retary. When on station the boat shall have a conspicuous signal at the masthead. It shall be the duty of the boat on station to render every necessary aid for taking out and receiving pilots from outward bound vessels, and give every facility for sending said pilots to the city of New York or quarantine.

In case a pilot is carried off to sea in consequence of the non-attendance of the station boat, except by unavoidable accident, the company of said boat shall pay to him at the rate of one hundred dollars per month during his necessary absence.

The boat on station shall remain until relieved; and any boat not being in time to take her station, shall pay to the boat not relieved twenty-five dollars per day, and shall likewise have added to her station the time she is absent.

SIGNAL Jack at the foremast head.

9th. All boats shall have conspicuous numbers in their sails said numbers to be designated by the commissioners.

10th. No pilot shall, by any unfair means, take a vessel from another pilot.

11th. No boat shall put a boy or other person than a licensed pilot on board a vessel, for the purpose of piloting said vessel, under a penalty of fifty dollars and the amount of pilotage- said sum to be paid by the owners of the boat to the commissioners, and to be applied as directed in section 22. This shall not apply to vessels in distress, providing the masters of such vessels are willing to employ the services of such boy or person. 12th. All matters in relation to apprentices shall be left to the commissioners, both as to their number, time of service, &c., &c.

13th. There shall be a register kept in the office of all boat keepers. Boat keepers serving the longest time in one boat shall, when an appointment is to be made, have the preference said time not to be less than three years. Any boat keeper leaving one boat and going to another, without good and sufficient cause, shall lose all the privileges he may have of becoming a pilot.

14th. The names of all persons applying for license to pilot, shall be posted up in some conspicuous place in the office of the commissioners, at least thirty days before any examination shall be had. And any person having any complaint to make against an applicant, shall make the same in writing, giving his reasons therefor, the same to be open to inspection. 15th. Pilots are required to board the nearest vessel having a signal flying for a pilot, except in case there should be a vessel in sight with a signal of distress, under a penalty of fifty dollars.

16th. Every licensed pilot shall be attached to a pilot boat; no pilot shall remain unattached for more than thirty days, without permission from the commissioners. Any pilot neglecting or refusing to join a pilot

boat within ten days after due notice shall have been given him to join a boat, shall, unless satisfactory reasons are given for the non-compliance of the order, be fined the sum of ten dollars, or be suspended for such time as the commissioners shall deem proper, or have their licenses revoked, at the option of the commissioners.

17th. Pilots are required to transport a vessel to any part of the port of New York, when applied to, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars, such service to be paid for as per section 21 of the law.

18th. No master of a pilot boat shall carry to sea on her station, or be in any way aiding or assisting in putting on board any ship or vessel, for the purpose of piloting or conducting her, any person not licensed, or whose license, as a pilot, shall have been suspended or withdrawn by the commissioners, or shall not have been renewed. If any such person shall be received on board a pilot boat, the pilot or pilots receiving him on board shall, for every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars each; and for a second or subsequent offence, the pilot or pilots shall be liable to suspension or forfeiture of his or their license or licenses,

at the discretion of the commissioners.

19th. The pilotage ground of the port of New York shall be deemed to be west of a line drawn in the shortest direction from Fire Island light to that of Barnegat light, which line will run S. W. S., and N. E. N., and that west of that line vessels subject to pilotage must 4 take the first pilot offering his services, or pay the pilotage.

20th. A pilot, whilst on his business as a pilot, found guilty of using abusive or insulting language, or guilty of threatening conduct, shall be suspended, or have his license revoked, as the commissioners may adjudge.

21st. Pilotage for taking vessels from the old to the new quarantine: For vessels having had death or sickness on board, double outward pilotage.

For vessels from sickly ports, but having had no sickness on board, single outward pilotage.

Pilotage of vessels from new quarantine to New York, half inward pilotage.

22d. Vessels from sea, boarded inside of the outer buoy of the Bar, and any intermediate distance below the narrows shall pay half pilotage. If boarded above the narrows, one quarter pilotage.

This section has no reference to section 21.

23d. No pilotage except the regular inward pilotage shall be allowed when vessels are detained from the non-visiting of the health officer.

RATES OF PILOTAGE FROM NOVEMBER 1ST TO APRIL 1ST.

GENERAL REGULATIONS

FOR PILOTAGE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

The following are the Rules and Regulations for Pilotage in the State of Massachusetts, Reported by the Commissioners of Pilots, and Approved by the Governor and Council:

1. No person not holding a commission as pilot (excepting those actually employed on board of the vessel for the voyage), shall in any case exercise the duties of a pilot on board of any vessel within the waters of this Commonwealth, whether said vessel is liable to compulsory pilotage or not, provided a commissioned pilot offers his services, or can be obtained at a reasonable time, under a penalty of not less than twenty, and not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every offence. All commissions shall be revocable at the pleasure of the commissioners.

2. If at any time the bond of any pilot shall appear to be insufficient, a new one will be required by the commissioners.

3. No vessel shall be liable to pilotage in or out of any port other than her ports of departure and destination. But if the aid of a pilot be required, the pilot shall be bound to do the duty, and entitled to the regular compensation therefor.

4. Every vessel inward bound, excepting the vessels provided for in section nineteenth, shall receive the first pilot holding a commission, for her port of destination that may offer his services, and shall be holden to pay to such pilot, the regular fees for pilotage, whether his services be accepted or not. Outward bound vessels in all cases are requested to give a preference to the pilot, who may have brought said vessel into port, or to a pilot from the same boat.

5. It shall be the duty of every pilot to first board vessels (irrespective of size) having signals set for a pilot. When there are no signals to be seen, then the pilots are to offer their services to the first vessel which they can board; and in case any vessel liable to pilotage should refuse to take a pilot, it shall be the duty of the pilot to inform said vessel that she will be holden to pay the regular fees for pilotage, whether his services are accepted or not.

6. Every pilot shall exhibit his commission when required, to the master of any vessel of which he may take charge.

7. No pilot shall take charge of any vessel drawing more water than his commission authorizes, under penalty of suspension or dismission.

8. Every pilot shall be liable, together with his bondsmen, for all damages that may accrue from his negligence, unskilfulness, or unfaithfulness.

9. Every pilot shall make out and forward to the commissioners his quarterly return, within the first fifteen days of October, January, April, and July; any neglect of said returns and the settlement thereof, will be ground for suspension or dismission.

10. The period during which winter rates of pilotage shall be allowed, shall be uniformly from November 1 to April 30 inclusive; summer rates from May 1 to October 31 inclusive, for all the ports of the Commonwealth.

11. The hull and appurtenances of every vessel shall be liable for all legal claims on account of pilotage, either rendered or offered, for the space of sixty days.

12. All pilots shall anchor vessels carrying alien passengers, or vessels subject to quarantine at the places assigned for such purpose by the proper authorities, under penalty of suspension or dismission, as well as of the fines by law provided for neglect thereof.

13. All disputes between pilots in relation to their rights, privileges, and duties with each other, shall be referred to, and settled by three master pilots, to be chosen by the parties for that purpose, to be adjusted and settled according to the regulations and the laws, subject, nevertheless, to reversal or modification by the commissioners.

14. Whenever any vessel shall be anchored under the regulations for quarantine, or alien passengers, for twelve hours or over, the pilot in charge shall be entitled to twenty-five per cent. in addition to the ordinary fees, by afterwards piloting the vessel to her port of destination.

15. Any pilot who shall be unable to leave a vessel under his charge and be carried to sea, without any negligence or fault of his own, or his associates, shall be entitled to two dollars per day, while necessarily absent from home.

16. All passenger steam vessels, regulated by the laws of the United States, and carrying a pilot commissioned by United States commissioners, are exempt from the compulsory payment of pilotage.

17. All national vessels, both inward and outward, shall pay in all ports in the Commonwealth when they shall employ a pilot, four dollars per foot for fifteen feet or less draught of water, and five dollars per foot for over fifteen feet draught of water.

18. Every regularly appointed pilot is authorized and directed to take charge of any vessels within the limits of his commission, except fishing