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1080 and undivlded Trinity, and of Saint Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent, (commonly titled the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strand) and they are hereby required to appoint and license, under their Common Seal, fit and competent Persons, duly skilled as pilots for the Purpose of conducting all Ships and Vessels sailing, navigating, and passing up and down, or upon the Rivers of Thames and Medway, and all and every the several Channels, Creeks and Docks thereof or therein, or leading or adjoining thereto, as well between Orfordness and London Bridge, as from London Bridge to the Downs, and from the Downs Westward as far as the Isle of Wight, and in the English Channel from the Isle of Wight up to London Bridge:And that from after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Constable of Dover Castle, or his Lieutenant for the Time, being, and they are hereby required to appoint and license fit and competent Persons, duly skilled as Pilots, for the Purpose of conducting ail Ships and Vessels sailing, navigating and passing from the Westward up the Rivers Thames and Medway that is to say, from Dungeness up to London Bridge and Rochester Bridge, and from the Buoy of the Brake to the Westward, that is to say, from the said Buoy to the West End of the Owers; all which Vessels shall be conducted and piloted by such Pilots so appointed and and by no other Pilots or Persons whomsoever; and also save and except as well all Col­liers as also all Ships and Vessels trading to Norway, and to the Cattegat and Baltic, and likewise round the North Cape, and into the White Sea; and save and except all constant Traders inwards from the Ports between Boulogne inclusive and the Baltic, such Ships and Vessels having British Registers, and copjing up the North Channel by Orfordness, but not otherwise; and likewise save and except all Coasting Vessels all Irish Traders using the Navigation of the River Thames as Coasters; Provided always, that it shall be lawful after the passing of this Act, for any Pilot or Pilots heretofore appointed by the said Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strand, or by the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Castle for the Time being, or his Lieutenant for the Time being, to pilot or conduct any Ship or Vessel within such Limits as such Pilot or Pilots might lawfully have conducted and piloted the same before the passing of this Act, under and by virtue of the Licences or Authorities granted to such Pilots respectively as aforesaid; which respective Licences shall continue in Force notwithstanding this Act, so that such Pilots respectively do in all Things conform themselves to the Provisions of this Act, and the Rules and Regulations to be established under the same.

III. And be it further enacted. That from and after the passing of this Act, the respective Rates or prices herein-after enumerated in the Table marked (A.) in the Schedule to this Act annexed, may be lawfully demanded and received by any Pilot licensed by the said Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, for the piloting or conducting of any Ship or Vessel from Place to Place, as expressed in the said Table, and that no greater Rates or Prices, or other Reward or Emolument shall, under any Pretence whatever, be demanded, solicited, or received, than such Rates or Prices.

V.And be it further enacted, That no Person shall be licensed by the said Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strand, as a Pilot for the Rivers of Thames or Medway, or the Channels leading thereto or therefrom, under the Provisions of this Act, who shall not have served as Mate for Three Years on board a square-rigged Vessel, or shall not have been in the actual Command of a square-rigged Vessel for One Year, or who shall not have been employed in the Pilot Service of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond for Seven Years, or who shall have not served an Apprepticeship of Five Years to some Pilot Vessel licensed under this Act; and that no Person shall be so licensed, or be allowed until after Three Years Licence and Service, to take Charge as a Pilot of any Ship or Vessel drawing more than Fourteen Feet Water, in the Rivers Thames or Medway or any of the Channels thereof, until such Person shall have been licensed, and shall have .acted as a Pilot for Three Years, under lawful Authority, on Pain of forfeiting Ten Pounds for every such Offence,as well by the Person acting as such Pitot, as also by the Master or Commander, or other Person having Charge of such Ship or Vessel, who shall permit any such Person to take Charge as a Pilot of the same contrary to the Provision aforesaid.

VI. And be it further enacted, That no Person shall, from and after the passing of this Act, take Charge of any Ship or Vessel, as a Pilot beloning to the Society Fellowship of Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet, commonly called Cinque Port Pilots, before he shall be examined by the Master and Two Wardens, or by Four Wardens of the said Society or Fellowship for the Time being, touching his Abilities, and shall be approved and admitted into the Society or Fellowship of the Trinity House of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet, by the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle for the Time being, or his Lieutenant for the Time being; and if by Person shall presume to act as a Pilot belonging to the said Society, or Fellowship, without