Collector to keep

The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas has regis

collector of the district of

,

tered, in the manner prescribed by the act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels," the

if

called the

burden

whereof

is at present master, and has granted a certificate of said registry, which certificate is datedand numbered: Now, therefore, if the said certificate of registry shall be solely used for the said for which it has been granted, and shall not be sold, lent, or otherwise disposed of to any person or persons whomsoever; and in case the said shall be lost, or taken by an enemy, burnt or broken up, or shall be otherwise prevented from returning to the port to which she belongs, if the said certificate (if preserved) shall, within eight days after the arrival of the master or person having the charge or command of the said — within any district of the United States, be delivered up to the collector of such district; or any foreigner, or any person or persons for the use and benefit of such foreigner, shall purchase or otherwise become intitled to the whole or any part or share of, or interest in, the said, the same being within a district of the United States, if the said certificate shall, within seven days after such purchase, change or transfer of property, be delivered up to the collector of the said district; or if such purchase, change or transfer of property shall happen when the said shall be at any foreign port or place, or at sea, if the master or person having the charge or command thereof shall, within eight days after his arrival within any district of the United States, deliver up the said certificate to the collector of such district, then the said obligation shall be void and of no effect; but otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed, and delivered

in the presence of

9. The foregoing requirements having been complied registry, and to with, the collector shall make and keep, in some proper

book of record or

grant abstract of

certificate of such book, a record or registry of the vessel, and shall grant an

record.

Sec. 9 Act Dec. 31, abstract or certificate of such record or registry, as nearly

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as may be, in the form following:

FORM No. 5.

Abstract or certificate of registry.

or certificate of

1850.

In pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United Form of abstract States of America, entitled "An act concerning the regis- registry. tering and recording of ships or vessels," (inserting here the name, occupation, and place of abode of the person by whom the oath or affirmation aforesaid shall have been made,) having taken or subscribed the oath (or affirmation) required by the said act, and having sworn (or affirmed) that he, (or she, and, if more than one owner, adding the words "together with," and the name or names, occupation or occupations, place or places of abode. of the other owner or owners,) is (or are) the only owner (or owners) (if more than one, stating the proportions Sec. 5 Act July 29, or parts of the ship or vessel owned by each owner) of the ship (or vessel) called the (inserting her name,) of (inserting here the port to which she may belong,) whereof (inserting here the name of the master) is at present master, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said ship or vessel was (inserting here, when and where built) and (inserting here the name, and office, if any, of the person by whom she shall have been surveyed or admeasured,) having certified that the said ship or vessel has (inserting here the number of decks,) and (inserting here the number of masts,) and that her length is (inserting here the number of feet,) her breadth (inserting here the number of feet,) her depth (inserting here the number of feet,) and that she measures (inserting here her number of tons,) that she is (describing here the particular kind of vessel, whether ship, brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else, together with her build, and specifying whether she has any or no gallery or head;) and the said (naming the owner, or the master, or other person acting in behalf of the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of admeasurement shall have been countersigned as aforesaid,) having agreed to the description and admeasurement above specified, and sufficient security having been given, according to the

Collectors will receive from the

said act, the said ship (or vessel) has been duly registered at the port of (naming the port where registered.)

Given under my hand and seal, at (naming the said port,) this (inserting the particular day) day of (naming the month,) in the year (specifying the number of the year in words at length.)

If the master or person in charge of such ship or vessel shall himself have made oath or affirmation touching his citizenship, the wording of the foregoing certificate shall be so varied as to conform to the fact.

10. Collectors will receive, from time to time, from the Register of the Register of the Treasury, the forms of certificates of regis

Treasury blank

forms of registry

license.

signed and sealed

Sec. 10 Act Dec. 31, 1792.

And countersigned

and enrolment and try, attested under the seal of the Treasury and the hand To be filled up and of the Register, with blanks, to be filled by the collectors, by the collector, by whom, also, the certificates must be signed and sealed before they are issued. If there be a naval officer at the by the naval offi- port, the certificates must be countersigned by him before cer or surveyor they are issued, and if there be a surveyor, but no naval officer, they must be countersigned by the surveyor. copy of each must be transmitted to the Register of the Treasury, who is required to keep a record of the same. 11. The collector of each district must progressively ed, numbered pro- number the certificates of registry granted by him, be

where there is no naval officer.

Certificates of registry to be record

gressively by col

lector, and copies

A

transmitted to the ginning anew at the commencement of each fiscal year, and

register quarterly.

Sec. 19 Act March must enter an exact copy of each certificate in a book to be

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kept for that purpose, and must transmit, once in three months, to the Register of the Treasury, copies of all the certificates which shall have been granted by him, including the number of each.

SECTION IV.

REGISTRY OF VESSELS PURCHASED OR OWNED BY CITIZENS OF THE

UNITED STATES IN A DISTRICT OTHER THAN THAT

IN WHICH THEY RESIDE.

On temporary reg

ister of a vessel

ART. 12. When any vessel, entitled to be registered

purchased by citi- under the laws of the United States, shall be purchased, or

proper district.

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by owners and

surrender of tem

become owned, by a citizen or citizens of the United States, zens out of their the vessel being in a district other than the one in which Sec. 11 Act Dec. 81, he or they usually reside, the collector of the district within which the vessel may be at the time of his or their becoming owner or owners, on due compliance by him or them with the provisions in order to the registry of vessels, shall issue a temporary certificate of registry, to be surrendered to the collector of the district comprehending the port to which such vessel shall belong, on her arrival within said district, to be transmitted by him to the collector who granted it; and should the said tempo- Penalties incurred rary certificate not be so delivered up, the owner and master for nonmaster shall severally forfeit the sum of one hundred dol- porary certificate. lars, to be recovered with costs of suit, and the said certificate shall be thenceforth void; and the oath or affirmation, as per Form No. 3, may be taken, at the option of the owner, either before the collector of the district where the vessel belongs or before the collector of the district where the vessel may be; and in case the oath or affir- Forfeiture of vesmation so taken be false, there shall be a forfeiture of the cases. vessel, her tackle, furniture, and apparel, or the value thereof, to be recovered, with costs of suit, of the person so making such oath or affirmation. It must be noted, however, that if the master or person in charge of the vessel be within the district where the application for registry is made, he shall himself, instead of the owner, make oath or affirmation touching his citizenship, and the means whereby he became a citizen; and if the said. oath or affirmation be falsely taken, the foregoing forfeiture shall not be incurred, but the master, or other person in charge, so falsely swearing or affirming, shall himself forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars.

sel, &c., in certain

gent or attorney of

cases.

Sec, 12 Act Dec. 81,

13. In case a citizen or citizens of the United States On purchase by ashall, by purchase made by an agent or attorney, become owner in certain the owner or owners of a ship or vessel entitled to regis- 1792. try under the laws of the United States, being more than fifty miles distant, by the nearest usual route by land, from the district comprehending the port to which the vessel will by virtue of such purchase legally belong, then the agent or attorney of the owner or owners may, in his

Form of agent's oath.

Penalties incurred in certain cases.

or their stead, comply with the conditions herein mentioned as requisite to a registry, and may take the oath or affirmation required, according to the following form:

I,

and State of, do swear, (or, if conscientiously scrupulous of swearing, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare,) that I am agent (or attor

that according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said ship or vessel is of the burden, &c., (here mention the tonnage, when and where built, and other particulars, as in Form No. 3.)

On due compliance with said requirements by the agent or attorney, the collector where the vessel may be will grant a temporary certificate of registry, to be surrendered on arrival of the vessel within the district comprehending the port to which the vessel belongs; and the temporary certificate so delivered up shall be forthwith transmitted to the collector who granted it.

The provision touching the master himself taking the oath or affirmation of his citizenship, and the penalties for the omission to surrender the temporary certificate of registry at the time of arrival, and for the false swearing or affirming of the owner or master, are the same as in the case mentioned in the next preceding article.