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Vessels to be carefully examined and admeasured before registered.
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XIV. And in order to enable the proper officer or officers of the revenue to grant a certificate, truly and accurately describing every ship or vessel to be registered in pursuance of this act; and also, to enable all other officers of his Majesty’s revenue, on due examination, to discover whether any such ship or vessel is the same with that for which a certificate is alledged to have been granted: be it enacted, That previous to the registry or granting any certificate of registry as aforesaid, some one or more proper person or persons appointed by the commissioners of the revenue in Ireland for the time being (taking to his or their assistance, if he or they shall judge it necessary, one or more person or persons skilled in the building and admeasurement of ships) shall go on board of every such ship or vessel as is to be registered, and shall strictly and accurately examine and admeasure every such ship or vessel as to all and every particular contained in the form of the certificate herein directed, in the presence of the master, or of any other person who shall be appointed for that purpose, on the part of the owner or owners, or in his or their absence, by the said master, and shall deliver a true and just account in writing, of all such particulars of the built, description and admeasurement of every such ship or vessel as are specified in the form of the certificate above recited, to the person or persons who shall be authorized as aforesaid, to make such registry, and grant such certificate of registry; and the said master, or other person attending on the part of the owner or owners, is hereby required to sign his name also to the certificate of such surveying or examining officer, in testimony of the truth thereof, provided such master, or other person, shall consent and agree to the several particulars set forth and described therein.
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