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Harbour Master and Captain of the Port, EXTRACT ige. all rt. From jlct of Provincial Parliament of 59th Gto. III. Cap. (?. respecting the landing of Gunpoii'der . " And it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and atter the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for the Master or Masters of any ship or other vessel, having on board more than five pounds of Gunpowder, to bring alongside, or make fast such ship or vessel to any wharf or quay in tlie Port of Quebec, under a penalty not exceedin^^ one. hundred pounds, nor less than twenty pounds current money of this Province." *' And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said, that all and every Master or Masters of ships or vessels, in the landing of Gunpowder at Quel)ec afore- said, shall employ boats or batteaux, every and each of which shall have sufficient tarpauling or oil cloths to cover the said Gunpowder, under the penalty of ten pounds current money of this Province, for each boat or batteau, which shall not be so provided and covered, under a penalty not exceeding i^lOO, nor less than ^20 current money of this Province." '' And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said, that all Gunpowder coming from on board of any ship or any vessels in boats or batteaux as afore- said, shall be landed by the Master of such ship or vessel during high water, at the following places, that is to say : at the Landing Place at the foot of Canoterie Hill, with respect to Gunpowder, which is to be con- veyed to the Magazines situate east of Palace Gate : and at the place commonly called the Landing Place, facing the King's Fuel Yard, in St. Charles Ward, adjacent to Palace Gate, with respect to Gunpowder, which is to be conveyed to the Magazines, situate south of Palace Gate aforesaid, under the penalty of ten pounds current money of the Province." DUTY OP COMMANDERS OF SHIPS AND OTHERS. " " That it shall be lawful for the Masters, Deputy Masters, and Wardens of the Trinity House, or any three of them, to hear and determine all matters of dispute between any Pilot nnd any Master of a ship or vessel, &c. Also all complaints against Pilots for Tieglcct of duty, &c., of any of the By-laws, Kules, ^c, of the Trinity House, made by virtue of this Act, ixc.,— Act 35 Geo. 3, cap. 12, sec. 18. '' The Harbour Master shall select nil the Laws, By-laws, and Regulations, concerning Pilots and the Navigation of the River St* Lawrence below Montreal, or expressive of the duty of Masters of Vessels in the Harbour of Quebec and Montreal^ and shall deliver a copy to each Master of a ship or vessel that arrives in the Harbour of Quebec, for which copy the Harbour Master sh 11 receive from every such Master, the sum of 7s. 6d. currency, and no more." — Act 4.5 Geo. 3, cap. 12, sec. 23. ** All Masters must pay into the hands of the Naval Officer of this Port, 2s. 6d. per foot water their ships draw coming up, and 2s. 6d. per foot water she may d-aw going down. If the vessel proceeds up the river to the town of Three Rivefs, or upwards, and is fronx 100 to 150 tons admeasurement, they must pay into the hands of the said Officer, the sum of two pounds. From 150 to 200 tons, three pounds. — From 200 to *250 tons, five pounds — over and above the aforesaid, 2s. 6d. per foot water, &c., for the purposes contained in this Act." — Provincial Act of 47th Geo. 3, cap. 15, sec, 1 and 2. " Any Master or commander of any vessel, who shall harbour or conceal any deserter from his Majesty\s ships, or any other ship, entice or endeavour to entice, any Seaman, Landsman, or Apprentice from their respective vessels, are liable to the penalty of this Act, not less than ^20, and not exceeding ^£50.'^ — Act 47 Geo. 3, cap. 9, sec. 3. *' That the Master of every vessel in the Merchant Service must stop, from the sum due to their Pilot, one shilling in the pound, as well coming up as going down, and pay into the hands of the Naval Officer of the Port, &c. And it shall be the duty of the Harbour Master to give such information, or cause it to be given to all Masters that arrive." — Provincial Act 46^ Geo. 3, cap. 10, sec. 2, of 16th April, 1807. i m I ^'~-ii HKWi 3;^ " All Masters or Commanders of ships arriving, must sign the Harbour Master's Report; refusing to do so, incur the penalty by such Master or Commander, not exceeding j£5 currency." *' That all ships or vessels arriving opposite to the City of Quebec, the Pilot or Master shall heave to, or come to anchor as the case may require, until the Harbour Master's Boat shall board them, under the penalty, not exceeding ^10 currency.*' '* That all Masters of ships or vessels arriving iu the night, shall hoist their colours the next morning, and continue to keep them flying until boarded by the Harbour Master's Boat, under the penalty for neglect- ing so to do, not exceeding s^lO currency," LAW^S RESPECTING HEAVING OUT BALLAST. " If any Master or Commander of a ship or vessel, or the Master of any other craft, or other person what- soever, shall throw any ballast into the river, except on the South Shore, or side opposite to the j4nce des Meres, near the City of Quebec, as near to the shore as the water will permit, he shall be subject to the penalty^ not exceeding s^lO currency." *' That no ship or vessel in ballast, shall be brought to anchor in any other part of the Harbour of Quebec, than that already ordered, or which may be hereafter appointed as the place whereat ballast is to be hove out, except in case of actual necessity, or as required by the first of these regulations, (being the preceding clause,) under the penalty of jglO currency, to be paid by the Pilot who has charge of such ship or vessel as may be brought to anchor contrary to these regulations, or by the Master, or other person having charge there- of, should no commissioned Pilot be on board. Such penalty to be paid over and above the penalties Masters and Commanders of vessels are already liable to, under the law for throwing out ballast, in any [>art of the river, other than the place duly appointed for that purpose.'* Penalty £lO currency, over and above the penalty to which Masters are liable to be paid by the Pilot, or other persons having charge. NOTICE TO PILOTS AND MARINERS. ** Public notice is hereby given, that the two 8 r K : Beacons heretofore standing on the South Shore to mark the line of the Ballast Ground, have been re- moved, and a Beacon is now placed on the opposite shore on the Hill in rear of Diamond Harbour, which when in a line with the centre of the Murtello Tower above it, will define the North Eust^ or lower line of the said Ballast Ground." *' It being expedient to define the upper limits of the Ballast Ground in the Flarbour of Quebec : — Notice is hereby given, that no Ballast is to be thrown overboard to the westward of Pointe ti Pizeau." RSOULATIONS TO BB OBSERVED BY SHIPS AT ANCHOR IN THE STREAM. " That if any Master or Commander of a ship or vessel lying at anchor in the stream, shall make fast, or cause to be made fast to the shore, any rope or hawser, other than for the purpose of hauling im- mediately to a wharf or the Cul-de-Sac, he shall be subject to pay the penalty, not exceeding £5, and not less than ;g2 currency.** ** All ships or vessels, in dark nights, at anchor in the stream opposite the town, shall shew a light at the bowsprit end on the Hood tide, and at the mizen peak or ensign staff on the ebb tide ; in default thereof are liable to the penalty, not exceeding £o, and nut less than £2 currency." , REGULATIONS AT THE WHARVES* •' That any person who shall fasten any hawser or other rope ocross the Cul-de-Sac, or Landing Place, or any other public street or inlet, other than for the ex- press purpose of hauling in or out immediately the ves- sel, shall pay the penalty, not exceeding £1 currency." '* That when two or more vessels shall lie in the same tier at any wharf within the limits of the City and Harbour of Quebec, a free and uninterrupted pas- sage over the deck or decks of such ships or vessels lying within or next to the said wharves or wharf, shall be allowed to all persons, as well for the purpose of loading and unloading, as all and for any purpose of communication between the shore and the ship or vessel lying without, and any Master or other person having charge of such ship or vessel within or next to '^' I' >> % & the 9.11(1 wharf, who shall refuse such passage, as aforesaid, or shall wilfully iinpe(!e such passage, shall pay the pi;ualty of jflO, for every Iwcnty-four liours the passage is shut ^r refused." *' That the Master or other person having charge of any ship or vessel lying at the deep water wharveH, (the ship or vessel next the wharf excepted) within the litnits of the City and Harbour of Quebec., shall cause an anchor with sufficient cable and buoy to be carried from the ship or vessel and laid in the stream, as well for the purpose of hauling off in the case of necessity as for the relief of the ship or vessel lying within, against which such vessel so in charge of such Master or other person may hang : penalty X^ 10, and £b fur every twenty-four hours the ship lies without the anchor, &c. down." (Refusing or neglecting to do as aforesaid incurs the penalty ) " That all ships or vessels lying at the wharves, or in the Cul-de-Sac, shall have their yards topped up, booms rigged in, nnd anchors Fecured, so as to avoid doing damage to other ships or vessels. The Master or Commander of any ship or vessel who shall neglect or refuse the same, or to obey the Harbour Master in this respect, incurs the penalty of £o currency." '* That the Harbour Master of Quebec shall station all ships or vessels which shall hereafter come to the Harbour of Quebec, or any part thereof, or haul into any of the wharves within the limits of the said Har- bour, or of the City of Quebec, and shall regulate mooring or shifting of such ships or vessels, and shall determine how far, and in what distance it is the duty of Masters and other persons having charge of such ships or vessels to accomodate each other in their respective situations, and all disputes which niuy raise touching or concerning the premises, or any or either of them ; and any Master or person having charge, who shall refuse or neglect to obey the directions of the Harbour Master, resist or oppose him, incurs the penalty of £10 currency." *' That the Master of any vessel or person having charge, lying in the Cul-de-Sac, or in the tier, or singly alongside of nny wharf, slinll cause her hatch- ways to be Ht'curely and completely covered over with hatches or gratings, immediately after the work of loading or discharging, as the case may be, shall be finished for the day, until the time work may commence ill the morning, under the penalty for neglect or refusal of i?10 currency." LAWS IIBSPKCTINO FIRK8 ALONGSIDE THE WIIAHVE8 OK IN TIEUS NEAU THEM. " That Jill Masters or Commanders of vessels lying in the Cul-de-8ac, or alongside of any of the wharves, may have a Hre for cooking their provisions on board their respective vessels, from sun rise to sun do /n, (and at no other time) provided it be made in one or more close Cabouces of iron or metal, or of brick or stone. And all vessels lying at deep water wharves or in the stream, may have a fire in the cabin stove, of metal, brick, or stone, that can be closely shut up, and easily attended to : each and every offence against this article will be liable to the fine, and pay all dama- ges done, over and above the fine of £5 currency," " That all Masters of vessels, or any other person heating or boiling pitch, tar, turpentine, rosin, o grease, or causing the same to be heated or boiled for any purpose whatever, at a less distance than 20 feet from their respective vessels, and from all vessels, buildings or wharves, incur the penalty of £10 curry," *' Likewise the same penalty if a proper person docs not attend the pitch pot or kettle, while heating or boiling the same, prepared with a shovel and cover, for instantly extinguishing the same, in case the com- bustible matter takes fire^ and for completely putting out the original fire when done with." '* And in all cases and situations, wher a ship or vessel is to be breamed, the Master or owner shall apply to the Harbour Master for his authority and direction to do the same, as to proper time, places^ &c., under the like penalty." ** That any Master or person having charge of any ship or vessel lying in the Cul-de-Sac, or at any place in the Harbour of Quebec, between the wharf occupied by Messrs. Brehaut & Co. end the Point H Cards, both iticluded^ who at any time after the clote. und before i »» "'-4 I :-^ the opening of the navigation, shall make, or sitfTer to be iiiuitc on board of such vessel so lying, n tire for any purpoiie, sliali incur the penulty for each and every iirtence of ^glo currency." <' That no guns or olher fire arms shall be fired on board any ship or vessel, lying alongside of any wharf, or in the Cul-de-Sac, or any part of the bebch, between the Point ci Cards and the upper end of Hrehnut's wharf, under the penalty, to bo paid by the Master of 3uch ship or vessel, on board which such gun or guns or other fire arms shall be fired, of ^10 currency." LAWS AND^ REGULATIONS OF THE OUL-DS-SAO. RESPECTING FIRES. The same Laws are in force in this respect^ as along- side the Wharves, &c. &c. JOUry OF COMMANDERS OF SHIPS OR VESSELS, AND OTHERS, WHILE IN THE CUL-DB-SAC. '' That the Harbour of the Cul-de-Sac, shall be and is open to the use of, and for the benefit of all Her Majesty's Subjects, confoiiuing to the Kegulations established by Law." " That all Masters of ships and vessels under the general name of Uiver Craft, employed solely * in the Gulph and River St. Lawrence and in the trade of said river, including such rivers as run into the same from Cape Chat upwards, to the Harbour of Montreal inclusive,' who intend to benefit from the advan- tages given them by the said Act, shall each and every year, on or before the first day of June, take out a licence from the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec, to make use of the said Harbour of the Cul-* de-Sac, agreeably to law, and on receiving the stme, shall pay the annual tonnage duty thereby ordered to be levied, to such persons as shall be authorised to receive the same, under penalty of g^lO currency.' ;: ' '* That all other ships or vessels going into, or re- maining in the Cul-de-Sac, shall be subject to the same f V M 10 rates of wharfage and dock dues as ships or vessels of like tonnage arriving from sea, penalty £lO currency." ** That any ship or vessel having such licence as aforesaid, and going a voyage to sea, shall hereafter be subject to the like wharfage and dock dues as vessels from sea, until the renewal of such licences for the then usuing year.'* ** That all Masters of ships arriving from sea, and not having such licence, intending to go into the Cul- de-Sac, shall first give notice thereof to the officer authorised to receive the same, and shall take and obey his directions for their conduct while there : and such Masters as shall be compelled to take shelter therein by stress of weather, or other causes of necessity, without giving such previous notice, shall as early as may be, give information thereof to the said officer.'' '* That all ships or vessela arriving from sea, not having such licence as aforesaid, entering and remain- ing in the Cul-de-Sac, for purposes of loading and unloading, shall be subject to the wharfage of six pence currency per ton, loading and unloading, and two shillings and six pence like money per day, from the day of their entering, to the day of their departure ttierefrom, inclusive.'' " That all Masters or owners of ships or vessels of any description who intend to repair the same in the Cul-de-Sac> shall first obtain permission from the officer acting under the authority of this Corporation for that purpose." *' That ships or vessels obtaining this permission, shall be subject to pay dock dues, (River Craft as aforesaid excepted,) viz ; if under 100 tons register, 5s. pnx day j if not exceeding 300 tons, 7. 6d. per day, if above 300 tons, 10s. per day, like money, from the time of their entering the Cul-de-Sac, to the day of their departure therefrom, inclusive, exclusive of the tonnage duty for unloading, if any cargo is re- ceived or discharged." _ ; : i . , , ** That such ships :>t vessels, not being licensed as aforesaid, as shall wiiiier in the Cul-de-Sac, shall be sub- ject to Is. currency, per ton register, exclusive of time and tonnage in loading and unloading or repairing." ■i "^ u "■' Tlie materials which appear necessary for ships or vessels under repair, may be brought into the Cul-de- Sac ; but such of them as are not made use of, shall be forthwith removed, after such ships or vessels shall be repaired." *' That evwy ship or vessel in the C«l~de-Sic, not under repair, not in the act of loading: and unloading, shall be obliged to give way and make room for others that may enter for any of these purposes, by removing to another part of the Cul-de-Sac, or by going out. thereof, as the officer appointed therefore shall direct." It is therefore ordered — *' That the proprietors of wharves that are already erected on the north «de of the Cul-de-Sac, and who have been for some time past in the practice of bring- ing ships and vessels to the same to the Water Way and ground of the Cul-de-Sac, shall continue to enjoy the same privilege to the extent of one tier of ships and vessels, and one tier of river craft while employed in loading or unloading such ship or vessel lying opposite to their said wharves, shall be eonsidered as being in the Harbour of the Cul-de-Sac, subject to the wharfage and dock dues authorised to be levied by the present regulations." " That exclusive of the wharfage and duck dues imposed by these regulations, each and every trans- gression of the said regulations, or any of them, shall subject the person or persons so transgressing, to a line not exceeding £lO current money." ^ MOORINGS IN THE CUL-DE-SAC. ' ' ' " That all vessels in the Cul-de Sac, in the Harbour of Quebec, shall have their heads to the street, and anchor laid down on the eastward without the reef of rocks, under the penalty of 10s. for every twenty-four hours without such anchor." '' Any person who shall encumber the Cul-de-Sac, with rafts of any sort, or timber, boards, stones, dirt, filt, or rubbish of any kind, shall remove them at their own expense, as soon as ordered so to do by the Harbour Master j refusing or neglecting, incur the penalty o*' J^IO and ^5 for every twenty-four hours After the order is given to take it away.'* ^ .^^« ; 12 PILOTS. / , DUTIES OF PILOTS, &c. It is ordereil — •* 1st. That when any Pilot shall receive any ord»\ signed by the ]VIaster, Deputy Master, or Clerk of this Corporation, for the time being, to conduct any of Her Majesty's ships, or «hips of any denomination in Her Majesty's service, be shall repair on board her to take charge of her, and continue such charge according to the said order, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds incase of disobedience." '* 2d. That when the Pilot shall go on board, or agree with the owner or commander of any other ship or vessel, not in Her Majesty's service, or with any agent on behalf of such owner or commander, to take charge of such ship as a Pilot, he shall go on board such ship or vessel to take charge of her, and continue such charge according to his engagement j subject ne- vertheless to such orders as he shall receive from this corporation for Her Majesty's service, under a pe nalty not exceeding ten pounds in case of disobedience." " 3d. That a Pilot shall not stop any merchant ship alongside the moorings of Her Majesty's ship, (except in case of extreme necessity,) nor quit such merchant ship till at her proper moorings^ under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds." '* 4th. That any Pilot who shall have taken charge of any ship outward bound, shall wait on board for th:^ space of four days, while such ship may be detained in harbour for want of seamen, or any other casualty, and shall not, at the end of four days, be at liberty to quit such ships, provided five shillings per day shall be paid to him for such detention, over and above his pilotage, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds." 5th. That a Pilot shall, in allcases> behave himself civilly, and be strictly temperate and sober, in the exercise of his office ; and shall use his utmost care and diligence for the safe conduct of every ship or vessel whUe under bis charge — and shall be also careful she does not do damage to others> under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.'! 13 ten s;?K" '* 6th. That a Pilot shall not take charge of any ship or vessel as a Pilot, otherwise than his branch ennpow- ers m , under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds/' '* 7th. That a Pilot shall not lend his branch to any one on any accnnnt whatever^ under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds/* *' 9th. That any Pilot who observes any alteration in Sand Banks or Channels, or that any Buoys or Bea- cons are driven away, broken down, or out of place, shall forthwith send an account thereof to the Clerk of this Corporation, for the time being, under a penally not exceeding two pounds, for every neglect.*' ** 1 1th. That as the Pilot who Iirst boards a vessel, is entitled by Law to the preference of her Pilotage, or if refused by the Master thereof, to half pilotage j every Pilot shall board the nearest vessel, when more than one are in sight, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds " ** 12th. That the Master or Commander of every ship or vessel inward or outward, shall certify the behaviour of his Pilot, where he took him on board, and the draught of water of his ahip^ under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds/* " ISth. That no Pilot shall refuse or disobey any summons of this Corporation requiring his attendance, under a penalty not exceeding ten poinds/' It is orderedr^ ' > . i. ; . '* 1st. That when any Pilot being at Quebec, and not engaged to pilot any vessel from thence, shall re- ceive an order from the Superintendent of Pilots^ or in his absence, from the Harbour Master of Quebec, or from the Master, Deputy Master, or any Warden of this Corporation, directing him to repair on board and take charge of such vessel so requiring a Pilot, such Pilot shall repair on board and take charge of such vessel so requiring a Pilot, and shall continue such charge, according to the tenor of such order, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds currency, in ca«e of tiisobedience." ''2d. That any Pilot who shall demand or receive any higher or greater sum for the pilotage of any sfai^ t; >^: 14 if J 'J' t. i or vessel than is by law allowed^ shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds currency, for each and every offence, and shall refund to the person qr persons the full and entire amount of the sum, which such Pilot shall have received for such pilotage, over and above the sum allowed therefore by law.*' " 3d, That no Pilot shall be held or bound to remain on board of any vessel by him piloted into the Harbour of Quebec, after the expiration of forty-eight hours, from the time at which such vessel shall have arrived in the stre.im opposite to the City of Quebec, or be secured, within the said forty-eight hours, alongside of any wharf in the said Harbour of Quebec."^ " 4ih. That any Pilot who shall be employed, and shall remove any vessel from one wharf in ihe Harbour of Quebec to another, shall, for such service, be en- titled to demand and receive the sum of eleven shillings and eight pence currency, provided such wharves are respectively situated within the following limits, that is to say : — the Wharf at present occupied by Messrs. Peter Brehaut & Co. above, at the Point h. Carcis, be- low, both included J and any Pilot who shall he em- ployed, and shall remove any vessel from any one part of the Harbour of Quebec, to any other part of the said Harbour, not being one of the said wharves, shall for such service, be entitled to demand and receive the sum of one pound three shillings and four pence currency.** -"^^"t*^-**^*"'- "'f'**^-' **'•■*'-*'* —,*«:« ■%. . ' ' 5th. That any Pilot who shall demand or receive any higher or greater sum for piloting any ship or vessel, than is hereby and by the said Act of the Provincial Parliament allowed, shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds currency, for each and every such offence, and shall refund to the person or persons the full and entire amount of the sum which such Pilot shall have received for piloting such ship or vessel, over and above the sum hereby and by the Act of the said Provincial Parliament allowed : penalty j^lO currency.'* , " 6th. That each and every Pilot, for and below the Harbour of Quebec, shall on or before the first day of September next, paint in black, or cause to be painted on each side of the sails, and on the bow and stern of Ills boat, his or their distinguishing numbers in figures ; » 'a 15 •»,, which number they will receive from the registry of the Trinity House, on application for the purpose, ant! the said figure or figures shall be at least eigiiteen in- ches long, and two inches broaden the sail, and they shall renew the same as often as it is necessary, under penalty for neglecting so to do> not exceeding tea pounds currency.'* -i i:, .• ^' 7th. When any Branch Pilot or other person, not being a Branch Piloi, and having by necessity con- ducted any vessel arriving at, or departing from the Port of Quebec, shall have been condemned by judg- ment given by the Trinity House, to any of the fines and penalties imposed by virtue oft he said Act of the forty- fifth year of His Mujesty's reign, chapter twelfth, or by virtue or under the authority of this Act> it shall and may be lawful for the Corporation of the Trinity House to arrest or attach in the hands of, and the same to recover from the Master of any ship or vessel, or in the hands of any other person or persons to whom the said ship or vessel may be consigned, the sum of money which may be due and payable by them to any Branch Pilot or person having conducted any vessel as afore- said, or the sum which shall have been agreed upon ta have paid, or either of them, or such part of the sum as shall be necessary to satisfy the said judgment with costs ; and the said Captain or Master, or the Con- signee, shall be held to pay the amount of such arrest or attachment to the Treasurer of the said Corporation, and shall be discharged of as much toward such Pilot or person having conducted such vessel." " 7th. That all Pilots for and below the Harbour of Quebec, who shall engage to Pilot ships or vessels, either up or down the river St. Lawrence, or to move ships or vessels from one place to another, within the Harbour of Quebec, shall, for the better instruction of their apprentice or apprentices, take such apprentice or apprentices on board the said ships, or vessels of which they may be in charge, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds currency." " 9th. That each and every Pilot, cruising below Quebec, shall obey such orders in writing or otherwise as he or they shall from time to time receive from the Superintendentof Pilots, or such other person as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administer-' 16 ing the Government of this Province for the time being, shall for that purpose appoint, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds currency, for each and every instance 6f disobedience.'* Aeso^yfd— -That the superintendent of f^ilots be directed to issue an order obliging all Pilots to take charge of the tiafbour Master's Blank Reports, to be delivered to the Masters or persons in charge of all such vessels firom sea, as they may hereafter board, for the purpose of being filled up in coming up the river. And it is further ordered — "That any I^lot, for and below the said Harbour of Quebec, hereafter taking an apprentice, shall be bound < to instruct his said apprentice, as far as he may be susceptible of learning, in the art of knowledge of safely piloting vessels through both the said north and south channels, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.'' " That all Masters and Pilots, or persons in charge of vessels being within the FoH or Harbour of Quebec, whieh may drop or lose anchors or chain or other cables, shall forthwith report the same to the Harbour Master in writing, deseribing as nearly as possible, the situation and place where such anchors or chain or other cables may have been dropped or lost, undue a penalty not exceeding ten pounds," I FROM BIC TO QUEBEC, via: Per Feot. Jrom 1st May to the 10th Nov. inclusive, g£o \H O From the ilth Nov. to the l&ih inclusive,..! 3 From the 1 9th Nov. to the Ist March , inclusive, I 8 From the 9d March to the :^h April, inclusive, I ntoM uDiaic TO bic. Prom the 1st May to the lOthNoiv. inclueive,^^ 13 From the 11th Nov. to the ISth inclusive,..! O From the 1 9th Nov. to the Itt Mar';h inekisive, I 5 From the 2d March to the 30rh April inclusive, O 1 8 From the Btandp Pots to <^tf«6cc— only two-thirds of the rate above mentioned. From the Point of St, Roch to he shall forfeit the like sum of ten pounds. All Pilots having charge of ships or vessels naviga- tiDg the River St, Lawrence, and seeing other ships or vessels approaching shoals or other cause of danger, shall immediately inform the Officer commanding the vessel under his charge, of the same* who is required immediately to make the necessary signals to the said vessel^ and should the said Pilot or Officer command- ing the said ship or vessel neglect or refuse so to do, they shall pay each a fine not exceeding ten pounds current money. Any Pilot or Pilots, or his or their Apprentice or Apprentices, found aiding or assistimg in secreting Sea- men or Apprentices, legally bound to ships or Ship- masters, or facilitating in any way whatever, the deser- tion of Seamen or Apprentices,, legally bound to- Ships or Shipmasters, from their respective vessels, such Pilot or Pilots shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds current money. All boats carrying Pilots shall have on board a Mariners Compass, for the purpose of instructing the Apprentice, and shall display a flag half red and half white, in horizontal stripes, (the white being upper- most,) under a penalty of five pounds currency, for each offence^ and the master or officer commanding tiny vessels or boats displaying such flag, without a Pilot on board in search of vessels, shall incur a like penalty, not exceeding five pounds currency, for each offence. "t Any Pilot or Pilots taking charge of ships or vessels 19 going down the River St. Lawrence, after the ^i5th (lay of October inclusive, shall keep a boat with such ship or vessel, for the purpose of taking out such Pilot after he is discharged, under a penalty not exceeding .ten pounds currency, and if such boat should be lost or damaged by accident, while such Pilot has charge of such ship or vessel, the value of such boat, or the damage done thereto, shall be paid by the Captain or Officer commanding such ship or vessel. The practice of boiling pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine, and other combustible materials, upon the wharves in the Lower Town of Quebec, end its environs, being highly dangerous j it is ordered, that no pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine, or any other combustibles materials, shall be heated or boiled on any of the wharves within the limits of the Harbour of Quebec, except in furnaces of stone erected for that purpose, which said . furnaces shall be twenty feet at least from any house or build- ing ; the furnace to be completely fire-proof, and sub- ject to the inspection and approbation of the Harbour Master, under a penalty of ten pounds current money, for each oflFence. Any person or persons throwing dirt, filth, stones, or rubbish, of any description whatsoever, on any of the wharves, or into any of the ducks between the said wharves of the said Lower Town of Quebec, or upon any of the landing places^ inlets, or any part of the beaehes, between higher and lower water marks, or in other plac« that may in any way obstruct the naviga- tion, shall for each and every offence, pay a penalty of 40s. current money, and shall remove the same at his or their own cost and charge, immediately on being verbally ordered so to do, either by the Harbour Master or his Assistant, and shall further incur a penalty of 408. like current money, for every twenty- four hours, until the same shall be removed after such notice shall have been so as aforesaid given. Any person or persons encumbering any of the har- bours, bays, rivers, creeks, or inlets, within the limits of the Port of Quebec, or in any way obstructing the navigation thereof with stones, filtli, rubbish, timber, or spars, to the injury and obstruction of ships, vessels, or other craft, going in or out of the same, shall pay 20 t nil (lamngfs tlitit may be caused to such ships, vessels, or other craft, by the causes aforesaid, and shall incur a penally not exceeding the sum of £10 current money, and for every twenty four hours the said obstructions are allowed to remain after notice shall be given by the }larb()ur Master or his Assistant to remove the same, the said person or persons shall incur the further pen- alty of 408. >Io ferry boat (either horse or steam) to remain in the landing place at the Cul-de-Sac, longer than half an hour between each trip, penalty not exceeding £b. All boat-men, batteaux-men, and others, carrying for hire staves, deals, ashes, ftour, and other produce, must take out a licence from the Registrar of the Trinity House, and the number corresponding to that licence must be painted on each bow of the said boat, &c., under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. ;>t.i ^ Whereas it become expedient, in consequence of the cncreased trade at the I'ort of Quebec, and owing to the number of Steam Vessels employed therein, and for the accommodation of small rafts towed to ships loading at the wharves, that a free passage be left between the wharves and ships riding at anchor in the stream : nod whereas it is also necessary to make additional regula- tions for the shipping, and for the protection of small craft and boats frequenting the several landing places, and unloading at the wharves on each side thereof : — Wherefore it is ordered, that no Pilot, Master, or other person in charge of ship or vessel, shall anchor any such ship or vessel within two cable lengths of any of the wharves in the Harbour of Quebec, (except in cases of emergency, or for the purpose of immediately hauling alongside any of the said wharves,) under a penalty not exceeding £10 currency ; and that no rafc of timber shall hereafter be moved or made fast outside of ships or vessels lying at wharves in the Harbour of Quebec, nor alongside any such wharf so as to pre- vent ships or vessels hauling in thereto, under a penalty not exceeding ^10 currency, to be recovered from the owner or person in charge of such raft. That all ships or vessels lying in front of the wharves adjoining the north side of the following land- ing placQS, to wit : the Lower Town Market landing 91 place, the landing place on St. James street, nnd that at Hunt's wharf on St. Antoine strfet, shall have their heads pointed down the river, and that oil the ships or vessels lying in front of the wharves adjoining the south side of the suid landing places, shall have their heads pointed up the river, under a penalty nut ex- ceeding ;f 10 currency, to be recovered from the Mas- ters, Pilots^ or other persons in charge of such phips or vessels. ..,.,.— .*.,..t„ That no Pilot, Master, or other person in charge of any ship or Ttssel, shall anchor any such ship or vessel at the entrance of, or in the channel extending between the Bank and the Coves at I'Ance des M^res^ and up- wards, (except in cases of emergency, or for the pur- pose of immediately hauling alongside the wharves or piers at the said Coves,) under a penalty not exceeding i?10 currency. .r.rao/rt u 3 :\% utaim v, w:uni That in order to facilitate the loading of ships or vessels in the Harbour of Quebec, alongside of the wharves, and to prevent the inner vessel being injured by the pressure of the outward vessels lying in the same tier, in bad weather, not more than three ships nr vessels and a barge, (except with special peimis- sion of the Harbour Master,) shall lie in the same tier at any of the said wharves, under a penalty not ex- ceeding £10 currency, against the Masters, Pilots, or other persons in charge of such ships or vessels acting in contravention to this order. ,,.,., ^, . , ,, ' __„ „ rojruKi y:H'.4 AH steamboats within the limits of this port, bound upwards, are to keep the starboard side of the channel, and all steamboats coming downuHtrds, are also to keep the starboard side of the channel, to prerent accident, under a penalty of jglO currency. Ordered*— that every steamboat resorting lo any of the wharves in the Harbour of Quebec, shall be pro- vided with a good and sufficient stage or gangway, ex- clusively for the use of passengers, or persons coming from or going on board of such stedmbuat ; and every such stage or gangway shall be made of four inch planks, and be fhree feet broad, with ropes on both sides, from the boat to the wharf, supported by wood. o-y Ai • .: or iron stanchions, notices tlinn tl»ree feet high : and ill dark nights, 11 light shall be placed at either end, or nny other part of the siajje or gangway, so that the same may be seenclenrly from tlie wharf and boat. And the Master or person having charge of any •?iean»- boat, who shall neglect after the publication of this order, to have a stage or gangway of the before mem- tioned description, immediuteiy placed from the boat to the wharf after resorting thereto, shall for every neglect, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of £\0 current money of this Province, to be applied ns the law directs ; and any such master or person having charge of any steamboat, who shall neglect to have the said gangway lighted in dark nights, as herein be- fore directed, shall for every neglect) upon conviction thereof, pay a fine not exceeding £b like money, to be also applied as the law directs. ' 4,%\'a>i5et4 1; '•»-._ That every steamboat, while at anchor at nii^ht, within the limits of the Port of Quebec, shall carry a distinguishing red light at the bow, under a penalty not exceeding ^10 currency, to be recovered from the Master or owner of such steamboat. That every steamboat, while at anchor at night, and within the limits of the Port of Quebec, shall shew two lights, vertical at the mast head, the upper one to be a red light, and having a distance of five feet between the two, under a penalty not exceeding £10 currency, to be recovered from the Master or owner of such steamer. That every steamboat, -when aground at night, within the limits of the Port of Quebec, shall shew three lights over that side of the boat on which other vessels should pass, under the penalty not, exceeding £\0 currency, to be recovered ft jm the master or owner of such steamboat. That when two or more steamboats, of unequal speed, shall be pursuing the same course, within the limits of the Port of Quebec, the slowest boat, if ahead, shall allow the one a stern to pass on the off shore or larboard side of her, under a penalty not exceeding £\0 currency, to be recovered from the master or o ivner of such boat. That all rafts of timber, while navigating within the hmits of iho Port of Quebec, nt night, shall ^hew two lii;lils, one ni each extreme end, umler >i penalty iu,i t'xcee«lln>{ i'lO currency, to be recovered iVi>fi< tiie owners or pcr^ioi^s in chiirge <»f sucli ral't. Whcreuh uuiny accidenu by fire have occurre'l. fsup- pos^ed to have arisen liy njiarks proceeding; t'nun \\u' pipes of sti'an)l)o<\t8 laying nt the wharves in the Lf)wer 'iown of the ( ity of Quei)ec, anil whereaH it becomes e\pc(ru'nt 10 adopt measures to pi event an far us po^• ^iblf an occurren^«.* of ^imilur accidents— ii is Ordered — tl»at hereafterno boat or vessel, propelled by steam, shall use or burn wckkI for the purpose of raising or keeping up tlieir steam, when uithin th«' limits of the Harbour of Quebec, und^r u pmuliy m c exci'ciling £10. .1 It is ordered — * TliHt upon the expiration of three years, from and after the day on which this Hy-Lnw, Kule, or Order, Imving been duly confirmed and sanctioned by the t cruize lower down the river than a line drawn between the Eastern Anchorage of liarnuby Island, and the Eastern Anchorage under Cape Columbia, on the North Shore -, and that all Pilots who do not strictly obey this order^ shall be prosecn'ed under the aforesaiil By-Law. *' ,.;;.'' :• [Signed,] R. YOUNG, i^/ .r ^*ij^. .^^- V • »^ Superintendent of Pilots^ Whereas it is expedient to repeal so much of a cer- tain By-Law ordau^ed and enacted by the Master, Deputy Master and Wardens of the Trinity House of Quebec, on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year uf our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, and duly sanctioned on the twenty-ninth day of June then next following, by which it was ordained and enacted^ *' That a Pilot shall in all cases beha^ e himself civilly, " and be strictly temperate and sober in the exercise of his office, and shall also use his utmost care and diligence for the safe conduct of every Ship or Vessel while under his charge, and shall also be careful she *' does not do damage to others, under a penalty not " exceeding ten pounds," and to substitute other pro- visions in lieu thereof. Wherefore it is ordered that so much of the said 15y-Law as is hereinbefore recited, shall be and i» hereby lepealed j and that a Pilot shall in all cases be- have himself civilly, and be strictly temperate and sober whilst in the exercise of his office, and shall also use his utmost care and diligence for the safe conduct of every ship or vessel while under his charge, and shall also be careful she does not do damage to others } and every Pilot who shall be guilty of infringing any of the provisions of this By-Law, shall for each and every such ofFence> on convicti jn ♦hereof, incur and pay a fin© and penalty not exceeding ten pounds currency, or be suspended from his office as Pilot fur a term not ex- ceeding three years, or be dismissed from his office as a Pilot, as by the said Master, Deputy Master and Wardens of the Trinity House of Quebec, or the majority o£ them, shall be judged fit and reasonable. Whereas it is necessary for the safety and co-ive- aience of Fa&gengers arriving at and departing £i:oitt n €( 86 I ;' m y\ the Harbour of Quebec by means of Steamboat com- munication, to appropriate parts and portions of cer- tain wharves situated within the same for tiieir ac> commodation and to regulate the berthing of Steam- boats and Steam Vessels thereat. Whereof it is ordered that the fronts of the fol- lowing wharves situated in the Harbour of Quebec, that is to say, the front next the River Saint Lawrence of the Queen's Wharf, otherwise called Napoleon Wharf, the front next the Hiver Saint Lawrence of the Wharf commonly called Gillespie's Wharf^ the front next the River Saint Lawrence of the VVharf commonly called Hunt's Wharf, and the front next the River Saint Lawrence of the Wharf commonly called Gibb's Wharf, shall and the same are hereby seve- rally and respectively exclusively appropriated, for the use and accommodation of Stec^mboats and Sieam Vessels employed and used for carrying Passengers, and that any Master or other person hav- ing the charge of any Ship or Vessel (other than a Steamboat or Steam Vessel employed and used for car- rying Passengers) who shall make such Ship or Vessel fast to, or shall place such Ship or Vessel along the front or fronts next the River Saint Lawrence of any or either of the said Wharves without a permission in writing signed by the Harbour Master, shall on convic- tion thereof incur and pay a penal./ not exceeding ten, pounds currency -, and that the Master or other person . having the charge of any Steamboat or Steam Vessel . resorting to the Harbour of Quebec for the conveyance of passengers employed in the embarking and disem- barking from or to the shore shall place and make fast the Steamboat or Steam Vessel of which he shall so .' have the charge to the front next the River Sain: Law- fence ot one or other of the said Wharves, and the masteror other person having the charge of such Steam - bqat or Steam Vessel who shall neglect so to do or who shall place or make fast the Steam&tat or Steam Vessel ' of which he may have the charge to any other Wharf or Wharves within the Harbour of Quebec for the purpose ' of embarking or disembarking Passengers, without a ,: permission in writing signed by the Harbour Master shall for every such, oflbnce on, conviction thereof incur ' imd.pay a penaHy not esaeeding ten pounds currency. com- r ac- eam- fol- 3bec, •ence )leon e of t the ^harf t the ailed eve- for and lav- n a car- is sel the any I ill vic- ten. son ssel nee !m- fest " •'V SO ; IW- the " m- ^ho isel 'i or we t a ter ;ur "1