1822 - Edocs

XXVII
By Major General Andrevj Jackson, Governor of the provinces
of the Floridas, exercising the fionvers of the Ca/itain
General, and of the Intendant of the Island of Cuba,
over the said provinces, and of the Governors of said
provinces resfiectiveli/ :
AN ORDINANCE,
For the better regulation' of the Harbour of Pensacola.
First, It is ordained : That there shall be established
m the town of Pensacola, a board of Commissioners, to
be called " Commissioners of Pilotage," which shall consist
of three persons, to be appointed by the Governor,
and to hold their offices during his pleasure, whose duty
it shall be to>exJainine as to the qualifications of every
person who sbajhfapply to be appointed a Pilot for the
harbour of Pensacola, and to hear all complaints against
such persons as have been or may be appointed pilots, and
to report their proceedings and opinions in all such cases
to the Governor. And no person shall be permitted to
act as such pilot until he shall have been duly examined
by the said Commissioners and approved by them and by
the Governor, and shall have given good and sufficient
security for the performance of his duty as pilot a» aforesaid
;
which security shall "also be approved by the Governor.
Second. That th€£ pilots of the harbour of Pensacola
shall be entitled to receive for their services, from every
vessel which shall arrive at or depart from the harbour of
Pensacola, the sum of one dollark fifty cents for each foot
of the said vessels draught of water ; and the further sum
of two dollars for each day the said pilot shall or may be
detained by said vessel. Provided, that in case the master
or owner of any vessel shall refuse the services of such
pilot, and shall choose to act as bis own pilot, thar then
only half pilotage shall be demanded by the said pilots.
And provided further, that all vessels trading to and from
any port of the United States, in the "Gulpft of Mexico,
and having less draught of water than six feet, shall be
and they are hereby exempted from the payment of pilotage,
unless the services of a pilot shall be required by
them. And no other or greater fees than those above
mentioned shall be demanded or received for the services
of any pilot upon any pretence whatever.
Third. There shall be appointed by the Governor three
or more persons to discharge the duties and perform the
services usually discharged and performed by Portwardens
in the different ports of the United States, who shall
be called the 'Wardens of the port of Pensacola,' and they
shall be entitled to receive, as such wardens, for their services,
in visiting and examining goods or vessels, the sum of
six dollars for the first visit, and the sum of two dollars for
every subsequent visit, to be divided in equal parts a-