New Jersey § 12:8-16

§ 12:8-16.

Whenever a person is first licensed as a maritime pilot, the president of the commission, or in the

absence of the president, any commissioner, shall administer to that person the following

oath : “I, A.B., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will well and faithfully, and according

to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute and discharge the business and duty

of a deputy or full branch maritime pilot for pilotage waters including, but not limited to, the bar, Jersey City, Newark, and Perth Amboy and harbor of Sandy Hook, and any bays,

rivers, harbors, or ports of the waters of this State between Sandy Hook, in the county

of Monmouth and the city of Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic, and that I will

at all times use my best endeavors to repair on board all ships and vessels that I

shall see and conceive to be bound for, or coming into, or going out of the harbor

and bodies of water aforesaid, unless I am well assured that some other licensed pilot

is then on board the same; and I do further swear (or affirm), that I will, from

time to time and at all times, make the best dispatch in my power to bring safely

over the bar at Sandy Hook and into any bays, rivers, harbors, or ports of the waters

of this State between Sandy Hook, in the county of Monmouth and the city of Atlantic

City, in the county of Atlantic, every vessel committed to my care in coming in or

going out; and that I will, from time to time and at all times, truly observe, follow

and fulfill, to the best of my skill, ability, and knowledge, all such orders and

directions as I shall or may receive from the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission , relative to all matters or things that may appertain to the duty of a pilot.”