Any pilot belonging to any port in this state meeting at sea with any vessel in distress, which is bound to another port within this state, shall, if capable and thereunto required, take charge of and pilot such vessel into such port and shall be paid $10.00 a day for every day he may be aboard such vessel at sea, without the bars, and over and above the usual rate of pilotage; and no other pilot shall interfere with him while he is willing to continue his services.
History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 36; Code 1863, § 1470; Code 1868, § 1527; Code 1873, § 1521; Code 1882, § 1521; Civil Code 1895, § 1669; Civil Code 1910, § 1915; Code 1933, § 80-312; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 11.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
Chapter 6 - Pilots and Pilotage
§ 52-6-30. Qualifications for Pilot’s License
§ 52-6-33. Form of License; Oath of Pilot
§ 52-6-34. Pilots’ Bonds — Generally
§ 52-6-36. Revocation of License for Conducting or Piloting Vessel Arrested Under Court Process
§ 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
§ 52-6-46. Pilotage Fees — Fees for Coastwise Vessels
§ 52-6-47. Pilotage Fees — Time of Payment; Security for Payment
§ 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