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" ■$^' "r - 1 ■ . J , I' ■' ; - ■ ■ '' ' :>tK ■'■■«A .^i^^^v. ,..>.'-**(■ ■■i; ■=>i A ' 'I \ ■ "^T- vy : ^>iJ'S I"'/ m ^j^>i* hmjAs r IIO1AV0 ' ,'■»• -. • »■ . -i «.«' :|i'g^|| ^^^ 4 I' ". •*!<*: "^ w %< ' .' ' M ^ ^x: ' rf '^, A\^, t^'f' ^ •ff i" A -ifeV ^; wv. •'• ..^■^^•^J^;'y '1 ■» Si )., ^'^'V^r^^Hm^l^iite&H-- .,«^, BYE LAW OK THE MAYOK, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OK THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN IN COMMON COUNCIL, FOR THE REGULATION OF PILOTS. ORDAINED 9th APRIL, A. D. 1862. Coi^rmed by the lAeuUnant Oovemor in Council^ %ith May^ A. D. 1862. BARNES & COMPANY, PRINTEKy. # ifelS^l€m;aS*«i^fca*'^s»:- ,..!-" VfONia a ,»••- ''-y^-saft.' *s.<' *„ ■: ♦: ni^crr r^^^. A Law relating to PilotH, and the Rates of Pilotage of VohhoIh into and out of the Harbour of Saint John. Pimml yth Ajjril, A. D. 1862. Coi{llfmed 24th May, A. D. 1802. Bk it Ordainki) by tho Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of tlio City of Saint John, in Common , Council convened, hh fullowH : 1. Two or more of tho poi'twardons, the port or harbour master, and two branch pilots of the port and harbour of Saint John, of not lesH than uitfbt years standing as full branch pilots, shall bo nomiimtod by the Common Council, who, with tliree member** uf tho Common Council from time to time also nominated, Bhall bo a committee to examine every candidate for a braiioh or license from the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the said City, to act as a pilot for the port or hai'builr of Saint John ; and no per- son shall be entitled to rt'culvo a branch without a recom- mendation from tho afurobaid committee, or a majority of them, stating him to bo a fit and proper person and every way qualified to boeomo a branch pilot, and no person whatever, shall bo ap|)ointud a branch pilot, unless such person, in addition to isuoh rdcotntnendation, shall, between the age of fourteen and thirty yeavs, have served an ap- prenticeship of at least ilvo yoarrt i' uccession, under lawful indentures, with ono or more of tin regular pilots of the Port of Saint John, aforoHnltl ; and after the expiration of his apprenticcnhip, shall have made two foreign voyages to Europe, in a square rlp:god vuBsel, and be twenty-one years of age ; and no uorMon whatovcr residing out of the City of Saint John shall bo appointed to the situation of branch pilot of the said port, or having been appointed while re- siding in the said City, and afterwards moving^ out of the said City, shall be poniiitted to exercise the office, but the license or warrant of ajJpointfncnt of such person shall thenceforth become vacated, null and void ; and from and after tlio passing of this law so soon as the articles of apprenticeship are executed by and between the contracting parties, the master shall file the same in the ottice of the Common Clerk of this City, and shall at the time of such filing, cause the name of the apprentice to be enrolled with said clerk in a book to be kept for that purpose, by putting down the name of the said apprentice, and to whom oound ; and the commencement of such apprenticeship shall bo computed from the time or date of such enrolment, and not from the date of the indenture ; and incase of the failure of the master to file such indenture as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay a sum Jof not less than forty dollars per month, for each and every month he shall so neglect to file such indentures. 2. The member of this board first named in the said committee, shall be chairman of the committee of examiners : and it shall be the duty of the said chairman to notify each member of the said board or committee of examiners of the time and place of the meeting for examination, and before any examination shall be proceeded with, at least two thirds of the said board of examiners shall be present, and remain during the time of examination. 3. Each and every person who now is, or hereafter, shall be appointed a branch pilot for the port or harbour of Saint John, shall bj the owner or shareholder of a good and sufficient decked boat of not less than fifteen tons burthen, and of a good and sufficient row boat, to be approved of by a committee of the Common Council, and shall keep the same in good repair for the purpose of boarding any ship or vessel which shall appear on the said port or harbour of Saint John, requiring a pilot, under the penalty of twenty dollars ; and every such pilot who shall go on board and take charge of any ship or vessel inward bound, shall bring 8uch ship or vessel into the said port or harbour, and shall there remain on board thereof twenty-four hours, or until such ship ur vessel is well and sufticiently moored in a safe place or berth, or secured alongside of one of the wharves within the said harbo.r, under the penalty of forty dollars. 4. If any such pilot shall offer his services to any ship or vessel appearing ofi^, and intending to come, or which shall come into the said port or harbour and be refused (no other branch pilot being then on board, or having previously offe' ^ his services to such ship or vessel), such pilot so 1 s- J13HS □ -^:i^m&mmmi^m^'i^m'^.m$: ■"'"''^■''- 'k,Mms I i-ofiiBod sliill 1)0 entitled to dcjuand ftnd receive the pnme rate of pilotage as if ho had beo!i actually etuployed to })ilot snch ship or vessel into the said i>ort or harbour, provided such services are offered before such ship or vessel eotnes abreast of the island rocks (so called), at the east of Partridge Island, bearing west from the said ship or vessel, unless such ship or vessel shall belong to or be owned in the said port or harbour of Saint John, in which case such pilot shall be entitled to only half the said rate. 6. If any such pilot shall offer his services to any ship or vessel outward bound, after such ship or vessel shall bo cleared at the Custom House, and before being under weigh (no other piK»t being on board or engaged to take out sucii ship or vessel), such pilot so oifering shall be entitled to demand and receive his rate of pilotage above mentioned, in like manner as if actually employed; and if any pilot shall have been previously engaged, such pilot so engaged shall be entitled to demand aud receive his rate of pilotage, whether atlerwards employed to take out such vessel or not, provided such pilot shall lie in readiness and offer to take charge of such vessel when taking her departure. 6. It shall and may be lawful for any branch pilot to ask, demand and receive of and from the master of any ship or vessel, or of and from any other person or persons who shall employ him for piloting such ship or vessel out of or into the port or harbour of Saint John, the rates or sums following, that i* to say, the sum of one dollar per foot for removing and taking such ship or vessel out of the harbour, and for bringing such shij) or vessel into the harbour and mooring her in a safe place or berth, or securing her along side one of the wharves of the said harbour, the following rates according to the following distances, that is to say : — FIRST DISTANCE. Bearinga. Rate per foot. From Partridge Island to Mus(iuash Head, North West. |1 00 SECOND DISTANCE. From Muflqitt.sh Head to Point Lepreaux, Nortli West. 1 26 THIRD DISTANCE. From Point Lepreaux to North Head of Grand Munan, North West. ) , Or North Channel, South West, f ^ "" FOURTH DISTANCE. From the North Head of Grand Manan, or North Channel ) as aforesaid, to Machias, Seal Islands, South. v I IS Or Brier Island South E.ast. ) FIFTH DISTANCE. Anywhere outside the aforesaid distjiiice, 2 00 "Vfl And in tliiok or fo^^'y wontlior t!«o Hovoriil diijtancofl Hliall 1)0 ascortained by soundings or by tlic distance run after tlie pilot gets on board, or iit sucli other manner as the same can best be ascertained, or tlio pilot or master of the vessel can a^reo uj)on, and if any pilot shall be detained on board any sucii ship or vessel under and by virtue of the quaran- tine laws of the Province, he shall be entitled to demand and receive of and from the said master or other nerson or persons as aforesaid, the sum of two dollars per diem, for every day of such detention in addition to tne allowance aforesaid. 7. If any such pilot shall presume to ask, demand and receive any greater or higher reward for the pilotage of any ship or vessel than is hereinbefore provided and allowed, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, and if it shall appear at any time to the satisfaction of the Common Oouncil, that such pilot has been guilty of any neglect of duty or has conducted himself in a disorderly or improper manner while in the exercise of his oftico, and has at any time been found intoxicated, then and in any such case ho the said pilot shall be suspended from the exorcise of his office during the will and pleasure of the Common Council. 8. This law shall not extend or be construed to extend to vessels commonly called coasting vessels, unless square rigged, going from one port of the Bay of Fundy to another, or to steamboats (not being ocean steamers trading between Europe and America), propelled by steam, or vessels drawing under six feet of water ; but such coasters, steam- boats or vessels propelled by steam, and vessels drawing under six feet of water, shall be exempt from the payment of pilotage, unless a pilot shall be actually employed on board thereof ; in which case the pilot so employed shall be entitled to demand and receive of and from the master of such vessel or boat or person or persons as aforesaid, at and after the rate of pilotage hereinbefore provided and allowed. 9. No branch pilot during the first year of his employ- ment as a regular branch pilot, shall be permitted to pilot any vessel drawing over twelve feet of water, under the penalty of twenty dollars for each and every offence. 10. if any pilot shall be employed in the removal of any ship or vessel within the said port or harbour from any mooring ground to any wharf, or from any wharf to any mooring ground, or from one wharf to another wharf, and such pilot shall see the same vessel properly secured and naoNifl d13HS a ''i''^^m^Mm£^w^*m'.m^:-^*!igmi ' <*<.£. iiMimJEXM moored, ho aliall bo entitled todomand and receive for every sueh sorvico as follows, namely : the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for vessels not exceeding one hundred tons, tho sum of two dollars for vessels over one hundred tons, and not exceeding two hundred tons ; the sum of three dollars for vessels over two hundred and not exceedinc; three hun- dred tons, tho 8U!n of four dollars for all vessels over three hundred and not exceeding four hundred tons, and twenty- five cents additional for every fifty tons such vessel may measure over four hundred tons. 11. For tho encouragement of pilots, such branch pilots as have boats, or aro part or share-owners of pilot vesseU of tho burthen of not less than fifteen tons, shall be allowed to emplov two apprentices, and not more, for whom he or they shall bo entitled to demand and receive the pilotage, of any inward bound ship or vessel of tho depth and in tno manner following: that is to say, for such apprentice as shall have served three years of his apprenticeship, and bo of tho full ago of nineteen years, lie shall be entitled to the pilotage of inward bound vessels of the depth of eight feet, and not more, and for such apprentice as shnll have served four years of his apprenticeship, and be of the age of twenty years, he shall be entitled to the pilotage of inward bound vessels of the depth of ten feet and no more ; and no other branch pilot shall be permitted to take from such apprentice the charge of such inward bound ship or vessel of which such apprentice shall be in charge. Jrrovided always, that the said apprentice shall have been examined and recom- mended by the examining committee, and shall behave himself well in the exr-cution of the duties to be performed by him, and shall faithfully comply with and obey all such regulations as shall be made for the regulation of pilots for tho port or harbour of Saint John. 12. If any persou shall exercise the duties of a branch pilot for the port or harbour of Saint John, without being duly qualified, ho shall forfeit and pay the sum of forty dollars. 13. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed or pre- scribed by this law, shall and may be prosecuted and recovered in the name of the Chamberlain of the said City, in the same manner as any penalty imposed by or under any bye-law of this Corporation can or may be prosecuted or recovered. tH^i. ^^immmiS^-^' '..-^^fc 14. 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