the registry of a ship or vessel, and the granting of a certificate thereof, unless otherwise directed in these Regulations.

vessels must be ad

surveyor, &c.

1792.

ment.

2, 1799.

4. Before granting a certificate of registry to any ship Before registry, or vessel, she must be admeasured by the surveyor of the measured by the port, or a person appointed by him; or, if there be no Sec 6 Act Dec. 81, surveyor, by a person appointed by the collector, according to the following rule, viz: The officer measur- Rule of admeasureing shall, if the ship or vessel be double-decked, take the Sec. 64 Act March length thereof, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck; the breadth thereof, at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and shall then deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth; multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth, and shall divide this last product by ninety-five, the quotient whereof shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such ship or vessel; and if such ship or vessel be singledecked, the said surveyor, or other person, shall take the length and breadth, as above directed in respect to a double-decked ship or vessel, shall deduct from the said length three-fifths of the breadth, and, taking the depth from the underside of the deck-plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall multiply and divide, as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship or vessel.

measurement beSec. 6 Act Dec. 81, 1792.

5. For the information of, and as a voucher to, the Certificate of adofficer making such registry, the officer or person making ing furnished. such admeasurement shall grant a certificate specifying the build of such ship or vessel, her number of decks and masts, her length, breadth, depth, the number of tons she measures, and that her name, and the name of the place to which she belongs, are painted on her stern, in conformity to law, and such other particulars as are usually descriptive of the identity of a ship or vessel; which certificate shall be in the form following, to wit:

Form of certificate

of adineasurement.

Sec. 6 Act Dec. 81, 1792.

Before registry, certificate of the

nished.

1792.

FORM NO. 1.

Surveyor's certificate of admeasurement.

DISTRICT OF

I,

Port of

}

-, surveyor of the port of

being no surveyor,) being hereunto appointed by
collector of the customs for the district of

that I have surveyed and admeasured a

having the name of

, (or, there

do certify,

(ship or vessel)

stern, according to law, and find that said vessel is

painted on her

This certificate must be countersigned by an owner, or by the master of the vessel, or by the agent of the owner

or owners.

6. In order to the registry of any ship or vessel, it is builder to be fur- necessary to produce a certificate under the hand of the See 8 Act Dec. 31, principal or master carpenter by whom, or under whose direction, the said ship or vessel was built, testifying that she was so built, the place, time, persons for whom, her build, number of decks and masts, length, breadth, depth, and tonnage; and such other particulars as are usually descriptive of the identity of a ship or vessel. This certificate will be sufficient to authorize the removal of a new vessel, if in ballast only, from the district where she may have been built to another district in the same or an adjoining State where the owner or owners actually reside. The form of the certificate is appended as a general guide, viz:

DISTRICT OF

FORM NO. 2.

Master carpenter's certificate.

(Place and date.)

I,

of master carpen

ter.

principal (or master) carpenter of (place) do Form of certificate certify, that the (ship) named the (name) was built by me, (or under my direction,) at (place where) during (time when) for (persons for whom); that said

built, has

in breadth,

decks, — masts, is

is

in length, in depth, of tons burden. As witness my hand the day and year aforesaid.

Any certificate in which the requirements of the law are fairly and fully complied with, though not precisely in the above form, will be admitted; and where, from any cause, it is found impracticable to obtain the certificate of the principal or master carpenter, other competent evidence establishing the particulars and facts required to be certified by him, may be admitted; but the production of his certificate shall not be waived, nor secondary evidence substituted therefor, without the previous authority of the Department.

registry; oath of

7. The owners, or one of the owners, must take an oath on application for or affirmation before the collector, according to the pro- owner. visions of the 4th section of the act of the 31st December, 1792, in the following form, to wit:

FORM NO. 3.

I,

State of

Oath of owner of vessel.

of

in the county of

and Form of owner's

oath.

do swear, (or, if conscientiously scrupulous

of swearing, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare,) according to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the ship (or vessel) called the

within the district.

zens) of the United States, and lawfully condemned as prize by a decree, sentence, or judgment of the

court of
produce ;)

(Or, was adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States, by a decree, sentence, or judgment of the court of an authenticated copy of which I now produce;)

(Or, was wrecked within the waters of the United States, purchased and repaired by a citizen (or citizens) of the United States, according to law, and authorized to be registered by the Secretary of the Treasury, by letter under date of -, an authenticated copy of which I

now produce ;)

That I am a citizen of the United States; that my pre

sent usual place of residence or abode is

in the

and that I am the

of the city of

-, in the

consul of the United States

all citizens of the United States, are the true and only
owners of the said ship or vessel in the following propor-
tions, to wit: (here state the proportions owned by each ;)
that there is no subject or citizen of any foreign power,
directly or indirectly, by way of trust, confidence, or
otherwise, interested therein, or in the profits or issues
thereof, and that
the present master or com-

mander of said ship or vessel, is also a citizen of the Uni-
ted States, having been born within the limits thereof;
(Or, having been naturalized in the State of
-, one thousand eight hundred

the

and

court of

day of

on

-, by virtue of a decree or order of the
, and the oath of allegiance according to

law): So help me God.

Oath of master, if The last clause of the foregoing oath, or affirmation, must be taken by the master himself, and not the owner,

if the master be within the district where the vessel is to

be registered.

owner to be stated.

In all cases where there shall be more than one owner, Property of each the parts or proportions of the ship or vessel owned by See. 5 Act July 29, each owner must be stated in the oath.

1850.

owners resident in

the United States.

Sec. 5 Act Dec. 31, 1792.

In case there be more than one owner resident within Oath of the several the United States, it will be requisite for each of them to transmit to the collector, within ninety days after his granting a certificate of registry, a like oath, or affirmation, with that taken by the owner residing within the district, which may be taken before the said collector, or before the collector of any other district, or a judge of the supreme or district court of the United States, or of a superior court of original jurisdiction in one of the States.

istry, bond to be

and master, with

sureties.

Sec. 7 Act Dec. 31, 1792.

8. Previously to the registry of the ship or vessel, the Previously to reghusband, or acting and managing owner, together with given by the owner the master thereof, and one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the collector of the district, whose duty it is to make such registry, shall become bound to the United States, if such ship or vessel shall be of burden not over fifty tons, in the sum of four hundred dollars; if of more than fifty and not exceeding one hundred tons, in the sum of eight hundred dollars; if above one hundred and not exceeding two hundred tons, in the sum of twelve hundred dollars; if above two hundred and not exceeding three hundred tons, in the sum of sixteen hundred dollars; and if of burden exceeding three hundred tons, in the sum of two thousand dollars. The form of the bond shall be as follows:

FORM No. 4.

Bond of owner and master.

Know all men by these presents, that we,

and

are held and stand firmly bound unto the United States of America in the full and just sum of — -; to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents.

Witness our hands and seals, this

one thousand eight hundred and

day of

Form of bond of owner and master.