Georgia Code
Article 2 - Pilots Generally
§ 52-6-41. Taking of Interrogatories and Depositions From Nonresidents and Seamen

When the person whose attendance is required as a witness is a nonresident of the county where the matter or claim is pending or is a seaman, his interrogatories or depositions may be taken and returned to the commissioners in the manner provided by law for taking and returning interrogatories and depositions in the courts of record of this state and may be put in evidence before the commissioners when the personal attendance of the witness cannot be secured. Reasonable notice of intention to take the interrogatories or depositions and of the time and place of the hearing must be given to all persons interested, or to their attorneys, or to the master, agent, or charterer of any vessel, where the vessel or her owners or cargo are interested.
History. Laws 1832, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 45, 46; Code 1863, §§ 1478, 1479; Code 1868, §§ 1535, 1536; Code 1873, §§ 1529, 1530; Code 1882, §§ 1529, 1530; Civil Code 1895, §§ 1677, 1678; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1923, 1924; Code 1933, §§ 80-203, 80-204; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 18; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52.
Cross references.
Depositions, interrogatories, § 9-11-26 et seq.

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Georgia Code

Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft

Chapter 6 - Pilots and Pilotage

Article 2 - Pilots Generally

§ 52-6-30. Qualifications for Pilot’s License

§ 52-6-31. Number of Pilots

§ 52-6-32. Restrictions as to Persons Who May Receive Fees, Gratuities, or Rewards for Conducting or Piloting Vessels

§ 52-6-33. Form of License; Oath of Pilot

§ 52-6-34. Pilots’ Bonds — Generally

§ 52-6-35. Pilots’ Bonds — Continuation of Existing Bonds; Venue of Actions on Bonds; Parties to Actions

§ 52-6-36. Revocation of License for Conducting or Piloting Vessel Arrested Under Court Process

§ 52-6-37. Authority of Commissioners to Suspend Pilots, to Revoke Licenses, and to Assess Fines and Penalties; Grounds for Suspension, Revocation, Fines, or Other Penalties

§ 52-6-38. Hearings Before Commissioners; Enforcement of Decrees and Orders by Execution or Warrant of Distress

§ 52-6-39. Issuance of Subpoenas

§ 52-6-40. Failure of Witness to Answer Subpoena

§ 52-6-41. Taking of Interrogatories and Depositions From Nonresidents and Seamen

§ 52-6-42. Appeal to Superior Court — Generally

§ 52-6-43. Appeal to Superior Court — Use of Interrogatories and Depositions

§ 52-6-44. Fees Relating to Hearings Before Commissioners

§ 52-6-45. Vessels to Be Under Direction and Control of Licensed Pilots; Exemptions; Use of Docking Pilots

§ 52-6-46. Pilotage Fees — Fees for Coastwise Vessels

§ 52-6-47. Pilotage Fees — Time of Payment; Security for Payment

§ 52-6-48. Pilotage Fees — Requests or Demands by Pilots of Fees Different Than Those Fixed by Commissioners

§ 52-6-49. Liabilities and Penalties for Failure to Take Pilot or Pay Pilotage Fees

§ 52-6-50. Fees of Pilots Aiding Vessel in Distress

§ 52-6-51. Right of Pilot Boat to One-Third of Inward and Outward Pilotage Fee

§ 52-6-52. Liability for Detaining Pilots on Vessels

§ 52-6-53. Compulsory Retirement of Pilots

§ 52-6-54. Acting as Pilot Without License; Interfering With or Disturbing Licensed Pilot