Ind. Code ch. 25-28-1

in effect

Ind. Code § 25-28-1-1 Limited right to license

Sec. 1. The governor shall from time to time, grant to such number of skillful persons as he may think proper and necessary, not to exceed eight (8) in number, licenses for the term of four (4) years, authorizing and empowering such persons to pilot boats over the falls of the Ohio. Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.79, s.1.

Ind. Code § 25-28-1-2 Bond

Sec. 2. Before any person licensed as aforesaid, shall act as such pilot, he shall execute bond, payable to the state of Indiana, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of the circuit court of Clark County, in the penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such pilot; which bond shall be filed in the office of such clerk for the use of persons injured by such pilot as such, and shall not be void upon a mere recovery until the penalty is exhausted. Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.79, s.2.

Ind. Code § 25-28-1-3 Repealed

Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.79, s.3; Acts 1858(ss), c.17, s.1. Repealed by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2570.

Ind. Code § 25-28-1-4 Establishment of pilot's fees

Sec. 4. Such pilots shall receive for their services such fees as may, from time to time, be fixed by the board of commissioners of the county of Clark; which tariff of fees shall be published at least once a year in some newspaper published in said county, and posted up in three (3) public places in the town of Jeffersonville. Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.79, s.4.

Ind. Code § 25-28-1-5 Revocation of license; grounds; procedure

Sec. 5. The board of commissioners of the county of Clark may revoke such license at any time for incapacity, habitual drunkenness, change of domicil or neglect of duty; ten (10) days' notice having been given to such pilot. Such pilot may appeal from such revocation to the circuit court of Clark County within ten (10) days; giving appeal bond in the penalty of one hundred dollars, ($100), to be approved by the board of commissioners of the county of Clark. Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.79, s.5.

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