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title: O.C.G.A. § 52-6-51. Right of pilot boat to one-third of inward and outward pilotage fee.
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# O.C.G.A. § 52-6-51. Right of pilot boat to one-third of inward and outward pilotage fee.

Any pilot boat which places a pilot on board a vessel for the purpose of conducting it into any of the rivers or harbors mentioned in this chapter shall be entitled to one-third of the inward pilotage fee and any pilot boat which takes a pilot off of a vessel shall be entitled to one-third of the outward pilotage fee.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1468; Code 1868, § 1525; Code 1873, § 1519; Code 1882, § 1519; Civil Code 1895, § 1668; Civil Code 1910, § 1914; Code 1933, § 80-311; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 13.