§ 139. Penalty for demanding excessive pilotage
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 55 P.S. Navigation
55 P.S. § 139
§ 139. Penalty for demanding excessive pilotage
It shall not be lawful for any licensed pilot to demand, ask or receive for the pilotage of any vessel, or for any other services for which compensation is fixed by law, a greater sum than is authorized by this act and the act to which this is a supplement1 and it shall be the duty of the wardens of the port of Philadelphia,2 whenever it shall have been satisfactorily proven to them that any licensed pilot had demanded, asked or received, for the pilotage of any vessel, or his services on board any vessel, a greater sum than is authorized by this act, to deprive such pilot of his license for the term of one year from the time when proof thereof shall have been made to them.
Credits
1813, March 29, P.L. 257, 6 Sm.L. 86, § 4.
Footnotes
1803, March 29, P.L. 542, 4 Sm.L. 67 (incorporated in part in this title).
The board of wardens for the port of Philadelphia, and the offices of harbor master and master warden of the port of Philadelphia, are abolished by 55 P.S. § 15.
55 P.S. § 139, PA ST 55 P.S. § 139
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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