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All vessels having a deck, or being of 15 tons burthen or upwards shall be registered as herein,
form of the certificate of the registry.
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VI. And whereas it is necessary and highly expedient that the mode heretofore observed in this kingdom for the registry of ships and vessels should be altered and amended, and that the same should be extended to all ships and vessels whatever, having a deck, or being of the burthen of fifteen tons or upwards, trading into or from any port within this kingdom: be it therefore enacted, That all and every ship or vessel having a deck, or being of the burthen of fifteen tons, or upwards, belonging to any of his Majesty’s subjects in this kingdom, and which have not been, or shall not be registered in some other port or place in his Majesty’s dominions, in pursuance of an act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain in the twenty-sixth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, An act for the further increase and encouragement of shipping and navigation, shall from and after the respective times herein expressed, be registered in manner herein mentioned, and that the person or persons claiming property therein shall cause the same to be registered, and shall obtain a certificate of such registry from the collector or other chief officer of some port in this kingdom in manner herein directed, and that the form of such certificate shall be as follows, that is to say, “in pursuance of an act passed in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King George the third, entitled, An act for the further increase and encouragement of shipping and navigation, the names, occupation and residence of the subscribing owner or owners having taken and subscribed the oath required by the said act, and having sworn, that he (or they) together with (names, occupation, and residence of the non-subscribing owners) is (or are) sole owner (or owners) of the ship or vessel called the (ship’s name) of (place to which the vessel belongs) whereof (master’s name) is at present master, and that the said ship or vessel was (when and where built or captured, and the date of condemnation) and (name and employment of the surveying officer) having certified to us, that the said ship or vessel is (whether British or Irish, or foreign, or British plantation built) has (number of decks) decks and (number of masts) masts, that her length from the fore part of the main them to the after part of the stern post aloft is (number of sect and inches) her breadth at the broadest part whether above or below the main wales, (number of feet and inches) her height between decks (number of feet and inches) if more than one deck, and if not, then the depth of the hold (number of feet and inches) and admeasures (burthen) tons, that she is a (kind of vessel, and how built) has (whether any or no gallery) and (kind of head, if any) head, and the said subscribing owners having consented and agreed to the above description and admeasurement, and having caused sufficient security to be given, as is required by the said act, the said (kind, and name of the vessel) has been duly registered at the port of (name of the port) given under our hands and seals of office at the custom house in the said port of (name of the port) this (date) day of (name of the month) in the year (words at length.)”
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