76-50. Pilots refused, entitled to pay.
If a branch pilot shall go off to any vessel bound in, and offer to pilot her over the bar, the master or commander of such vessel, if he refuses to take such pilot, shall pay to such pilot, if not previously furnished with one, the same sum as is allowed by law for conducting such vessel in, to be recovered in the district court: Provided, that the first pilot, and no other, who shall speak such vessel so bound in shall be entitled to the pay provided for in this section. (R.C., c. 85, s. 32; 1871-2, c. 117; Code, s. 3522; Rev., s. 4978; C.S., s. 6991; 1973, c. 108, s. 30.)
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.