Pennsylvania Statutes Title 55 P.S. Navigation § 194. Settlement of disputes in regard to pilotage

In case of a disagreement between the master, owner or consignee, and the pilot, the board of wardens for the port of Philadelphia  1 shall be empowered to settle all matters relative to the business of piloting, subject to the laws heretofore enacted by this Commonwealth, giving the parties feeling aggrieved by any action of the wardens, a right to appeal within thirty days to the court of common pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, setting forth the facts of the case, and the ground of the petitioner's complaint; after due notice to the parties interested and a hearing thereof, the court shall determine the subject-matter, and shall make such order in the premises as they may think the board of wardens for the port of Philadelphia should have made, and to make such order for the payment of costs, by one or more of the parties to the proceedings, as justice may require.