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2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 76 - Navigation
Article 5 - General Provisions.
§ 76-48 - Penalty on pilot neglecting to go to vessel having signal set.
Universal Citation: NC Gen Stat § 76-48 (2020)
76-48. Penalty on pilot neglecting to go to vessel having signal set.
When any pilot shall see any vessel on the coast, having a signal for a pilot, or shall hear a gun of distress fired off the coast, and shall neglect or refuse to go to the assistance of such vessel, such pilot shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars ($100.00), to be recovered in the name of the State, one half to the use of the informer and the other half to the master of the vessel, unless such pilot is then actually in charge of another vessel.
(1783, c. 194, s. 6; 1784, c. 207, s. 10; 1790, c. 320, s. 2; R.C., c. 85, s. 31; Code, s. 3521; Rev., s. 4975; C.S., s. 6989.)
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