So a statute required that
salvage only be done by sheriff, mayors, and other officials. A
person who defacing the marks on goods or hindering the saving of
the ship had to pay double satisfaction to the person aggrieved
and spend 12 months at hard labor in a House of Correction. If a
person unduly carried off goods, he forfeited treble damages. If
he made a hole in the ship or stole the pump from the ship, he was
guilty of felony without benefit of clergy.
The owner of the island of Skerries was allowed to erect a
lighthouse and charge passing ships other than Navy ships 1d. per
tun.
Only pilots examined and admitted into the society of pilots and,
if no such pilot is readily available, a ship's own owner, master,
or mate may pilot ships up the Thames River, or forfeit 10 pounds
for the first offense, 20 pounds for the second, and 40 pounds
thereafter. Any pilot losing a ship may no longer be a pilot.
There must be at least 120 qualified pilots. The prices of
piloting are 3 pounds 10s. for ships drawing 7 feet of water, and
10s. more for each additional foot drawn up to 8 pounds 10s. for
ships drawing 17 feet of water.
To preserve navigation, ships may not throw any ballast, rubbish,
gravel, earth, stone, or filth into rivers or ports where the tide
or water flows or runs or forfeit 50s.- 5 pounds. Ships on the
Thames River may take as ballast to stabilize a ship without
cargo: dung, compost, earth, or soil from laystalls in London.
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