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any fhip or veffel, heretofore registered, or Veffels fold which fhall hereafter be registered, as a fhip ers forieior veffel of the United States, fhall be fold or ted on neglect to transferred, in whole or in part by way of make fuch truft, confidence or otherwife, to a fubject or report. citizen of any foreign prince or state, and fuch fale or transfer fhall not be made known, in manner herein before directed, fuch fhip or veffel, together with her tackle, apparel and furniture, fhall be forfeited: Provided, That if fuch fhip or veffel fhall be owned in part only, and it fhall be made appear to the jury, before whom the trial for fuch forfeiture fhall be had, that any other owner of fuch fhip or veffel, being a citizen of the United States, was wholly ignorant of the fale or transfer to, or ownership of, fuch foreign fubject or citizen, the fhare or intereft of fuch citizen of the United States fhall not be fubject to fuch forfeiture; and the refidue only fhall be fo forfeited.

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Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That Oath on upon the entry of every thip or veffel of the entry of United States, from any foreign port or place, U. S. from if the fame fhall be at the port or place, at which the owner, or any of the part-owners refide, fuch owner or part-owner fhall make oath or affirmation, that the register of such fhip or veffel contains the name or names of all the perfons, who are then owners of the faid fhip or veffel; or if any part of such ship or vessel has been fold or transferred, fince the granting of fuch regifter, that fuch is the cafe, and that no foreign fubject or citizen hath, to the beft of his knowledge and belief, any fhare, by the way of truft, confidence, or otherwife, in such fhip or veffel. And if the owner, or any part-owner, fhall not refide at

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the port or place, at which such ship or veffel fhall enter, then the mafter or commander fball make oath or affirmation, to the like cffect. And if the owner, or part-owner, where there is one, or the mafter or commander, where there is no owner, fhall refufe to fwear or affirm as aforefaid, fuch fhip or veffel fhall not be entitled to the privileges of a fhip or veffel of the United States.

Se&t. 18. And be it further enacted, That in how to pro- all cafes, where the mafter, commander, or livering up owner of a fhip or veffel, fhall deliver up the the regifter. register of fuch fhip or veffel, agreeable to the

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provifions of this act, if to the collector of the diftrict, where the fame fhall have been granted, the faid collector fhall, thereupon, cancel the bond, which fhall have been given at the time of granting fuch regifter; or, if to the collector of any other district, fuch collector fhall grant to the faid mafter, commander, or owner, a receipt or acknowledgment, that fuch register has been delivered to him, and the time, when; and upon fuch receipt being produced to the collector, by whom the register was granted, he fhall cancel the bond of the party, as if the register had been returned to him.

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the of regiftry collector of each district fhall progreffively bered. number the certificates of the registry by him granted, beginning a new, at the commencement of each year, and fhall enter an exact copy of each certificate, in a book to be kept for that purpose; and fhall, once in three months, tranfmit to the Register of the Treasury, copies of all the certificates, which fhall have been granted by him, including the number of each.

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every fhip or veffel, built in the United States, ships built after the fifteenth day of Auguft, one thoufand in U. 5. af feven hundred and eighty nine, and belong- 1789, how ing wholly, or in part, to the fubjects of fo- to obtain reign powers, in order to be entitled to the benefits of a ship, built and recorded in the United States, fhall be recorded in the office of the collector of the diftrict, in which fuch fhip or veffel was built, in manner following, that is to fay; The builder of every fuch fhip or veffel fhall make oath or affirmation, before the collector of fuch diftri, who is hereby authorized to adminifter the fame, in manner following; "I(inferting here the name of such builder) of (inferting here the place of his refidence) fhipwright, do fwear (or affirm) that (defcribing here the kind of veffel, as, whether fhip, brig, fnow, fchooner, foop, or whatever elfe) named (inferting here the name of the fhip or veffel) having (inferting here the number of decks,) and being, in length (inferting here the number of feet) in breadth (inferting here the number of feet) in depth (inserting here the number of feet) and measuring (inferting here the number of tons) having (fpecifying, whether any or no) gallery, and (alfo fpecifying, whether any or no) head, was Built by me, or under my direction, at (naming the place, county, and ftate) in the United States, in the year (inferting here the number of the year;") which oath, or affirmation, fhall be fubfcribed by the perfon making the fame, and fhall be recorded in a book, to be kept, by the faid collector, for that purpose.

Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the colle tort faid collector fhall caufe the faid fhip or veffel have them furveyed. to be furveyed or admeafured, according to the rule, prescribed by the forty-third fection

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of the act, intitled, "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties impofed by law on goods, wares, and merchan dize, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of fhips or veffels ;" and the perfon, by whom fuch admeasurement shall be made, fhall grant a certificate thereof, as in the cafe of a fhip or veffel to be registered; which certificate fhall be countersigned by the faid builder, and by an owner, or the mafter, or perfon having the command or charge thereof, or by fome other perfon, being an agent for the owner or owners thereof, in teftimony of the truth of the particulars therein con tained.

Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the faid record, attefted under the hand and feal of the faid collector, fhall be granted to the master of every fuch fhip or veffel, as nearly as may be, of the form following: "In pursuance of an act, intitled, "An act concerning the registering and recording of fhips or veffels," I (inferting here the name of the collector of the district) of (inferting here the name of the district) in the United States, do certify, that (inferting here the name of the builder) of (inferting here the place of his refidence, county, and state) having fworn, or affirmed, that the (defcribing the fhip or veffel, as in the certificate of record) named (inferting here her name) whereof (inferting here the name of the mafter) is, at prefent, mafter, was built at (inserting here the name of the place, county, and state, where built) by him, or under his direction, in the year (inferting here, the number of the year) and (inferting here, the name of the furveyor, or other person, by whom the fame admeasure

ment shall have been made) having certified, that the said ship or veffel has (inferting here, her number of decks) is, in length (inferting here, the number of feet) in breadth (inferting here, the number of feet) in depth (inferting here, the number of feet) and measures (inferting here, the number of tons): And the faid builder and (naming and describing the owner, or master, or agent for the owner or owners, as the cafe may be, by whom the said certificate shall have been counterfigned) having agreed to the faid description and admeafurement, the faid fhip or veffel has been recorded, in the district of (inferting here, the name of the district, where recorded) in the United States; Witness my hand and feal, this (inferting here, the day of the month) day of (inferting here, the name of the month) in the year (inferting here, the number of the year);" which certificate shall be recorded in the office of the faid collector, and a duplicate thereof tranfmitted to the Register of the Treafury of the United States, to be recorded in his office.

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Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That if Changes of the mafter, or the name, of any fhip or veffel mafter or fo recorded fhall be changed, the owner, part- the fhip, to owner, or confignee of fuch fhip or veffel, be endorfed fhall cause a memorandum thereof to be en- on certifidorfed on the certificate of the record, by the cord. collector of the district, where fuch fhip or veffel may be, or at which the fhall first arrive, if fuch change took place in a foreign coun try; and a copy thereof fhall be entered in the book of records, a tranfcript whereof fhall be tranfmitted, by the faid collector, to the collector of the district, where fuch certificate was granted (if not the fame perfon), whe VOL. II. V

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