A pilot, in case of the decease, insolvency or bankruptcy of a surety upon his bond, shall give notice thereof to the commissioners. In such a case, or whenever a pilot's bond appears to the commissioners to be insufficient, he shall give a new bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, § 16
New bonds of pilots
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