RS 34:944 - Confirmation of branch pilots as bar pilots All pilots qualified under laws existing prior to July 28, 1948 as branch or bar pilots, and who were then members of the Associated Branch Pilots of New Orleans and engaged in piloting vessels in and out of the entrances of the Mississippi River between Pilot Town and the Gulf of Mexico are hereby designated and confirmed as bar pilots for the port of New Orleans without further qualification or commission.
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