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 ships and vessels of all kinds shall, and they are hereby declared to be liable and chargeable for debts due by the owners, masters or consignees thereof, for or on account of inward pilotage; and it shall be lawful for any pilot or pilots to whom any such inward pilotage shall be due and owing, to file a liable against such ship or vessel, her tackle, furniture and apparel, in the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia, or in the court of common pleas of the proper county in which such ship or vessel may be, whereupon process shall issue and such proceeding shall be had for the recovery of such debts as are usually had in courts of admiralty for the recovery of mariners wages.