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. Ships shall be registered at the they belong. Port to which 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 any permit Registry such Ship or Vessel does not properly belong, shall be at other Ports. 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 of Customs may 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. (1) Where deemed to belong, see § 12. (2) See § 30. (5) Other Persons empowered to make Registry must do the same Ports to which Vessels shall be deemed to belong. scribing Owners to require Registry de novo. If Registry de novo cannot be made, Ship may go One Voyage with Permission endorsed on Cer 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 Change of sub- 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, tificate of Re gistry. Ships built in Foreign PossesOwners resident in United Kingdom, may pro sions, for ceed on their Voyage, on receiving Certifi cate from the Collector, &c. - it 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 (1) See Port of Registry, § 11. (2) See § 14. (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; AND such 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. Countries may not be Owners; XIII. AND be it further enacted, That no Person who Persons residing has taken the Oath of Allegiance to any Foreign State (1) in Foreign -except under the Terms of some Capitulation, unless 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 any 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. unless in Bri tish Factories, or Agents for or Partners in British Houses. XIV. AND be it further enacted, That no Registry Oath to be taken shall henceforth be made, or Certificate granted, until the by subscribing Owners prefollowing Oath be taken and subscribed before the Pervious to Regisson (3) or Persons herein-before authorized to make such try. 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. Proportion of Owners who shall subscribe and take the Oath. Form of Oath. - 6o GEO. 4. Owners, if both shall be resident within Twenty Miles of the Port or Place where such Register is required, or by One of such Owners, if One or both of them shall be resident at a greater Distance from such Port or Place; — or if the Number of such Owners or Proprietors shall exceed Two, then by the greater Part of the Number of such Owners or Proprietors, if the greater Number of them shall be resident within Twenty Miles of such Port or Place as aforesaid, not in any Case exceeding Three of such Owners or Proprietors (1), — unless a greater Number (2) shall be desirous to join in taking and subscribing the said Oath, — or by One of such Owners, if all, or all except One, shall be resident at a greater Distance: I A. B. of [Place of Residence and Occupation] do make Oath, That the Ship or Vessel [Name] of [Port or Place] whereof [Master's Name] is at present Master, 'being [Kind of Built, Burthen, et cætera, as described in the Certificate of the surveying Officer (3)] was [when and where built (4), or if prize or forfeited (5), Capture and Condemnation as such], and that I the said A. B. [and the other Owners Names and Occupations, if any, and where they respectively reside, videlicet, Town, Place, or Parish, and County, or if Member of and resident in any Factory in Foreign Parts, or in any Foreign Town or City (6), being an Agent for or Partner in any House or Copartnership actually carrying on Trade in Great Britain or Ireland, the Name of such Factory, Foreign Town, or City, and the Names of such House or Copartnership] am [or are] sole (7) Owner [or Owners] of the said Vessel, and that no other Person or Persons whatever hath or have any Right, Title, Interest, Share, or Property therein or thereto; and that I the said A. B. [and the said other Owners, if any] am [or are] truly and bond 'fide a Subject [or Subjects] of Great Britain; and that I the said A. B. have not [nor have any of the other (1) See Joint Stock Companies, § 33. (2) The Law is satisfied with Three; but as upon Alienation by all the subscribing Owners, Registry de novo becomes necessary, see § 12, and as Persons selling their Shares as well as joint Owners may see reason to wish that the Persons really owning the Ship should be committed to the Risks of Owners, any Number are allowed to perform this Act of Ownership. See also Registry de novo, at Option of Parties, § 42. (4) See § 25. (7) See Oath as to Shares, $32; and Statement of Shares on Back of Certificate of Registry, $ 2. Owners, to the best of my Knowledge and Belief] taken the 'Oath of Allegiance to any Foreign State whatever, [except under the Terms of some Capitulation, describing the Par'ticulars thereof,] or that since my taking [or his or their 'taking] the Oath of Allegiance to [naming the Foreign 'States respectively to which he or any of the said Owners shall have taken the same], I have [or he or they hath or have] become a Denizen [or Denizens, or naturalized Subject or Subjects, as the Case may be] of the United 'Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by His Majesty's Letters Patent, or by an Act of Parliament, [naming the 'Times when such Letters of Denization have been granted ' respectively, or the Year or Years in which such Act or Acts for Naturalization have passed respectively], and that no Foreigner directly or indirectly hath any Share or Part Interest in the said Ship or Vessel.' Provided always, that if it shall become necessary to register any Ship or Vessel belonging to any - Corporate Body (1) in the United Kingdom, the following-Oath, in lieu of the Oath herein-before directed, shall be taken and subscribed by the Secretary or other proper Officer of such Corporate Body; (that is to say), ་ I A. B. Secretary or Officer of [Name of Company or Corporation], do make Oath, That the Ship or Vessel [Name] of [Port] whereof [Master's Name] is at present Master, being [Kind of Built, Burthen, et cætera, as 'described in the Certificate of the surveying Officer] was [when and where built, or if prize or forfeited, Capture ' and Condemnation as such], and that the same doth 'wholly and truly belong to [Name of Company or Cor'poration.]' XV. AND be it further enacted, That in case the -required Number of Joint Owners or Proprietors of any Ship or Vessel shall not personally attend to take and subscribe the Oath herein-before directed to be taken and subscribed, then and in such Case such Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors, as shall personally attend, and take and subscribe the Oath aforesaid, shall further make Oath, that the Part Owner or Part Owners of such Ship or Vessel then absent is or are not resident within Twenty Miles of such Port or Place, and hath or have not, to the (1) See also Provisions as to Joint Stock Companies, § 32. Addition to Oath in case the required Num ber of Owners do not attend. |