Barnaby v. State

The appellant was prosecuted for a violation of the law of the State “regulating the licensing of pilots at *451the Falls of the Ohio river.” 1 G. & H. 473. By that act, the Governor of the State appoints the pilots, who execute bonds, payable to the State, in the sum of 5,000 dollars, to be approved by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clarke county, conditioned, &c. The penalty attached to a violation' of the law, by a person not authorized to pilot, is a fine of 20 dollars, for the use of common schools. It is further provided, that any owner or navigator of a boat, ascending or descending the…