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2. Every such ship, the master of which, 



(a) does not accept the services of the first licensed pilot who, by 



signal or otherwise, offers his services; or, 



(6) does not accept the services of such one of two or more pilots 

 offering their services at the same time, as is entitled by the 

 law or regulations for the time being in force in such dis- 

 trict to have his services accepted ; or, 



(c) having signalled for a pilot, does not accept the services of anv 

 licensed pilot offering the same in consequence of such signal, 

 shall, be liable to pay, if in the pilotage district of Quebec, to the 

 Quebec Pilots Corporation, and, if elsewhere, to the pilotage authority 

 of the district, as pilotage dues, the same sum as would have been pay- 

 able to such pilot, if his services had been accepted. R. S., c. 80, 



s. 62. 



678 483. All sums received by any pilotage authority in pur- 

 suance of the three last preceding sections shall be applied 

 by it - 



(a) in paying all expenses incurred in obtaining payment of the 



same; 



(b) in paying to the pilot who offered his services to the ship, and, 



if two pilots offered, to that one who was entitled to have his 

 services accepted, such amount, if any, as it, by any by-laws 

 made under this Part from time to time, makes payable to 

 such pilot. 



2. The residue shall be carried to and form part of the pilot fund 

 of the district. R. S., c. 80, s. 62. 



484. No ship shall be exempted on any ground whatever from the 

 liability to pay pilotage dues earned by any licensed pilot voluntarily 

 taken on board of such ship by the master for the purpose of piloting 

 her, whether the payment of pilotage dues is or is not, for the time 

 being, otherwise compulsory in the district in which such pilotage 

 dues are earned. R. S., c. 80, s. 65. 



485. Every master of an exempted ship, when navigating such 

 ship without a pilot in any pilotage district, or part of a pilotage 

 district, within the limits of which she is for the time being an 

 exempted ship, shall, as regards the conduct and management of such 

 ship within such limits, have all the powers and duties which are by 

 law or usage posessed by or imposed upon any licensed pilot for 

 such district. R. S., c. 80, s. 66. 



Signals to indicate that a Pilot is required. 



486. If any ship requires the services of a pilot, or, not having a 

 pilot, has entered or is in any district or part of a district where such 

 ship is subject to a compulsory payment of pilotage dues, the master 

 of such ship shall display the following signals, 



(a) in the day time, the Jack or other national colour usually 

 worn by merchant ships, having round it a white border 

 one-fifth of the breadth of the flag, hoisted at the fore ; 



(&) at night, a blue light every fifteen minutes; or a bright white 

 light, flashed or shown at short or frequent intervals, just 

 above the bulwarks, for about a minute at a time. R. S., c. 

 80, s. 63. 

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