Section 1

Section 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, until the war at present existing between the United States and Great Britain shall, by the proclamation of the president of the United States, be declared to have ceased, each and every pilot of an inward bound vessel who shall go on board and take charge of such vessel without or at the entrance of the capes of the bay of Delaware, and, shall conduct such vessel to her port of destination in the river Delaware in safety, shall receive an advance of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum on the rate of pilotage, which is fixed by the act to which this is a supplement.