New York Court of Appeals March 5, 1867 (Cisco v. . Roberts)

Porter J.

The Superior Court rendered judgment for the defendant, on the ground that our State laws for the regula-, tian of port pilotage, so" far as they apply to vessels propelled by steam, are in conflict with the acts of congress. (Sess. Laws 1853, 921; id., 1854, 459 ; id., 1857, 500; 1U. S. Statutes at Large, 54; 5 id.,

153;

10 id., 61.