§ 76-44. Vessels on inland waterways exempt from pilot laws; proviso as to steam vessels.
§76‑44. Vessels on inland waterways exempt from pilot laws; proviso as tosteam vessels.
All vessels, barges,schooners, or other craft passing through the inland waterway of this State,when bound to a port or ports in this or any other state, be and the same arehereby exempt from the operations of the pilot laws of North Carolina and arenot compelled to take a state‑licensed pilot: Provided, that steamvessels not having a United States licensed pilot for the waters navigated on board shall be subject to the State pilot laws. (1917, c. 33, s. 2; C.S., s.6985.)