The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

sucn plot WHo without any alu rom any other person, ana without having been informed as to what questions
 would be propounded to him. wher the applicant has reduced his answers to writing he shall sign the same ano deliver them to one of the commisslon- CTS. and the board must cause such an swers to be copied legibly, but with out the name of the applicant. The board shall then appoint three fair impartial and competent nautical men as committee to examine the an swers of the applicants. The applicant or applicants may name one of these the existing pilots name another, and the board, or a majority of them, shall name the third The committee shal
 examine the copies of the answers of applicants, and shall indorse upon the answer of such of the applicants as they find sufficient, the following certificates: We hereby certify that the foregoing answers are satisfactory and that, in our opinion, the applicant .aakinH the same is well acquainted With the pilot grounds, and knows how to handle both steam and sailing yes sels, and is competent to perform the duties of a bay or bar pilot" When such certificate is duly signed and de- 1iyered to the board, the applicant shall be deemed qualified to receive a license
 lAny pllot ndNlHS hlOWitNSS Oi the violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of the rules and regu- 1ations established by the said board, must, as soon as practicable, give the secretary of said board information thereof and, failing to do so the board shall have the right to suspend the license of said pilot for such length of time or forever disqualify him. as in their judgment they deem proper
 32. For any violation by anyone of the pilots of any of the provisions of this act. or any of the rules and regu- lations essa blished by the said board un- der the authority conferred upon the said board by the provisions of this act or under any authority which may here after be conferred upon them, the said board may suspend or revoke the license or branch of such pilot 50 violating the law, or such rules and regulations of said board The secretary of said board shall notify such pilot, in writing, Of the specific charge preferred against him, specifying reasonable certainty the law or rule or regulation violated, the man. ner in which the same was violated, and the time and place of such offense, and s,.all by direction of the board fix the time for hearing of said charges not less than five nor more than thirty days from the date of such notice. At the time ana place set forth in sad hottie, such pi- lOI may appear III ptTSOD, UT py tOdiioci, and thereupon the said board shall hear s.hd determine the said charges. The board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, such subpoenas to be served under the seal of the said board, and attested by the signature of the secre- tary= and to be served by the sheriff of Mobile county, or the sheriff of Baldwin oJlnty, according to the residence of such witnesses. The fees of the sheriff for serving such subpoenas shall be paid out of the funds of the said board.
 S3 On the failure to answer such sub poenas. when served, such witnesses shall forfeit the sum of $50, for which the said board may. in it's own name, bring suit in court of competent ju- risdiction
 3h Such witness shall be paid the safn of s150 per day during their at tendance upon such board at such hear ing, and cents mile for each mile travelled in going from their places of residence to the place of hearing. and cents a mile for returning. Such wit ness fees shall be paid out of the funds of said board.
 so. Such pilot against whom such charges have been filed shall have the right upon depositing with the secre- tary of said board an amount sufficient to cover the cost and expenses of serving such subpoenas, together with the mile
 
 sufficient to cover at least three days attendance of such witnesses, to require the secretary of said board to issue sub poenas for witnesses in his behalf in the name of said board, such subpoenas to be issued and served as in the case of subpoenas issued by the direction of the beard, and for failure of witnesses to attend upon being served with such sub poenas, the same penalty shall be im- posed and collected
 36. Such hearing shall be conducted un- der such rules and regulations as the board may from time to time establish. The board shall hear the testimony of to administer oaths. to such witnesses, and false swearing. after the administra- tion of such oath by such board, shall constitute perjury under the laws of the state of Alabama.
 g.. Said pilot shall have the right to be represented by counsel at such hear ing and the attorney for the said board shall represent the prosecution of such charges.
 3S Upon completion of the hearing, or as soon thereafter as practicable the sDid board shall render its decision, and the decision shall be by majority of s,id board.
 ss. The said hearing may be ad- journed from time to time as the board may direct. but no pilot shall be sus- pended until the final hearing by the beard.
 40. Should the owner of any upland abutting upon the said shore, within the Jurisdiction of said board, who has or may have erected wharves, docks, sheds or piers upon the shore, fail to comply with any of the rules and regu- la ations of the said board, the said board shall notify such owner of such failure to comply with such rules and regulations. The said board shall have the power to prohibit such owner from making or collecting any charge for the use of the same by others. The secretary of said board shall notify the owner of such wharves in writing, un- der the seal of said board, as to the time, and place and circumstapces of such violation. Thereupon, such owner may request the said board, in writing, to set date for the hearing by the board as to whether or not the rules and regulations have been so violated, and such hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as hearing of charges against pilots for the viola tion of the rules and regulations of said board, and the same powers here- in conferred upon the board to hear and determine such matters, and to is- sue subpoenas. and to compel the at tendance of witnesses, and to admin ister oaths, in the case of violations of regulations by pilots, are hereby conferred upon the board to determine the question of violations of regula- tions by the owners of wharves.
 41 It shall be the duty of said board to establish from time to time, as may appear to the said board necessary, for the protection of the navability of the waters within it's Jurisdiction A 11