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Oath to be fhip or veffel, called the (inferting the name taken on of the veffel) do fwear (or affirm) that the faid tificate of fhip, or velfel hath been, as I verily believe, registry.

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registered, according to law, by the name of
(inferting again the name of the veffel) and
that a certificate thereof was granted by the
collector of the diftrict of (naming the district,
where registered) which certificate has beer.
loft (or deftroyed, or unintentionally and by
mere accident miftaid, as the cafe may be) and
(except, where the certificate is alledged to
have been deftroyed) that the fame, if found
again, and within my power, fhall be delivered
up to the collector of the diftrict, in which it
was granted," which oath, or affirmation fhall
be fubfcribed by the party making the fame,
and upon fuch oath or affirmation being made,
and the other requifites of this act, in order
to the registry of fhips, or veffels, being com-
plied with, it fhall be lawful for the collector
of the diftrict, before whom fuch oath or affir-
mation is made, to grant a new regifter, in-
ferting therein, that the fame is iffued, in the
room of the one loft or deftroyed. But in all
cafes, where a register shall be granted, in lieu
of the one loft or deftroyed, by any other than
the collector of the district, to which the fhip,
or veffel actually belongs, fuch regifter fhall,
within ten days, after her first arrival within
the district to which the belongs, be delivered
up to the collector of the faid diftrict, who
fhall, thereupon, grant a new register, in lieu
thereof. And in cafe the mafter, or comman-
der fhall neglect to deliver up fuch regifter,
within the time aforefaid, he fhall forfeit one
hundred dollars; and the former register fhall
become null and void.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That

registered

anew,

when any fhip or veffel, which fhall have been veels fold registered, purfuant to this act, or the act here- &c. to be by, in part, repealed, fhall, in whole, or in part, be fold, or transferred to a citizen or citizens of the United States, or fhall be alteredin form, or burthen, by being lengthened, o built upon, or from one denomination to another, by the mode or method of rigging or fitting, in every fuch cafe the faid fhip or veffel fhall be registered anew, by her former, name, according to the directions herein bes fore contained, (otherwife fhe fhall ceafe to be deemed a fhip or veffel of the United States) and her former certificate of registry fhall be delivered up to the collector to whom applica-: tion for fuch new regiftry fhall be made, at the time, that the fame fhall be made, to be by him tranfmitted to the Regifter of the Treafury who fhall cause the fame to be cancelled. And in every fuch cafe of fale or transfer, there fhall be fome inftrument of writing, in the nature of a bill of fale, which fhall recite, at length, the faid certificate, otherwise the faid fhip or veffel fhall be incapable of being fo registered anew. And in every cafe, in which a fhip or veffel is hereby required to be regis tered anew, if fhe fhall not be fo registered anew, fhe fhall not be entitled to any of the privileges or benefits of a fhip or veffel of the United States. And further, if her faid former certificate of registry fhall not be delivered up, as aforefaid, except where the fame may have been destroyed, loft, or unintentionally miflaid, and an oath or affirmation thereof fhall have been made, as aforefaid, the owner or owners of fuch fhip or veffel fhall forfeit and pay the fum of five hundred dollars, to be re Covered, with cofts of fuit,

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Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That report fuch when the mafter, or perfon having the charge or command of a fhip or veffel, registered purfuant to this act, or the act hereby in part repealed, fhall be changed, the owner, or one of the owners, or the new master of such ship or veffel, fhall report fuch change to the collector of the district where the fame fhall happen, or where the faid fhip or vessel shall first be, after the fame fhall have happened, and fhall produce to him the certificate of registry of fuch fhip or veffel, and fhall make oath or affirmation, fhewing that fuch new master is a citizen of the United States, and the manner in which, or means whereby, he is fo a citizen; whereupon the faid collector fhall endorfe upon the faid certificate of registry, a memorandum of fuch change, fpecifying the name of fuch new mafter, and fhall fubfcribe the faid memorandum with his name, and if other than the collector of the district, by whom the faid certificate of registry shall have been granted, fhall tranfmit a copy of the faid memorandum to him, with notice of the particular fhip or veffel, to which it fhall relate; and the collector of the diftrict, by whom the faid certificate fhall have been granted, fhall make a like memorandum of fuch change, in his book of registers, and fhall tranfmit a copy thereof, to the Regifter of the Treafury. And if the faid change fhall not be reported, or if the faid oath or affirmation fhall not be taken, as above directed, the registry of fuch ship or veffel fhall be void, and the faid master, or perfon, having the charge or command of her, fhall forfeit and pay the fum of one hundred dollars.

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That if

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any fhip or veffel, heretofore registered, or Veffels fold which fhall hereafter be registered, as a fhip ers for cior veffel of the United States, fhall be fold or ted on neglect to transferred, in whole or in part by way of ake fuck truft, confidence or otherwise, 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 vessel, being a citizen of the United States, was wholly ignorant of the fale or transfer to, or ownership of, such foreign fubject or citizen, the fhare or intereft of fuch citizen of the United States fhall not be subject to fuch forfeiture; and the refidue only shall be so forfeited.

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veffels of

foreign

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Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That Oath on upon the entry of every fhip 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 fuch 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 veffel 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 best of hi: knowledge and belief, any fhare, by the way of truft, confidence, or otherwife, in fuch 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 fuch ship or veffet, fhall enter, then the mafter or commander fhall make oath or affirmation, to the like cffect. And if the owner, or part-owner, where there is one, or the master 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.

Sect. 18. And be it further enacted, That in how to pro all cafès, 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 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 diftrict, fuch collector fhall grant to the faid mafter, commander, or owner, a receipt or acknowledgment, that fuch regifter 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.

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Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the of registry collector of each diftrict fhall progreffively bered. number the certificates of the registry by him granted, beginning a new, at the commence ment of each year, and fhall enter an exact copy of each certificate, in a book to be kept for that purpofe, and fhall, once in three months, tranfmnt to the Regifter of the Treafury, copies of all the certificates, which fhall have been granted by him, including the number of each,

Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That

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