Vessels to be
surveyed pre-
vious to Re-
gistry.

Particulars of
Survey.

Vessel then absent is or are not resident within Twenty Miles of such Port or Place, and hath or have not to the best of his or their Knowledge or Belief wil fully absented himself or themselves, in order to avoid the taking the Oath hereinbefore directed to be taken and subscribed, or is or are prevented by Illness from attending to take and subscribe the said Oath.

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XVI. And in order to enable the Collector and Controller of His Majesty's Customs to grant a Certificate, truly and accurately describing every Ship or Vessel to be registered in pursuance of this Act, and also to enable all other Officers of His Majesty's Customs, on due Examination, to discover whether any such Ship or Vessel is the same with that for which a Certificate is alleged to have been granted;' Be it enacted, That previous to the registering or granting of any Certificate of Registry as aforesaid some One or more Person or Persons appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, (taking to his or their Assistance, if he or they shall judge it necessary, One or more Person or Persons skilled in the Building and Admeasurement of Ships,) shall go on board of every such Ship or Vessel as is to be registered, and shall strictly and accurately examine and admeasure every such Ship or Vessel as to all and every Particular contained in the Form of the Certificate hereinbefore directed, in the Presence of the Master, or of any other Person who shall be appointed for that Purpose on the Part of the Owner or Owners, or in his or their Absence by the said Master; and shall deliver a true and just Account in Writing of all such Particulars of the Built, Description and Admeasurement of every such Ship or Vessel as are specified in the Form of the Certificate above recited, to the Collector and Comptroller authorized as aforesaid to make such Registry and grant such Certificate of Registry; and the said Master or other Person, attending on the Part of the Owner or Owners, is hereby required to sign his Name curring therein. also to the Certificate of such surveying or examining Officer, in Testimony of the Truth thereof, provided such Master or other Person shall consent and agree to the several Particulars set forth and described therein.

Certificate of Survey to be given ;

Owner or
Master con-

Mode of Admeasurement to ascertain Tonnage.

Mode of ascertaining Ton

nage when Ves

sels are afloat.

XVII. And be it further enacted, That for the Purpose of ascertaining the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels, the Rule for Admeasurement shall be as follows; videlicet, the Length shall be taken on a straight Line along the Rabbet of the Keel, from the Back of the Main Sternpost to a perpendicular Line from the fore Part of the Main Stem under the Bowsprit, from which subtracting Three fifths of the Breadth, the Remainder shall be esteemed the just Length of the Keel to find the Tonnage, and the Breadth shall be taken from the Outside of the outside Plank in the broadest Part of the Ship, whether that shall be above or below the Main Wales, exclusive of all manner of doubling Planks that may be wrought upon the Sides of the Ship, then multiplying the Length of the Keel by the Breadth so taken, and that Product by Half the Breadth, and dividing the whole by Ninety four, the Quotient shall be deemed the true Contents of the Tonnage. · XVIII. And Whereas it would in some Cases endanger Ships or Vessels to cause them to be laid on shore;' Be it therefore enacted, That in Cases where it may be necessary to ascertain

the

the Tonnage of any Ship or Vessel when afloat, according to the foregoing Rule, the following Method shall be observed; that is to say, drop a Plumb Line over the Stern of the Ship, and measure the Distance between such Line and the after Part of the Stern Post at the Load Water Mark; then measure from the Top of the Plumb Line, in a parallel Direction with the Water, to a perpendicular Point immediately over the Load Water Mark at the fore Part of the Main Stem, subtracting from such Measurement the above Distance, the Remainder will be the Ship's Extreme, from which is to be deducted Three Inches for every Foot of the Load Draught of Water for the Rake abaft, also Three fifths of the Ship's Breadth for the Rake forward, the Remainder shall be esteemed the just Length of the Keel to find the Tonnage; and the Breadth shall be taken from Outside to Outside of the Plank in the broadest Part of the Ship, whether that shall be above or below the Main Wales, exclusive of all Manner of Sheathing or Doubling that may be wrought on the Side of the Ship; then multiplying the Length of the Keel for Tonnage by the Breadth so taken, and that Product by Half the Breadth, and dividing by Ninety four, the Quotient shall be deemed the true Contents of the Tonnage.

XIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in each of the several Rules hereinbefore prescribed, when used for the Purpose of ascertaining the Tonnage of any Ship or Vessel propelled by Steam, the Length of the Engine Room shall be deducted from the whole Length of such Ship or Vessel, and the Remainder shall, for such Purpose, be deemed the whole Length of the same.

Engine Room in Steam Ves

sels to be deducted.

Tonnage ascertained, ever

after deemed the Tonnage.

XX. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Tonnage of any Ship or Vessel shall have been ascertained according to the Rule herein prescribed (except in the Case of Ships or Vessels which have been admeasured afloat), such Account of Tonnage shall ever after be deemed the Tonnage of such Ship or Vessel, and shall be repeated in every subsequent Registry of such Ship or Vessel, unless it shall happen that any Alteration has been Proviso. made in the Form and Burthen of such Ship or Vessel, or it shall be discovered that the Tonnage of such Ship or Vessel had been erroneously taken and computed.

given at the Time of Registry.

XXI. And be it further enacted, That at the Time of the Bond to be obtaining of the Certificate of Registry as aforesaid, sufficient Security by Bond shall be given to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by the Master and such of the Owners as shall personally attend as is hereinbefore required, such Security to be approved of and taken by the Person or Persons hereinbefore authorized to make such Registry, and grant such Certificate of Registry at the Port or Place in which such Certificate shall be granted, in the Penalties following; that is to say, if such Ship or Vessel shall be a decked Vessel, or be above the Burthen of Fifteen Tons and not exceeding Fifty Tons, in the Penalty of One hundred Pounds; if exceeding the Burthen of Fifty Tons and not exceeding One hundred Tons, in the Penalty of Three hundred Pounds: if exceeding the Burthen of One hundred Tons and not exceeding Two hundred Tons, in the Penalty of Five hundred Pounds; if exceeding the Burthen of Two hundred Tons and not exceeding

Three

Conditions of such Bond,

Three hundred Tons, in the Penalty of Eight hundred Pounds; and if exceeding the Burthen of Three hundred Tons, in the Penalty of One thousand Pounds; and the Condition of every such Bond shall be, that such Certificate shall not be sold, lent or otherwise disposed of to any Person or Persons whatever, and that the same shall be solely made use of for the Service of the Ship or Vessel for which it is granted, and that in case such Ship or Vessel shall be lost or taken by the Enemy, burnt or broken up, or otherwise prevented from returning to the Port to which she belongs, or shall on any Account have lost and forfeited the Privileges of a British Ship, or shall have been seized and legally condemned for illicit Trading, or shall have been taken in Execution for Debt and sold by due Process of Law, or shall have been sold to the Crown, or shall under any Circumstances have been registered de novo, the Certificate, if preserved, shall be delivered up within One Month after the Arrival of the Master in any Port or Place in His Majesty's Dominions to the Collector and Comptroller of some Port in Great Britain, or of the Isle of Man, or of the British Plantations, or to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey; and that if any Foreigner or any Person or Persons for his Use and Benefit shall purchase or otherwise become entitled to the Whole or any Part or Share of, or any Interest in such Ship or Vessel, and the same shall be within the Limits of any Port of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or the British Colonies, Plantations, Islands or Territories aforesaid, then and in such Case the Certificate of Registry shall, within Seven Days after such Purchase or Transfer of Property in such Ship or Vessel, be delivered up to the Person or Persons hereinbefore authorized to make Registry and grant Certificate of Registry at such Port or Place respectively as aforesaid; and if such Ship or Vessel shall be in any Foreign Port when such Purchase or Transfer of Interest or Property shall take place, then that the same shall be delivered up to the British Consul or other Chief British Officer resident at or nearest to such Foreign Port, or if such Ship or Vessel shall be at Sea when such Purchase or Transfer of Interest or Property shall take place, then that the same shall be delivered up to the British Consul or other Chief British Officer at the Foreign Port or Place in or at which the Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Vessel shall first arrive, after such Purchase or Transfer of Property at Sea, immediately after his Arrival at such Foreign Port; but if such Master or other Person who had the Command thereof at the Time of such Purchase or Transfer of Property at Sea, shall not arrive at a Foreign Port, but shall arrive at some Port of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or His Majesty's said Colonies, Plantations, Islands or Territories, then that the same shall be delivered up in Manner aforesaid, within Fourteen Days after the Arrival of such Ship or Vessel, or of the Person who had the Command thereof in any Port of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or any of His Majesty's said Colonies, Plantations, Islands or Territories: Provided always, that if it shall happen that at the Time of Registry of any Ship or Vessel the same gistry, be at any shall be at any other Port than the Port to which she belongs, so

If Ship, at
Time of Re-

other Port than

that

that the Master of such Ship or Vessel cannot attend at the Port of Registry to join with the Owner or Owners in such Bond as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for him to give a separate Bond, to the like Effect, at the Port where such Ship or Vessel may then be, and the Collector and Comptroller of such other Port shall transmit such Bond to the Collector and Comptroller of the Port where such Ship or Vessel is to be registered, and such Bond, and the Bond also given by the Owner or Owners, shall together be of the same Effect against the Master and Owner or Owners, or either of them, as if they had bound themselves jointly and severally in one Bond.

that of Regis-
try, Master may
there give
Bond.

When Master changed, Certificate of Registry delivered

up.

XXII. And be it further enacted, That when and so often as the Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of any Ship or Vessel registered in Manner hereinbefore directed shall be changed, the Master or Owner of such Ship or Vessel shall deliver to the Person or Persons hereinbefore authorized to make such Registry and grant such Certificates of Registry at the Port where such Change shall take place, the Certificate of Registry belonging to such Ship or Vessel, who shall thereupon indorse and subscribe a Memorandum of such Change, and shall forthwith give Notice of the same to the proper Officer of the Port Notice. or Place where such Ship or Vessel was last registered pursuant to this Act, who shall likewise make a Memorandum of the same in the Book of Registers which is hereby directed and required to be kept, and shall forthwith give Notice thereof to the Com- Notice. missioners of His Majesty's Customs: Provided always, that before the Name of such new Master shall be indorsed on the Certificate New Master to of Registry, he shall be required to give and shall give a Bond, in the like Penalties and under the same Conditions as are contained in the Bond hereinbefore required to be given at the Time of Registry of any Ship or Vessel. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person whatever Certificate shall at any Time have Possession of and wilfully detain any Certificate of Registry granted under this or any other Act, which ought to be delivered up to be cancelled according to any of the Conditions of the Bond hereinbefore required to be given upon the Registry of any Ship or Vessel, such Person is hereby required and enjoined to deliver up such Certificate of Registry, in manner directed by the Conditions of such Bond, in the respective Cases and under the respective Penalties therein provided.

give similar Bond, Name indorsed on

Certificate.

given up.

Penalty.

Name of Vessel which has been registered never afterwards changed.

Names painted

XXIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Owner or Owners of any Ship or Vessel to give any Name to such Ship or Vessel, other than that by which she was first registered in pursuance of this or any other Act; and that the Owner or Owners of all and every Ship or Vessel which shall be so registered shall, before such Ship or Vessel, after such Registry, shall begin to take in any Cargo, paint or cause to be painted in White or Yellow Letters, of a Length not less than Four on Stern. Inches, upon a Black Ground, on some conspicuous Part of the Stern, the Name by which such Ship or Vessel shall have been registered pursuant to this Act, and the Port to which she belongs, in a distinct and legible Manner, and shall so keep and preserve the same; and that if such Owner or Owners, or Master or other Permitting Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Ship to lade,

Vessel, &c. before

Name painted, or altering, erasing, &c. Name.

Penalty.

Builder's Cer

tificate of Par

Vessel, shall permit such Ship or Vessel to begin to take in any Cargo before the Name of such Ship or Vessel has been so painted as aforesaid, or shall wilfully alter, erase, obliterate or in anywise hide or conceal, or cause or procure or permit the same to be done (unless in the Case of square rigged Vessels in Time of War), or shall in any written or printed Paper, or other Document, describe such Ship or Vessel by any Name other than that by which she was first registered pursuant to this Act, or shall verbally describe, or cause or procure or permit such Ship or Vessel to be described, by any other Name, to any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Revenue in the due Execution of his or their Duty, then and in every such Case such Owner or Owners, or Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Vessel, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds.

XXV. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons, who shall apply for a Certificate of the Registry of ticulars of Ship. any Ship or Vessel, shall and they are hereby required to produce, to the Person or Persons authorized to grant such Certificate, a true and full Account, under the Hand of the Builder of such Ship or Vessel, of the proper Denomination, and of the Time when and the Place where such Ship or Vessel was built, and also an exact Account of the Tonnage of such Ship or Vessel, together with the Name of the first Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, (which Account such Builder is hereby directed and required to give under his Hand, on the same being demanded by such Person or Persons so applying for a Certificate as aforesaid,) and shall also make Oath before the Person or Persons herein before authorized to grant such Certificate, (which Oath he or they is or are hereby authorized to administer,) that the Ship or Vessel for which such Certificate is required is the same with that which is so described by the Builder as aforesaid.

Oath to be made thereto.

Certificate of Registry lost or mislaid.

Commissioners may permit Registry de novo;

or grant a Licence.

Bond respecting lost Certificate of Registry:

Condition.

XXVI. And be it further enacted, That if the Certificate of Registry of any Ship or Vessel shall be lost or mislaid, so that the same cannot be found or obtained for the Use of such Ship or Vessel when needful, and Proof thereof shall be made to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, such Commissioners shall and may permit such Ship or Vessel to be registered de novo, and a Certificate thereof to be granted: Provided always, that if such Ship or Vessel be absent and far distant from the Fort to which she belongs, or by reason of the Absence of the Owner or Owners, or of any other Impediment, Registry of the same cannot then be made in sufficient Time, such Commissioners shall and may grant a Licence for the present Use of such Ship or Vessel, which Licence shall, for the Time and to the Extent specified therein and no longer, be of the same Force and Virtue as a Certificate of Registry granted under this Act: Provided always, that before such Registry de novo be made, the Owner or Owners and Master shall give Bond to the Commissioners aforesaid, in such Sum as to them shall seem fit, with a Condition that if the Certificate of Registry shall at any Time afterwards be found, the same shall be forthwith delivered to the proper Officers of His Majesty's Customs to be cancelled, and that no illegal Use has been or shall be made thereof with his or their Privity or Knowledge; and further, that before any such

Licence