REGULATIONS

PENALTIES

63. No boat shall be made fast to any steps or landing place, or so near thereto as to obstruct the approach of other boats, or lie longer alongside than required for landing passengers, and any person offending against the provisions of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

64. All boats alongside of vessels or jetties, or public landing places, shall give way to Government boats on duty, and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

65. Any person taking a cart or other vehicle on any wharf or jetty on which carts, vehicles, or horses are permitted by the Superintendent to be taken, shall walk at the head of and lead his horse or horses, and remain by the same so long as the vehicle is on the said wharf or jetty, and no person shall ride on horseback on any wharf or jetty, but shall dismount and lead his horse. Any person infringing this regulation, or taking any cart or other vehicle, or any horse, on any wharf or jetty on which they are not permitted by the Superintendent to be taken, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

66. All watermen, stevedores, porters, carriers, or others engaged on any wharf or jetty shall be under the control of and obey the orders of the Harbor or Pier Master, and any person disobeying this regulation or making use of abusive or improper language on any wharf or jetty shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

V.—BALLAST LIGHTERS AND TANK BOATS

67. All ballast lighters must be licensed by the Superintendent of the Province in which they are to ply, the license to be granted and to be in force from the date of issue till the first day of July then next ensuing. Every such license shall be numbered, and shall contain the name of the vessel for which the same is granted, and of the master and owner thereof, and shall be carried by the person in charge of such ballast lighter, and produced upon demand to any person employing such lighter. All such lighters or boats employed in carrying ballast shall have the numbers of their respective licenses painted on both bows, and shall have a mark cut upon the stem and stern posts showing the draught of water for every five tons weight they carry, such marks and corresponding draughts of water to be endorsed upon their licenses. Any person supplying ballast from an unlicensed lighter or boat, or otherwise offending against this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

68. The Harbor Master, or any person authorized by him, may at any time inspect or measure any ballast lighter, or test the accuracy of such measurement, and appoint the time, place, and manner, when, where, and in which such measurement or inspection shall be made; and any person failing to comply with any order of such Harbor Master or authorized person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

69. The expense of measuring, re-measuring, and marking ballast lighters shall be borne and paid by the owner or owners of such ballast lighters, and must be paid at the time of measuring or before delivery of the license, and no license is to be issued until such charges are paid.

70. All water-tank boats must be licensed by the Superintendent of the Province in which they are to ply, the license to be in force from the date of issue till the first day of July then next ensuing. Every such license shall be numbered and contain the name of the vessel for which the same is granted, the master and owner thereof, and the number of gallons she carries. Any person supplying water from, or plying with any water-tank boat without such license, or committing any offence against this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

VI.—CARGO AND WATERMEN’S BOATS

71. Every person who shall be in charge of any vessel or boat, whether decked or undecked, plying for hire in any part of the Colony, shall obtain from the Superintendent of the Province in which the said vessel or boat is to ply, a license to ply for hire. But a license shall not be issued to the master or person in charge of any such vessel or boat until he has been examined by the Harbor Master or other authorized examiner and has been found by him to possess a competent knowledge of his craft. Such license when granted shall be in force from the date of issue till the first of July then next ensuing. Every such license shall be numbered and contain the name of the person to whom the same is granted and upon demand shall be produced to any person by whom he may be employed. Any person plying for hire with any such vessel or boat without being licensed under this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

72. Every person who wishes to ply as a waterman in any port, river, or collection in writing to the Superintendent of the Province for a license, such application to be countersigned by two respectable residents in the said port, who shall testify to the applicant’s respectability. This application, if for renewal of a license, must be sent in not less than fourteen days before the first of July in each year, but may be sent in at any time for a new license.

73. Every licensed waterman shall, in addition to his license, carry a printed copy of the waterman’s regulations and a table of fares, any or all of which he shall produce to any person by whom he may be employed, on their being demanded, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

74. Any master or waterman licensed under the provisions of clause 71 of these regulations, found guilty of dishonest or improper conduct, or of using abusive or insulting language, or of plying with a boat which the Harbor Master or other duly authorized officer shall consider to be not fully equipped with proper gear, and not in a seaworthy condition, shall on conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds and to have his license cancelled by order of the Justice or Justices before whom any such conviction shall have taken place.

75. Any licensed master or waterman as aforesaid, who shall carry in any boat more passengers or cargo than the boat has been licensed to carry, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than two pounds nor more than twenty pounds; and any such boatman who shall demand more than the proper fare, or who shall, without sufficient reason, refuse or neglect to employ his boat when required, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

76. Any licensed master or waterman lending his license to any other person, shall be liable to a penalty of forty shillings.

77. But any licensed master or waterman being in charge of any boat, who by sickness may be prevented from plying, may, on depositing with the Harbor Master a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner to that effect, together with his license, be permitted to appoint a substitute, and should the Harbor Master be satisfied of the efficiency of such substitute, he may issue a certificate authorizing him to serve in the place of the licensed person who is disabled by sickness for a period not exceeding one month, and such certificate may from time to time be renewed during the illness of the said licensed boatman so long as his license shall be so deposited with the Harbor Master.

78. Every vessel or boat used for the purpose of carrying passengers or cargo for hire in any port, harbor, or river in the Colony, shall be licensed for that purpose by the Superintendent of the Province in which such vessel or boat is to ply, and such license being granted on the certificate of the inspecting officer.