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Ballast Lighters and Water-Tank Boats

69. The expenses of measuring, numbering 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 licence, and no licence 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 licence to be in force from the date of issue till the first day of July then next ensuing. Every such licence 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 licence, 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 intended to ply, a licence to ply for hire. But a licence shall not be issued to the master or person in charge of any such vessel or boat until he has been examined by the Harbour Master or other authorised examiner and has been found by him to possess a competent knowledge of the management of his craft. Such licence when granted shall be in force from the date of issue till the first of July then next ensuing. Every such licence 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 as aforesaid, 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, must make application in writing to the Superintendent of the Province for a licence, 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 licence, must be sent in not less than fourteen days before the first day of July in each year, but may be sent in at any time for a new licence.

73. Every licensed waterman shall, in addition to his licence, carry a printed copy of the watermen’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 Harbour Master or other duly authorised 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 licence cancelled by order of the Justice or Justices before whom any such convictions shall have taken place.

75. Every 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 licence 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 Harbour Master a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner to that effect, together with his licence, be permitted to nominate a substitute, and should the Harbour Master be satisfied of the efficiency of the said 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 licence shall be so deposited with the Harbour Master.

78. Every vessel or boat used for the purpose of carrying passengers or cargo for hire in any port, harbour, 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 licence being granted on the certificate of the inspecting officers, as hereinafter provided, shall be in force till the first of July next ensuing; and a certificate of licence shall be given to the owner of the vessel or boat, and must at all times be produced for inspection when demanded by the Harbour Master or his deputy; and the name and number of the boat for which the certificate of licence is issued, and the name of the owner, and the quantity of cargo or number of passengers which the vessel or boat is licensed to carry, shall be stated in the certificate, and shall be also legibly painted on some conspicuous part of the boat; and the owner of any vessel or boat which shall be used for carrying passengers or cargo for hire, who shall not comply with the above regulation shall for every offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

79. Before a licence is granted for any vessel or boat, as provided in the last preceding clause of these regulations she must be inspected by two or more competent persons appointed by the Superintendent.