Any pilot belonging to any port in this state meeting at sea with any vessel in distress, which is bound to another port within this state, shall, if capable and thereunto required, take charge of and pilot such vessel into such port and shall be paid $10.00 a day for every day he may be aboard such vessel at sea, without the bars, and over and above the usual rate of pilotage; and no other pilot shall interfere with him while he is willing to continue his services.
O.C.G.A. § 52-6-50
Fees of pilots aiding vessel in distress
— Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 1882, § 1521; Civil Code 1895, § 1669; Digest, p. 36; Code 1863, § 1470; Code Civil Code 1910, § 1915; Code 1933, 1868, § 1527; Code 1878, § 1521; Code …
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