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1082 Pilotage of such Ship or Vessel, and shall forfeit the further Sum of Five Pounds for every Fifty Tons Burthen of such Ship Or Vessel: Provided always, that such additional Penalty of Five Pounds for every fifty Tons, shall not in any Case be sued for or recovered, unless the Corporation of the Trinity House, as to all Cases in which Pilots licensed by or under the said Corporation shall be concerned, or unless the said Lord Warden for the Time being, or his Lieutenant for the Time being, shall license and authorize by written Certificate the proceeding for such additional Penalty as to all Causes in Which Pilots by or under the Said Lord Warden shall be concerned: Provided always, that if any Ship or Vessel bound to the Rivers Thames or Medway' shall anchor any where in the Downs between the South Foreland, and a Line drawn from Sandown Castle and the South Buoy of the Brake, having any licensed Pilot Other than a Cinque Port Pilot on board, it shall be lawful for a Cinque Port Pilot to repair on board the same, at any Time before such Ship or Vessel shall have been at an Anchor One Hour with the Signal for a pilot flying, and to take Charge of her up the said Rivers, but not otherwise. . XII. And whereas great Convenience to Trade will arise by putting an End to the Usage of Cinque Port Pilots quitting Ships or Vessels at Gravesend, or elsewhere in the Thames or Medway, at their Discretion; be it therefore enacted. That from and after the passing of this Act, if any Cinque Port Pilot, taking Charge of any Ship or Vessel into the Thames or Medway, shall quit such Ship or Vessel at Gravesend, or in any other Part of the Thames, or in any Part of the Medway, before such Ship or Vessel shall have arrived at the Place to which such Ship or Vessel is bound in the said Rivers Thames or Medway respectively, without the Consent of the Captain or other Person having the Command thereof, unless some other duly qualified Pilot shall with such Consent come on board, and shall take the Charge and Conduct of such Ship or Vessel for the Residue of the Pilotage to be performed every such Pilot shall forfeit for every such Offence, all Pay or Reward to which he might be entitled for having, conducted or piloted such Ship or Vessel into the Rivers Thames or Medway, and shall also be subject to such other Penalty or Punishment as, by virtue of any of the Provisions of this Act, or of the Rules and Regulations to be established in pursuance hereof, any Pilot shall be liable to for quitting a Ship or Vessel before she shall arrive at her Place of Destination.

XIII. And.whereas the Pilots of the Cinque Ports are divided into Two Classes, called the Upper and Lower Book Pilots; And whereas the permitting Cinque Port Pilots of the Lower Rook to take Charge of Ships which heretofore would only be taken by Pilots of the Upper Book, will diminish the Profits of the Upper Book Pilots, and increase the Profits of the Lower Book Pilots; and it is therefore reasonable that Compensation should be made by the Lower Book Pilots to the Persons that are at this Time Upper Rook Pilots; be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Court of Loadmanage from time to Time to settle the Amount of the Deductions to be made from the Rates received by Lower Book Pilots for taking Charge of Vessels of greater Draft of Water than they could heretofore by Law take, and in what Proportions, and how and in what Manner, and to whom the same are to be paid, and how the same shall be applied in making Compensation to the present Upper Book Pilots for the Losses they may sustain by such Lower Book Pilots taking Charge of such Vessels as aforesaid; provided that such Deductions so to be fixed as aforesaid, shall from Time to Time be diminished and decreased as the present Sixty-four Upper Book Pilots shall die, be superannuated, or discontinue to act, as Pilots; and that such Deductions shall be taken and accepted in lieu of all other Allowances. or Contributions whatsoever from the said Lower Book Pilots, except Trinity Money, Clerks Fees, and for Widows.

XVIII. And whereas certain Harbours near The Downs have become much frequented as Places of Safety, and Ships and Vessels lying in or sailing through The Downs are often times compelled to run for those Harbours, and it is therefore necessary to make Provisiotvfor the Pilotage of such Harbours; be it therefore enacted, That at all Pilots whose Licences or Warrants shall authorize them to pilot Ships, or Vessels from any Place, to the Westward, up to London Bridge, shall qualify themselves, and shall be examined as to their Qualification and Ability-to conduct any Ship or Vessel into and out of Ramsgate Harbour, and the Harbours of Dover, Sandwich and Margate, and shall be obliged to pilot any Ships or Vessels into and out of the said Harbours; and if any such Pilot shall refuse to take Charge of or conduct any Ship or Vessels into or out of the said Harbours, Such pilot shall forfeit a|l Pay and Reward to which he might otherwise be entitled for the Pilotage of any such Ship or Vessel, and shall be subject to such Fine, or other Punishment as, shall be established in that Behalf by the Rules and Regulations of the Corporation or Society to which such Pilot shall belong.

XIX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That every licensed Pilot who shall take Charge of and conduct any Ship or Vessel into or out of Ramsgate Harbour or into or out of Dover,Sandwich,