OATH-continued. false, deemed Perjury for Joint Stock Companies for Corporate Bodies for Licence in case of lost Certificate of Allegiance to Foreign State OFFICERS authorized to register Ships in different Places Sect. 49 33 14 26 13 3 14 13 OWNERS to be British Subjects Persons disqualified to be or Master to agree in Description of Vessel Residence of, to be Port of Registry absent at Time of Registry Number in same Ship Joint Stock Companies in Partnership so deemed, notwithstanding Mortgage residing in Foreign Country taking Oath of Allegiance to a Foreign State PARTNERS may own Ships residing in Foreign Country PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES, how to be re 32 13 50 3 11 12 30 29 except under 4 Geo. 4. c. 41., if setting 11 2 14 21 3 11 35 forth the Shares may be endorsed at another Port SHIPS not to have Privileges until registered not registered, exercising Privileges, forfeited repaired in Foreign Ports lost, broken up, sold to Foreigners sold as unseaworthy captured by Enemy, or sold to Foreigners built Abroad for Owners in United Kingdom SLAVE TRADE, Ships condemned for SURVEY of Ship, for Registry and swear to Identity of Ship of Ship, for Licence TRANSFERS. See Shares. 1951 40 37 ANNO SEXTO GEORGII IV. REGIS. CA P. CX. An Act for the registering of British Vessels. [5th July 1825.] W HEREAS an Act was passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to repeal the several 6 G. 4. c. 105. Laws relating to the Customs; in which it is declared, that the Laws of the Customs have become intricate by reason of the great Number of Acts relating thereto which have been passed through a long Series of Years; and that it is therefore highly expedient, for the Interest of Commerce and the Ends of Justice, and also for affording Convenience and Facility to all Persons who may be subject to the Operation of those Laws, or who may be authorized to act in the Execution thereof, that all the Statutes now in force relating to the Customs should be repealed, and that the Purposes for which they have from Time to Time been made should be secured by new Enactments, exhibiting more perspicuously and compendiously the various Provisions contained in them: And whereas by the said Act all the Laws relating to the registering of British Vessels will be repealed; and it is expedient to make Regulations for the registering of such Ships and Vessels, after such Repeal shall have Effect; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from Commencement and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, this Act shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for the regis of Act. No Vessel to enjoy Privileges until registered. Certificate of tering of British Vessels, except where any other Commencement is herein-after particularly directed. CERTIFICATE. II. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall be entitled to any of the Privileges or Advantages of a British registered Ship (1), until the Person or Persons claiming Property therein shall have caused the same to be registered in manner herein-after mentioned (2), and shall have obtained a Certificate of such Registry from the Person or Persons authorized to make such Registry, and grant such Certificate as herein-after directed; the Form of which Certificate shall be as follows; videlicet, THIS is to certify, That in pursuance of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act [here insert the Title of this Act, the Names, Occupation, and Residence of the subscribing Owners], having taken and subscribed the Oath (3) required by this Act, and having sworn that [he or they] together with [Names, Occupations, and Residence of Non-subscribing Owners] [is or are] sole Owner or Owners, in the Proportions (3) specified on the Back hereof, of the Ship or Vessel called the [Ship's • Name] of [Place to which the Vessel belongs], which is of the Burthen of [Number of Tons], and whereof [Master's Name] is Master, and that the said Ship or Vessel was [when and where built, or condemned as Prize, referring to Builder's Certificate (4), Judge's Certificate (5), or • Certificate of last Registry, then delivered up to be can'celled], and [Name and Employment of surveying Officer] having certified to us that the said Ship or Vessel has [Number] Decks and [Number] Masts, that her Length from the fore Part of the Main Stem to the after Part of the Stern Post aloft is [Number of Feet and Inches], ⚫her Breadth at the broadest Part [stating whether that be above or below the Main Wales] is [Number of Feet and Inches], her [Height between Decks, if more than 6 (1) No Ship admitted to be British unless duly registered, except certain Boats, &c., see Cap. 109. § 12, 13. (2) See § 35. which provides for Ships not having completed their Voyage in Time, and preserves the Registries made under the late Act, 4 Geo. 4. Cap. 41. if the Shares be set forth. See also § 4 and Remarks, (3) See Oath, § 14; and as to Shares, § 32. (4) See $ 25. (5) See § 29. 'One Deck, or Depth in the Hold, if only One Deck] is • [Signed] Collector. And on the Back of such Certificate of Registry there shall be an Account of the Parts or Shares held by each of the Owners mentioned and described in such Certificate, in the Form and Manner following: III. AND be it further enacted, That the Persons Persons authoauthorized and required to make such Registry and grant rized to make such Certificates shall be the Collector and Comptroller of Registry and His Majesty's Customs in any Port in the United King- cates. dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in the Isle of Man grant Certifi (1) See Book of Registers, § 11. See Oath, § 14. See Survey, § 16. See Bond, § 21. See Builder's Certificate, § 25. See Certificate of Condemnation, § 29. (2) The Names of Partners holding in Copartnership will be set forth as such, in the Place of any single Owner, connected with a Bracket, see § 32. So also would any Number of Persons holding jointly any Share or Shares, see § 33. They would in both Cases stand as one Owner, and upon Sale must all execute the Bill of Sale for any Part of the Property. |