arrive at any Port in His Majesty's Dominions as a British - Necessity of such Repairs to be proved to Commissioners of Customs. Workmen, Owners of Ves VII. AND whereas it has recently happened that the By reason of Owners of British Ships have been unable to effect the Combination of necessary Repairs to their Vessels in British Ports, by Power given to reason of Combinations of Workmen: And whereas it is Privy Council expedient to make Provisions for Relief of the Ship Owners to permit in such Cases, in order that the Voyages of British Ships sels to proceed may not be frustrated by such Means, to the great Detri- to Foreign ment of the Commerce and Navigation of the Empire; Ports for ReBE it therefore enacted, That for Two Years from pairs. and after the passing of this Act, when and as often as it or any shall Power also given to Privy Council to permit Vessels to proceed on their Voyage with a Jess Number of VIII. AND whereas by the Law of Navigation (1) British Ships cannot proceed to Sea unless they be navigated by a Crew, of which Three-fourths at least are British Seamen, and it has recently happened that the Owners of British Ships have been unable to procure British Seamen proper Crews for their Ships, by reason of Combinations than is required of Seamen; BE it therefore enacted, That for Two by Law. Years from and after the passing of this Act, when and as often as it shall appear expedient to the Lords and others of His Majesty's Privy Council, it shall be lawful for them, or any Three or more of them, to make and issue their Order in behalf of the Master or Owners of any such Ship, permitting such Ship to proceed upon her Voyage with a less Number of British Seamen than is required by the Law of Navigation; AND every Ship or Vessel which shall be navigated with the Number of British Seamen required in such Order shall be deemed to be duly navigated; any thing in the Law of Navigation to the contrary notwithstanding. Ships declared be deemed Ships lost or broken up. IX. AND be it further enacted, That if any Ship or unseaworthy, to Vessel registered under the Authority of this or any other Act, shall be deemed or declared to be stranded or unseaworthy, and incapable of being recovered or repaired to the Advantage of the Owners thereof, and shall for such Reasons be sold by Order or Decree of any competent Court for the Benefit of the Owners of such Ship or Vessel, or other Persons interested therein, the same shall be taken and deemed to be a Ship or Vessel lost or broken up (2) to all Intents and Purposes within the Meaning of this Act, and shall never again be entitled to the Privileges of a British-built Ship for any Purposes of Trade or Navigation. British Ships captured not to be again enti --- X. AND be it further enacted, That no British Ship or Vessel, which has been or shall hereafter be captured tled to Registry; by and become Prize to an Enemy or sold to Foreigners (3), — shall again be entitled to the Privileges of a British but Ships con (1). See Cap. 109. $12. (2) See Bond for delivering up Certificate, § 21. See also Compulsion upon all Persons to deliver up Certificate in like Cases, § 23. (3) See § 5. See Right of Foreigners to navigate British-built Ships as Ships of their Country, Cap. 109. § 15. See Bond for delivering up Register, $21. Courts of Ad Ship; PROVIDED always, that nothing contained demned in in this Act shall extend to prevent the registering of any miralty may be Ship or Vessel whatever which shall be condemned in any registered. Court of Admiralty as Prize of War, or in any competent Court for Breach of Laws made for the Prevention of the Slave Trade. PORT OF REGISTRY. any Ships shall be registered at the Port to which they belong. at other Ports. XI. AND be it further enacted, That no such Registry shall hereafter be made, or Certificate thereof granted, by any Person or Persons herein-before authorized to make such Registry and grant such Certificate, in any other Port or Place than the Port or Place to which such Ship or Vessel shall properly belong (1),—except so far as relates to such Ships or Vessels as shall be condemned as Prizes in any of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, or Man, which Ships or Vessels shall in future be registered in manner herein-after directed (2); - but that all and every Registry Commissioners and Certificate, granted in any Port or Place to which of Customs may such Ship or Vessel does not properly belong, shall be not properly belong, shall be permit Registry utterly null and void to all Intents and Purposes, unless the Officers aforesaid shall be specially authorized and empowered to make such Registry and grant such Certificate in any other Port, by an Order in Writing under the Hands of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, which Order the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to issue in manner aforesaid, if they shall see fit; AND at every Port where Registry shall be made Book of Regisin pursuance of this Act, a Book (3) shall be kept by the ters to be kept Collector and Comptroller, in which all the Particulars contained in the Form of the Certificate (4) of the Registry herein-before directed to be used, shall be duly entered; and every Registry shall be numbered in Progression, beginning such progressive Numeration at the Commencement of each and every Year; and such Collector and Comptroller (5) shall forthwith, or within One Month at the farthest, transmit to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs a true and exact Copy, together with the Number of every Certificate which shall be by them so granted. (2) See $ 30. (1) Where deemed to belong, see § 12. it XII. AND be it further enacted, That every Ship or Vessel shall be deemed to - belong (1) to some Port at or near to which some or one of the Owners, who shall take and subscribe the Oath (2) required by this Act before Registry be made, shall reside; -and whenever such Owner or Owners shall have transferred all his or their Share or Shares in such Ship or Vessel, the same shall be registered de novo before such Ship or Vessel shall sail or depart from the Port to which she shall then belong, or from any other Port which shall be in the same Part of the United Kingdom, or the same Colony, Plantation, Island, or Territory as the said Port shall be in: PROVIDED always, that if the Owner or Owners of such Ship or Vessel cannot in sufficient Time comply with the Requisites of this Act, so that Registry may be made before it shall be necessary for such Ship or Vessel to sail or depart upon another Voyage, shall be lawful for the Collector and Comptroller of the Port where such Ship or Vessel may then be, to certify upon the Back of the existing Certificate of Registry of such Ship or Vessel, that the same is to remain in force for the Voyage upon which the said Ship or Vessel is then about to sail or depart:-PROVIDED also, that if any Ship or Vessel shall be built in any of the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in Asia, Africa, or America, to His Majesty belonging, for Owners residing in the United Kingdom, it shall be lawful for such Ship or Vessel to proceed to any Part of the United Kingdom, whether by a direct or circuitous Voyage, and there to import a Cargo, - before Registry shall have been made of such Ship or Vessel;-provided the Master of such Ship or Vessel, or the Agent for the Owner or Owners thereof, shall have produced to the Collector and Comptroller of the Port at or near to which such Ship or Vessel was built, or from which she shall be cleared for her Voyage as aforesaid, the Certificate of the Builder (3) required by this Act, and shall have made Oath before such Collector and Comptroller, of the Names and Descriptions of the principal Owners of such Ship or Vessel, — and that she is the identical Ship or Vessel mentioned in such Certificate of the Builder, - and that no Foreigner, to the best of his Knowledge and Belief, has any Interest therein; whereupon the Collector and Comptroller of such Port shall cause such Ship or Vessel to be surveyed and measured (4) in like Manner as is (4) See § 16. and 17. directed for the Purpose of registering any Ship or Vessel, and shall give the Master of such Ship or Vessel a Certificate under their Hands and Seals, purporting to be under the Authority of this Act, and stating-when and where, and by whom such Ship or Vessel was built, the Description, Tonnage, and other Particulars required on Registry of any Ship or Vessel, and the Voyage for which such Ship or Vessel is cleared by them; ANDsuch Certificate shall, for such Voyage, have all the Force and Virtue of a Certificate of Registry under this Act; and such Collector and Comptroller shall transmit a Copy of such Certificate to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs. - -- OWNERS DISQUALIFIED. unless XIII. AND be it further enacted, That no Person who has taken the Oath of Allegiance to any Foreign State (1) except under the Terms of some Capitulation, he shall afterwards become a Denizen or naturalized Subject of the United Kingdom, by His Majesty's Letters Patent, or by Act of Parliament; NOR any Person usually residing in any Country not under the Dominion of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, unless he be a Member of some British Factory, or Agent for or Partner in House or Copartnership actually carrying on Trade in Great Britain or Ireland, shall be entitled to be the Owner (2), in Whole or in Part, directly or indirectly, of any Ship or Vessel required and authorized to be registered by virtue of this Act. REGISTER OATH. any XIV. AND be it further enacted, That no Registry shall henceforth be made, or Certificate granted, until the following Oath be taken and subscribed before the Person (3) or Persons herein-before authorized to make such Registry and grant such Certificate respectively, (which they are hereby respectively empowered to administer), by the Owner of such Ship or Vessel, if such Ship or Vessel is owned by or belongs to One Person only; or in case there shall be Two joint Owners, then by both of such joint (1) All Foreigners are deemed to have done so, although the actual Ceremony has not been performed. Persons residing in Foreign not be Owners; Countries may unless in British Factories, or Agents for or Partners in British Houses. Oath to be taken by subscribing Owners previous to Regis try. |