76-48. Penalty on pilot neglecting to go to vessel having signal set.
When any pilot shall see any vessel on the coast, having a signal for a pilot, or shall hear a gun of distress fired off the coast, and shall neglect or refuse to go to the assistance of such vessel, such pilot shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars ($100.00), to be recovered in the name of the State, one half to the use of the informer and the other half to the master of the vessel, unless such pilot is then actually in charge of another vessel. (1783, c. 194, s. 6; 1784, c. 207, s. 10; 1790, c. 320, s. 2; R.C., c. 85, s. 31; Code, s. 3521; Rev., s. 4975; C.S., s. 6989.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 5 - General Provisions.
§ 76-40 - Navigable waters; certain practices regulated.
§ 76-41 - Obstructing waters of Currituck Sound.
§ 76-42 - Lumbermen to remove obstructions in Albemarle Sound.
§ 76-43 - Anchorage in range of lighthouses.
§ 76-44 - Vessels on inland waterways exempt from pilot laws; proviso as to steam vessels.
§ 76-46 - Pilots to have spyglasses.
§ 76-47 - Acting as pilot without license.
§ 76-48 - Penalty on pilot neglecting to go to vessel having signal set.
§ 76-49 - Pilots may be removed.
§ 76-50 - Pilots refused, entitled to pay.
§ 76-51 - Pay of pilots when detained by vessel.
§ 76-52 - Rates of pilotage annexed to commission.
§ 76-53 - Harbor masters; how appointed.
§ 76-54 - Commissioners of navigation may hold another office.
§ 76-55 - Commissioners of navigation to designate place for trash.
§ 76-56 - Harbor master; how appointed where no board of navigation.
§ 76-57 - Rafts to exercise care in passing buoys, etc., penalty.