and shall
be compensated as follows: Pilots
serving in ports where the total ton
mage engaged in the foreign trade is
| 100000 or more tons annually shall
lie known as pilots of the first class,
and shall receive a salary of $4,000
each per year. Pilots serving in ports
where the total tonnage engaged in
the foreign trade is from 100000 to
! 100000 tons per year shall be known
as pilots of the second class and shall
receive a salary of 50, 400 each per
year. Pilots serving in ports where
the total of tonnage engaged in the
foreign trade is from 100000 to q
100000 tons per year. shall be knows
as pilots of the tlird class and re-
ceive a salary of 50 100 each per year;
all other licensed pilots serving in
ports which now lave an established
pilot service, or where such service
may hereafter be established under
this act, shall be known as pilots of
the fourth class, and shall receive a
salary of $500 each per year. The
number of pilots to be licensed at any
one port shall be determined by said
steamboat inspection service.
Sec. 8. That the secretary of COM
merce and labor is hereby authorized
to purchase and pay for, on behalf of
the government for the use of said
pilots, all the pilot hoats. with their
apparel, equipment and supplies of
all kinds, on such terms as may be
agreed upon by said secretary and
the owner of such pilot boats; and in
the event of failure of said secreta-
ry and owner to agree upon a price
'"' ea'" ''"0ro"tv. the price at which
the property may be taken over for
the government shall be determined
upon as folloks: Said secretary of
commerce and lator shall name one
. appraiser, the owner of the property
shall name another appraiser, and
these two shall name a third, all OF
said appraisers being persons well
acquainted with the value of vessels
property, and these three shall deter.
q mine the price to be paid by the gov
| Niiii'~it' I'i NiiN BlOItl w.
. Sec 4. THAT the rates Of pilotage
, on vessels in the foreign trade en-
+ tering or leaving ports on The Allan
, tic, gulf or Pacific coasts Of the Unit
9 ed states shall be as follows On all
. vessels drawing Is feet of water or
less, So per foot: on all vessels draw
ing from Is to 2i feet of water, $3.50
per foot; on all vessels drawing "a
r feet Of water and upward, 81 per foot.
Sec. 5. That pilotage as above pre-
scrited shall be collected by the prin-
cipal officers of the customs and shall
be a lien on the vessel. The proceeds
of pilotage shall be turned in to the
treasury in the manner now prescrib-
, ed for miscellaneous receipts, and
shall constitute fund to be known
as the pilotage fund
Sec. 6. That Vessels in the coast
wise trade Of the United States shall
be exempt from all pilotage charges
under the state or local authority.
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