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Addition to said oath when the whole of the partners in any vessel do not attend.
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XIII. And be it further enacted, That in case the number of joint owners or proprietors of any ship or vessel shall amount to three or more, and three or more of such joint owners or proprietors shall not personally attend to take and subscribe the oath herein 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 best of his or their knowledge or belief, wilfully absented himself or themselves, in order to avoid the taking of the oath herein directed to be taken and subscribed, or is or are prevented by illness from attending to take and subscribe the said oath.
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