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Name of vessels not to be altered,
if the property in such ships be changed there must be a new registry, &c.
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XIX. And be it further enacted, That the name of any ship or vessel registered, shall not be afterwards changed, nor shall any transfer of property to another port be made in any such ship or vessel without registering such ship or vessel de novo, in the manner herein directed, and delivering up the former certificate of registry to be cancelled, and in case there be any alteration of property in the same port by the sale of one or more share or shares in any ship or vessel after the same shall have been registered, such alteration of property shall, and is hereby required to be acknowledged by indorsement on the certificate of registry before two witnesses, in order to prove that the whole and entire property in such ship or vessel remains to some one or more of his Majesty’s subjects, and there shall also be indorsed on such certificate of registry before two witnesses, the town, place or parish where all and every person or persons to whom the property in any such ship or vessel, or any part thereof, shall be so transferred, shall reside, or if such person or persons usually resides, or reside in any country, not under the dominion of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, but in some British or Irish factory, the name of such factory of which such person or persons is or are a member or members of, if such person or persons resides, or reside in any foreign town or city, and is or are not a member or members of some British or Irish factory, the name of such foreign town or city, where such person or persons usually resides, or reside, and also the names of the house or copartnership in Great Britain or Ireland for or with whom such person or persons is or are agent or partner, or agents or partners, and the person or persons to whom the property of such ship or vessel shall be so transferred, or his or their agent shall also deliver a copy of such indorsement to the person or persons authorized to make registry, and grant certificates of registry as aforesaid, who are hereby required to cause an entry thereof to be indorsed on the oath or affidavit upon which the original certificate of registry of such ship or vessel was obtained, and shall also make a memorandum of the same in the book of registers, which is hereby directed and required to be kept, and shall forthwith give notice thereof to the commissioners of the revenue within this kingdom.
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