Massachusetts General Laws
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 103 - Pilots

Section 1 - Pilot Districts - Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter the shore...

Section 1a - Definition - Section 1A. As used in this chapter the following words...

Section 2 - Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of Pilots; Appointment - Section 2. There shall be two commissioners of pilots for...

Section 3 - Powers and Duties of Commissioners - Section 3. The commissioners, subject to the approval of the...

Section 3a - Adoption of Regulations Relating to Applications by Members of Uniformed Services; Credit for Military Sea Service and Time Served on Active Duty - Section 3A. In determining the eligibility of applicants for consideration...

Section 4 - Secretary to Commissioners of District One; Appointment; Duties - Section 4. The commissioners of district one shall appoint a...

Section 5 - Accounts of Pilots; Payment of Pilotage Fees to Commissioners; Compensation of Commissioners; Reimbursement for Travel and Other Reasonable Expenses - Section 5. Once in every three months each pilot shall...

Section 6 - Bonds of Pilots - Section 6. No person shall receive a commission or exercise...

Section 15 - Discharge of Surety on Bond; Notice - Section 15. A surety upon the bond of a pilot...

Section 16 - New Bonds of Pilots - Section 16. A pilot, in case of the decease, insolvency...

Section 17 - Lien of Pilots for Fees - Section 17. A pilot shall have a lien for his...

Section 18 - Liability of Pilots - Section 18. A pilot shall be liable for all damages...

Section 19 - Exhibition of Commission - Section 19. A pilot shall, if so required, exhibit his...

Section 20 - Suspension or Removal of Pilots Exceeding Commission Authority - Section 20. A pilot taking charge of a vessel drawing...

Section 21 - Vessels Required to Employ Commissioned Pilots; Liability for Rates; Subject to Regulations; Commission as Transit Pilot - Section 21. Every foreign vessel of three hundred and fifty...

Section 28 - Exemption of Vessels From Compulsory Pilotage - Section 28. All coastwise vessels not sailing under register and...

Section 31 - Rates of Pilotage; Other Charges - Section 31. Rates of pilotage outward and inward for the...

Section 31a - Pilotage Rate Board - Section 31A. (a) There shall be a pilotage rate board...

Section 33 - Failure of Pilot to Anchor Vessels With Alien Passengers - Section 33. A pilot failing to anchor a vessel carrying...

Section 34 - Controversies Between Pilots - Section 34. All controversies between pilots relative to their mutual...

Section 35 - Persons Acting as Pilots - Section 35. No person unless he holds a commission as...