The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area shall elect annually from among its body a chairman and a secretary. The officers shall serve until their successors have been duly elected. But no branch or licensed pilot for Georgetown shall be elected or serve as chairman.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-1403; 1952 Code Section 56-1403; 1942 Code Section 6683; 1932 Code Section 6683; Civ. C. '22 Section 3581; Civ. C. '12 Section 2471; Civ. C. '02 Section 1617; G. S. 1260, 1286; R. S. 1358; 1873 (15) 440; 1880 (17) 455; 1881 (17) 607; 1883 (18) 303; 1888 (20) 61; 1897 (22) 417; 1923 (33) 153; 1933 (38) 60; 1958 (50) 1624; 2006 Act No. 237, Section 1, eff March 17, 2006.
Effect of Amendment
The 2006 amendment in the first sentence substituted "South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Region" for "Commissioners of Pilotage for the port of Georgetown" and "elect annually" for ", from time to time, elect"; at the end of the second sentence deleted "by the board of commissioners of pilotage" and in the third sentence deleted "the port of" preceding "Georgetown" and "of such board" following "chairman".