Pennsylvania Act 1813-204 — PORT OF PHILADELPHIA - PILOTAGE FEES

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PORT OF PHILADELPHIA - PILOTAGE FEES
                 Act of Mar. 29, 1813, P.L. 257, No. 204              Cl. 74
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To the act, entitled, "An act to establish a Board of Wardens
        for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of
        pilots and pilotages, and for other purposes therein
        mentioned."

        Section 1.  Be it enacted by the senate and house of
     representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general
     assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
     same, That from and after the passage of this act, until the war
     at present existing between the United States and Great Britain
     shall, by the proclamation of the president of the United
     States, be declared to have ceased, each and every pilot of an
     inward bound vessel who shall go on board and take charge of
     such vessel without or at the entrance of the capes of the bay
     of Delaware, and, shall conduct such vessel to her port of
     destination in the river Delaware in safety, shall receive an
     advance of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum on the rate of
     pilotage, which is fixed by the act to which this is a
     supplement.
        Section 2.  And be it further enacted by the authority
     aforesaid, That until the present war shall have been declared
     to have ceased as aforesaid, each and every pilot of each and
     every outward bound vessel who shall conduct such vessel to the
     capes of Delaware in safety, shall receive in addition to the
     pilotage heretofore allowed by law, thirty-three and one third
     per centum upon the amount of such pilotage.
        Section 3.  And be it further enacted by the authority
     aforesaid, That until the present war shall have been declared
     to have ceased as aforesaid, if any first rate pilot, who shall
     in consequence of stress of weather or other unavoidable
     accidents be carried to sea in any ship or vessel contrary to
     his inclination, the master, owner or consignee of such ship or
     vessel shall pay to such pilot or to his executors or
     administrators, the sum of sixty dollars per month until the
     return of the said pilot to the capes of Delaware, or in case he
     shall die whilst so absent, then to the time of his death. There
     shall be paid in like manner, and under similar circumstances to
     each second rate pilot, the sum of forty dollars per month; and
     to each third rate pilot, thirty dollars per month; provided,
     that no pilot shall receive more than one half of the sum herein
     specified as compensation, unless he shall have had his boat
     attending when the ship or vessel on board of which he may have
     been, shall have gone so far out to sea or out of the capes of
     Delaware as to be no longer in want of the services of the said
     pilot.
        Section 4.  Penalty for demanding excessive pilotage
        It shall not be lawful for any licensed pilot to demand, ask
     or receive for the pilotage of any vessel, or for any other
     services for which compensation is fixed by law, a greater sum
     than is authorized by this act and the act to which this is a
     supplement and it shall be the duty of the wardens of the Port
     of Philadelphia, whenever it shall have been satisfactorily
     proven to them that any licensed pilot had demanded, asked or
     received, for the pilotage of any vessel, or his services on
     board any vessel, a greater sum than is authorized by this act,
     to deprive such pilot of his license for the term of one year
     from the time when proof thereof shall have been made to them.
     1813, March 29, P.L. 257, 6 Sm. L. 86, Sec. 4.
        Section 5.  And be it further enacted by the authority
     aforesaid, That so much of the act to which this is a supplement
     as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the
     same is hereby suspended during the continuance of the present
     war between the United States and Great Britain.