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Return premium

(apprentice).

No. CCLVI.

*Bond to return a part of the Premium given with Apprentice, if he die within a given period.

day of

KNOW ALL MEN, &c. (1). WHEREAS by indentures of apprenticeship bearing date on or about the now last past, [or even date with the above written obligation] the said (obligee) bound his son (name) apprentice unto the above bounden (obligor) for the term of years, and paid to the said (obligor) the sum of L by way of premium with the said apprentice. AND WHEREAS upon the contract for the binding of the said apprentice it was agreed between the said (obligor) and (obligee), that if the said (apprentice) should happen to depart this life within the first years of the term of his said apprenticeship, the said (obligor) should return and pay back such part or proportion of the said sum of CONDITION. £ as hereinafter is mentioned. Now THE CONDITION of the above written obligation is such, that if the said (apprentice) shall happen to depart this life at any time before the expiration of the first years of the said term of years, to be accounted from the day of the date of the said indenture of apprenticeship, and the said (obligor), his heirs, executors or administrators, do and shall, within the space or period of one calendar month next after such decease of the said (apprentice), well and truly return and pay, or cause to be returned and paid, unto the said (obligee), his executors, administrators or assigns, the sum of £ of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as or for part of the said premium or sum of £ and in case the said (apprentice) shall happen to depart this life after the expiration of the said first years of the said term of his apprenticeship, but be

,

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(1) See ante, p. 77.

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fore the expiration of the year thereof, and the said (obligor), his executors or administrators, do and shall in such case well and truly return and pay, or cause to be returned and paid, within the (apprentice).

like

space or period after the decease of the said (apprentice), unto

the said (obligee), his executors, administrators or assigns, the sum

of Ꮅ

of such lawful money as aforesaid, as or for part of the

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Registry (ship).

No. CCLVII.

*A Bond from the Master or Owner of a Ship or Vessel to the King on its being Registered (1).

owner of the said ship or vessel, have duly registered the said ship and obtained a certificate thereof as required by act of ParCONDITION. liament. Now THE CONDITION of the said obligation is such, that

if the said certificate shall not be sold, lent or otherwise disposed of to any person or persons whatsoever, and if the same shall be solely made use of for the service of the said ship or vessel, and in case such ship or vessel shall be lost or taken by the enemy, burnt or broken up, or otherwise prevented from returning to the port to which she belongs as aforesaid, or shall on any account have lost and forfeited the privileges of a British ship, or shall have been seized and legally condemned for illicit trading, or shall have been taken in execution for debt and sold by due process of law, or shall

6 Geo. 4. c. 110.

(1) By the act of 6 Geo. 4. cap. 110. it is enacted, that no ship or vessel shall be entitled to any of the privileges of a British registry ship until those who may claim property therein shall cause it to be registered in the manner mentioned in that act, and shall have obtained a proper certificate of such registry; and that upon obtaining the certificate of such registry, sufficient security by bond shall be given to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, by the master, and such of the owners who shall attend, as in the act is required, if such ship or vessel shall be a decked vessel, or be above the burthen of 15 tons and not exceeding 50 tons, in the penalty of £100; if exceeding the burthen of 50 tons and not exceeding 100 tons, in the penalty of £300; if exceeding the burthen of 100 tons, and not exceeding 200 tons, in the penalty of £500; if exceeding the burthen of 200 tons and not exceeding 500 tons, in the penalty of £800; and if exceeding the burthen of 300, in the penalty of £1000; see the certificate, post. p. 245.

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have been sold to the Crown, or shall under any circumstances have been registered de novo, Then and in either of the said cases, if the Registry (ship). said certificate (the same being preserved) shall be delivered up within one month after the arrival of the master for the time being of the said ship or vessel, in any port or place in his Majesty's dominions, to the collector and comptroller of some port in Great Britain, or of the Isle of Man, or of the British Plantations, or to the governor, lieutenant-governor or commander-in-chief for the time being of the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey. AND if any foreigner, or any person or persons for his use and benefit, shall purchase or otherwise become entitled to the whole or any part or share of, or any interest in such ship or vessel, and the same shall be within the limits of any part of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man or the British colonies, plantations, islands or territories aforesaid, then and in such case if the certificate of registry shall, within seven days after such purchase or transfer of property in such ship or vessel, be delivered up to the person or persons authorized to make registry, and grant certificate of registry at such port or place respectively as by act of Parliament is required; and if such ship or vessel shall be in any foreign port when such purchase or transfer of interest or property shall take place, then if the same shall be delivered up to the British Consul or other chief British officer resident at or nearest to such foreign port, or if such ship or vessel shall be at sea when such purchase or transfer of interest or property shall take place, then if the same shall be delivered up to the British Consul or other chief British officer at the foreign port or place in or at which the master or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall first arrive after such purchase or transfer of property at sea, immediately after his arrival at such foreign port, but if the master or other person who had the command of the said ship or vessel at the time of such purchase or transfer of property at sea shall not arrive at a foreign port, but shall arrive at some port of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man, or his Majesty's said colonies, plantations, islands or territories, then if the same shall be delivered up in manner aforesaid, within fourteen days after the arrival of the said ship or vessel, or of the person who had the command thereof, in any port of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Man or any of his Majesty's said colonies, plantations, islands or territories. THEN, &c. or otherwise, &c.

Sec. 21. of the act provides, that if the ship at the time of the Geo. 4.

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registry be at any other port than that of registry, the master may there Registry (ship). give the bond.

Sec. 22. That if the master be changed, the new master shall give a similar bond, whose name shall be indorsed on the certificate of registry.

And sec. 26. That if the certificate of registry be lost or mislaid, a registry de novo may be made, the owner and master previously giving a bond to the commissioners of customs, with a condition, "that if the certificate of registry be at any time afterwards found, the same shall be forthwith delivered to the proper officer of his Majesty's customs to be cancelled, and that no illegal use has been or shall be made thereof with his or their privity or knowledge."