1938/1939 public local laws – Ch.617 Sec.6
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CHAPTER 617 AN ACT TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF BEAUFORT HARBOR, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A HARBOR MASTER AND PILOTS, AND TO REGU- LATE PILOTAGE FEES. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Every person before being commissioned as a pilot shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties, acceptable to said Beaufort Port Commission, and payable to the State of North Carolina, in a sum to be authorized by the said commission of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. Every bond so taken shall be filed with and preserved by the said port commission and by it held in trust for every person, firm or corporation who may be injured by the negligence or the misconduct of any such pilot, and any such person, firm or corporation so injured may severally bring suit against the penalty of said bond.