Merchant Shipping (Part V. Pilotage.) or otherwise, the said Trinity House Pilot Fund shall be chargeable in the first instance with such Expenses as the Trinity House may duly incur in Performance of their Duties in respect of Pilots and Pilotage, and after Payment thereof shall, subject to any Alteration to be made by the Trinity House, be administered by the Trinity House for the Benefit of such Pilots licensed by them after the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three as are incapacitated for the Performance of their Duty by reason of Age, Infirmity, or Accident, or of the Widows and Children of Pilots so licensed, or of such incapacitated Pilots only. Pilot Fund (Trinity House.) Appointment of Sub-Commissioners by Trinity Houses of Hull Appointment and Newcastle. Sub-Commis sioners by Trinity Houses of Hull and Newcastle. Newcastle to CCCLXXXVII. The Two Corporations of the Trinity Houses of the Ports of Hull and Newcastle shall continue to appoint Sub-Commissioners, not being more than Seven nor power to less than Three in Number, for the Purpose of examining Trinity Houses Pilots in all Districts in which they have been used to make of Hull and such Appointments, and may, with the Consent of Her Majesty appoint Subin Council, but not otherwise, appoint like Sub-Commissioners Commisfor any other District situate within their respective Jurisdic- sioners. tions; but no Pilotage District already under the Authority of any Sub-Commissioners appointed by either of the said Corporations shall be extended, except with such Consent as aforesaid; and no Sub-Commissioners appointed or to be appointed by the Trinity Houses of Hull and Newcastle shall be deemed to be Pilotage Authorities within the Meaning of this Act, nor shall anything in this Act contained be held to confer upon the Commissioners for regulating the Pilotage of the Port of Kingston-upon-Hull and of the River Humber any Jurisdiction of a different Nature or Character from that which they have heretofore exercised. Saving of Owners and Masters Rights. Saving of Owners and Masters Rights. CCCLXXXVIII. No Owner or Master of any Ship shall be answerable to any Person whatever for any Loss or Damage Limitation of occasioned by the Fault or Incapacity of any qualified Pilot Owner where Liability of acting in charge of such Ship, within any District where the Pilotage is Employment of such Pilot is compulsory by Law. compulsory. m* PART Management of Lighthouses. Merchant Shipping (Part VI. Lighthouses.) PART VI. LIGHTHOUSES. Management Management of Lighthouses. CCCLXXXIX. Subject to the Provisions herein-after conof Light- tained, and subject also to any Powers or Rights now lawfully houses, Buoys, and Beacons to enjoyed or exercised by any Person or Body of Persons having be in Trinity by Law or Usage Authority over local Lighthouses, Buoys, or House, Com- Beacons, herein-after termed "Local authorities," the SuperNorthern intendence and Management of all Lighthouses, Buoys, and Lighthouses, Beacons shall be vested in the following Bodies; that is to say, missioners of and Port of Dublin Corporation. Incorporation of Commis sioners of Northern Lighthouses. In England and Wales, and the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, and Alderney, and the adjacent Seas and Islands, and in Heligoland and Gibraltar, in the Trinity House: In Scotland and the adjacent Seas and Islands, and in the In Ireland and the adjacent Seas and Islands, in the Port of And, subject to the Provisions herein-after contained, the said CCCXC. The Person holding the following Offices shall be a Body Corporate under the name of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses; that is to say, (1.) The Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General for Scotland; (2.) The Lords Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Provosts of the Cities of Aberdeen, Inverness, and Campbeltown ; (3.) The eldest Bailies of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; (4.) The Sheriffs of the Counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Renfrew, Bute, Argyle, Inverness, Ross, Orkney, Caithness, Aberdeen, Ayr, Fife, Forfar, Wigton, Sutherland, Kincardine, Kincudbright, and Elgin ; And Merchant Shipping (Part VI. Lighthouses.) And shall have a Common Seal; and any Five of such Commissioners shall constitute a Quorum, and shall have Power to do all such Matters and Things as might be done by the whole Body of Commissioners. Management of Lighthouses. CCCXCI. In addition to the Persons above mentioned, it Power to elect shall be lawful for the said Commissioners at any Time after certain new this Act comes into operation to elect the Provost or Chief Magis- Members. trate of any Royal or Parliamentary Burgh on or near any Part of the Coasts of Scotland and the Sheriff of any County abutting on such Coasts. CCCXCII. The Trinity House, their Engineers, Workmen, Trinity House and Servants, may at all Times enter any Lighthouses within may inspect the Jurisdiction of the said Commissioners or Corporation to in Scotland Lighthouses view the Condition thereof or otherwise for the Purposes of and Ireland. this Act. sons to inspect CCCXCIII The Board of Trade may, upon Complaint to Beard of the Effect that any Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon under the Trade may Management of any of the said General Lighthouse Authorities, appoint Peror any Work connected therewith, is inefficient or improperly Lighthouses, managed or unnecessary, authorize Persons to inspect the &c. same; and every Person so authorized may inspect the same accordingly, and make such Inquiries in respect thereof and of the Management thereof, as he may think fit; and all Officers and others having the Care of such Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons or concerned in the Management thereof, shall furnish all such Information and Explanations in relation thereto as he may require; and the said General Lighthouse Authorities and their respective Officers shall at all Times give to the Board of Trade all such Returns, Explanations or Information in relation to the Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons within their Jurisdiction and the Management thereof, as such Board may from Time to Time require. house Autho CCCXCIV. Each of the said General Lighthouse Authorities, Power to Ge upon giving due Notice of their Intention, shall have Power, neral Lightwith the Sanction of the Board of Trade, to compel any Local rities to conAuthority having Jurisdiction in the Matter of Lighthouses, trol local AuBuoys, or Beacons at any Place situate within the Jurisdic- thorities. tion of such General Lighthouse Authority, to lay down Buoys, or to remove or discontinue any existing Lighthouse or Beacon, or to make any Variation in the Character of any Lighthouse or in the Mode of exhibiting Lights therein; and no such Local Authority as aforesaid shall erect any new Lighthouse, or remove or discontinue any Lighthouse, or vary the Character of any Lighthouse or the Mode of exhibiting Lights therein, without the Sanction of the General Lighthouse Authority within whose Jurisdiction the same is situate. CCCXCV. Merchant Shipping (Part VI. Lighthouses.) CCCXCV. If any Local Authority having Power to erect, maintain, or place any local Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon at any Place within the Jurisdiction of One of the said General Lighthouse Authorities fails so to do, or fails to obey any Direction given by such Authority under the last preceding Section, Her Majesty may, upon Application from such General Lighthouse Authority, by Order in Council direct that such Power as aforesaid shall be transferred to such last-mentioned Authority; and such Power, together with all powers of levying and receiving Dues in respect of such Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon, shall thereupon become vested in such last-mentioned Authority; and such Lighthouse, with its Appurtenances, and also such Buoy or Beacon, and all Dues leviable in respect thereof, shall thenceforth be subject in all respects to the same Regulations as other Lighthouses and Light Dues, Buoys and Beacons provided for by this Act. Light Dues. CCCXCVI. Subject to any Alterations to be made under the Powers hereinafter contained, the said General Lighthouse Authorities shall, in respect of the existing Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons within their respective Jurisdictions, continue to levy Dues, herein-after called Light Dus, after the Rate at which the same are levied at the Time when this Act comes into operation; and such Light Dues shall be payable in respect of all Ships whatever, except Ships belonging to Her Majesty, and Ships hereby exempted from Payment thereof. CCCXCVII. Her Majesty may, by and with the Advice of Her Privy Council, from Time to Time reduce all or any of the Dues for the Time being payable in respect of existing or future Lighthouses, Buoys or Beacons, for the Time being under the Management of the said General Lighthouse Authorities; and may also by and with the like Advice from Time to Time increase or vary any of such Dues, so that no Dues payable in respect of any Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon existing at the Time when this Act comes into operation are made to exceed the Amount which has at any Period previous to such Time been received in respect thereof, or to which the said Dues might during any Part of such Period as last aforesaid lawfully have been raised. CCCXCVIII. Each of the said General Lighthouse Authorities shall have Power, with the Consent of Her Majesty in Council, to do any of the following Things; that is to say, To exempt any Ships or any Classes of Ships from the Payment of Light Dues receivable by such Authority, and to annex any Terms or Conditions to such Exemptions: To Merchant Shipping (Part VI. Lighthouses.) To alter the Times, Places, and Modes at and in which the To substitute any other Dues or Class of Dues, whether by Light Dues. CCCXCIX. Tables of all Light Dues, and a Copy of the Publication Regulations for the Time being in force in respect thereof, shall of Dues and Regulations, be posted up at all Custom Houses within the United Kingdom; and each of the said General Lighthouse Authorities shall from Time to Time as Occasion requires furnish Copies. of such Tables and Regulations to the Commissioners of Customs in London, and to the principal Officers of Customs resident at all Places where Light Dues are collected on account of such Lighthouse Authority; and such Copies shall be posted up by the Commissioners at the Custom House in London, and by such Officers at the Custom Houses of the Places at which they are respectively resident. out Production CCCC. A Receipt for Light Dues shall be given by the Ship not to be Person appointed to collect the same to every Person paying cleared withthe same, and no Officer of Customs at any Port where Light of Receipt for Dues are payable in respect of any Ship shall grant a Clear- Light Dues. ance or Transire for any such Ship, unless the Receipt for the same is produced to him. CCCCI. If the Owner or Master of any Ship fails on Demand Power of Disof the authorized Collector to pay the Light Dues due in tress for Light respect thereof, it shall be lawful for such Collector, in addition Dues. to any other Remedy which he or the Authority by whom he is appointed is entitled to use, to enter upon such Ship, and distrain the Goods, Gans, Tackle, or any other Thing of or belonging to or on board such Ship, and to detain such Distress until the said Light Dues are paid; and if Payment of the same is not made within the Peiiod of Three Days next ensuing such Distress, he may, at any Time during the Continuance of such Nonpayment, cause the same to be appraised by Two sufficient Persons or Sworn Appraisers, and thereupon sell the same, and apply the Proceeds in Payment of the Light Dues due, together with all reasonable Expenses incurred by him under this Section, paying the Surplus (if any) on Demand to the said Owner or Master. over and ac CCCCII. Every Person appointed to collect Light Dues by Light Dues, any of the said General Lighthouse Authorities shall collect all how to be paid Light Dues payable at the Port or Place at which he is so ap- counted for. pointed, whether the same be collected on account of such last-mentioned |