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2018 Georgia Code 52-6-30 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 52 WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

Section 6. Pilots and Pilotage, 52-6-1 through 52-6-54.

ARTICLE 2 PILOTS GENERALLY

52-6-30. Qualifications for pilot's license.

The commissioners at each of the ports of this state are entitled to license during good behavior such citizens of the United States who are of good character as they shall think fit to act as pilots in piloting vessels underway in the waters of the several ports and rivers for which they shall be licensed. Any pilot who is licensed as of January 1, 1995, shall continue to act under such license until said license is revoked or the pilot is suspended or is retired as provided in this chapter.

(Ga. L. 1886, p. 38, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1653; Ga. L. 1896, p. 85, § 1; Ga. L. 1901, p. 30, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 1899; Ga. L. 1921, p. 103, § 1; Code 1933, § 80-104; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 4; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1355, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 846, § 2.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Licensed pilots could not be parties in application.

- On application to commissioners for license as pilot, pilots already licensed could not be made parties to the proceeding, oppose the grant of a license and carry the judgment granting the license to superior court by certiorari, as if it were a judgment of a court in a case in which the pilots were interested. The commissioners should not hear them otherwise than as witnesses in respect to the competency of the applicant or committees to examine the applicant. Healey v. Dean, 68 Ga. 514 (1882).

Actions by licensed pilots prohibited.

- Each licensed pilot has a right to hold the pilot's license and receive the pilot's fees for services which the pilot may render; but the pilot has no right, either alone or with others, to claim the entire business of the port, and to prevent the issuing of a license to another pilot, in the discretion of the commissioners. Wright v. Commissioners of Pilotage, 69 Ga. 247 (1882).

Contract limiting number of pilots at port illegal and void.

- Contract between the commissioners of a port and the licensed pilots thereof, whereby the former agreed to limit the number of pilots for that port for a period of three years to ten, that being the number already licensed, was illegal and void. It is the duty of commissioners to supply the port with a sufficient number of pilots, and the commissioners cannot contract to restrict the number, without regard to what might be necessary for the business of the port. Wright v. Commissioners of Pilotage, 69 Ga. 247 (1882).

Effect of two years service in deck boat on application for pilot license.

- When applicant for a license to act as pilot has served two full years in a decked boat, there is not a necessity for the mayor or chief officer of the port to determine that an emergency exists before a license can be issued to the applicant. Healey v. Dean, 68 Ga. 514 (1882).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 52-6-30 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 1

Lutz v. Foran

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1993-03-08

Citation: 427 S.E.2d 248, 262 Ga. 819

Snippet: from the state’s ports and rivers. See OCGA § 52-6-30. Because conducting an ocean-going ship in the