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II. And be it enacted, That all persons claiming property in any Ship or Vessel, over fifteen tons, shall cause his or their ownership in the same to be registered in manner hereinafter provided for, and shall obtain a certificate of the registry of such ownership, from the person or persons authorized to make such registry and to grant such certificate, as hereinafter directed; the form of which certificate shall be as follows, videlicet:

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"This is to certify, that in pursuance of an Act, passed in the tificate of own of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, "An Act, &c., [here insert the tille of this Act, and the names, occupations, and residence of the subscribing owners,] having made and subscribed the declaration required by the said Act and having declared that he [or they] together with [names, occupations and residence of nonsubscribing owners] is (or are) sole owner (or owners in the proportions specified on the back hereof,) of the ship or vessel called the [ship's name] of [place to which the ship blongs] which is of the burthen of [number of tons] and whereof [master's name] is master; and that the said ship or vessel was [when and where built, referring to builder's certificate or certificate of last ownership, then delivered up to be cancelled] and [name and employment of surveying officer] having certified to me that the said ship or vessel has [number] decks and [number] masts, that her length from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post aloft, is [number of feet and inches] her breadth at the broadest part [stating whether that be above or below the main wales] is [number of feet and inches] her [height between decks if more than one deck, or depth in the hold if only one deck] is [number of feet and inches] [if a steamer propelled by steam with an engine room, state the length and tonnage of the engine room, in fect and inches of length and tons,] that she is [how rigged,] rigged with a standing [or running] bowsprit, is [descrip tion of stern] sterned, carvel [or clinker] built, has [whether any or no] head; and the subscribing owners have consented and agreed to the above description; and their ownership or property in the said ship or vessel called the [name] has been duly registered at the Port of [name of the port.] Certified under my hand 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.]

[Signed,]

Indorsement

of shares, or proportion of ownership.

Collector."

And on the back of such certificate of ownership there shall be an account of the parts or shares held by each of the owners mentioned and described in such certificate, in the form and manner following:

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III. And be it enacted, That the Collector of Her Majesty's Customs of any Port in this Province, is hereby authorised and required to make such registry and grant such certificate of ownership: Provided always, that no certificate of ownership shall be granted to any ship or vessel not wholly built in this Province, and which shall not wholly belong, and continue to wholly belong to Her Majesty's subjects.

IV. And be it enacted, That every ship or vessel shall be deemed to belong to some Port, at or near to which some or one of the owners who shall make and subscribe the declaration required by this Act before register of ownership be made, shall reside; and that no such certificate of ownership shall be granted by any Collector of Customs hereinbefore authorised to grant such certificate, in any port or place other than the port or place to which such ship or vessel shall properly belong; but that any and every certificate made and granted in any port or place to which any such ship or vessel does not properly belong, shall be utterly null and void to all intents and purposes.

V. And be it enacted, That at every port where registry of ownership shall be made in pursuance of this Act, a book shall be kept by the Collector, in which all the particulars contained in the form of the certificate of ownership hereinbefore directed to be used, shall be duly entered; and every registry of such ownership shall be numbered in progression, beginning such progressive numeration at the commencement of each and every year; and such Collector shall forthwith transmit to the Inspector General, or such other officer as the Governor shall appoint for that purpose, a true and exact copy, together with the number of every certificate, which shall be by him so granted.

VI. And be it enacted, That no certificate of ownership shall be granted until the following declaration be made and subscribed, before the Collector of Customs

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fore certificate of ownership be granted.

Form of de

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receiving a certificate of ownership.

Vessels to be surveyed pre

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ship being granted.

to whom application may be at any time made to grant a certificate of ownership, by the owner of such ship or vessel, if such ship or vessel is owned by or belongs to one person only, or in case there shall be two joint owners, then by both of such joint owners, if both shall be resident within twenty miles of the port or place where such registry is required, or by one of such owners, if one or both of them shall be resident at a greater distance from such port or place; or if the number of such owners or proprietors shall exceed two, then by the greater part of the number of such owners or proprietors, if the greater number of them shall be resident within twenty miles of such port or place as aforesaid, (not in any case exceeding three of such owners or proprietors, unless a greater number shall be desirous to join in making and subscribing the said declaration) or by one of such owners if all or all except one, shall be resident at a greater distance.

"I, A. B. of [place of residence and occupation,] do truly declare, that the ship or vessel [name] of [port or place] whereof [master's name] is at present master, being [kind of build, burthen, &c., as described in the certificate of the surveying officer] was [when and where built,] and that I, the said A. B., [and the other owners' names and occupations, if any, and where they respectively reside, videlicet, town, place, or parish or county,] am (or are) sole owner or owners of the said vessel, and that no other person or persons whatever hath or have any right, title, interest, share, or property therein or thereto : and that I, the said A. B., [and the said other owners, if any,] am (or are) truly and bonâ fide a subject (or subjects) of Great Britain, and that I, the said A. B., have not, nor have any of the other owners, to the best of my knowledge and belief, taken the oath of allegiance to any foreign state whatever (or, he or they hath (or have) become a denizen or denizens (or naturalized subject or subjects) (as the case may be) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Majesty's letters patent, (or by any Act of Parliament,) [naming the times when such letters of denization have been granted respectively, or the year or years in which such Actor Acts for naturalization have passed respectively] and that no foreigner, directly or indirectly, hath any share or part interest in the said ship or vessel.”

VII. And, in order to enable the Collector of Her Majesty's Customs to grant a certificate of ownership, truly and accurately describing every ship or vessel to which a certificate may be granted, in pursuance of this Act, and also to enable all other officers of Her Majesty's Customs, on due examination, to discover whether any such ship or vessel is the same with that for which a certificate of ownership is alleged to have been granted: Be it enacted, That previous to the granting of any certificate of ownership as aforesaid, some one or more person or persons appointed by the Governor General, taking to his or their assistance, if he or they shall judge it necessary, one or more person or persons skilled in the building

building and admeasurement of ships, shall go on board of every such ship or vessel to which such certificate of ownership may be granted, and shall strictly and accurately examine and admeasure every such ship or vessel, as to all and every particular contained in the form of the certificate of ownership hereinbefore directed, in the presence of the master, or of any other person who shall be appointed for that purpose on the part of the owner or owners, or, in his or their absence, by the said master, and shall deliver a true and just account, in writing, of all such particulars of the build, description, and admeasurement of every such ship or vessel, as are specified in the form of the certificate of ownership above recited, to the Collector authorized as aforesaid to grant such certificate of ownership: and the said master or other person attending on the part of the owner or owners, is hereby required to sign his name also to the certificate of such surveying or examining officer, in testimony of the truth thereof, provided such master or other person shall consent and agree to the several particulars set forth and described therein.

measurement.

5 & 6 W. 4.

c. 56.

c. 84.

VIII. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of Rule of adships or vessels, the rule for admeasurement shall be the same as that contained in the Acts of the Imperial Parliament severally passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act to regulate the almeasurement of the tonnage and burthen of the merchant shipping of the United Kingdom, and in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to amend the laws relating to the Customs, that 6 & 7 Vict. is to say the tonnage of every ship or vessel shall be measured and ascertained while her hold is clear, and according to the following rule, that is to say-divide the length of the upper deck between the afterpart of the stem and the forepart of the sternpost into six equal parts. Depths :-at the foremost, the middle and the aftermost of those points of division, measure in feet and decimal parts of a foot the depths from the under side of the upper deck to the ceiling at the limber strake in the case of a break in the upper deck, the depths are to be measured from a line stretched in a continuation of the deck. Breadths:-divide each of those three depths into five equal parts, and measure the inside breadths at the following points,-videlicet, at one-fifth and at four-fifths from the upper deck of the foremost and aftermost depths, and at two-fifths and four-fifths from the upper deck of the midship depth. Length:-at half the midship depth, measure the length of the vessel from the afterpart of the stem to the forepart of the sternpost; then to twice the midship depth add the foremost and the aftermost depths for the sum of the depths: add together the upper and lower breadths at the foremost division, three-times the upper breadth and the lower breadth at the midship division, and the upper and twice the lower breadth at the after division for the

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sum of the breadths, then multiply the sum of the depths by the sum of the breadths and this product by the length, and divide the final product by three thousand five hundred, which will give the number of tons for register; if the vessel have a poop or half deck, or a break in the upper deck, measure the inside mean length, breadth, and height of such part thereof as may be included within the bulk head: multiply these three measurements together, and dividing the product by 92.4, the quotient will be the number of tons to be added to the result as above found in order to ascertain the tonnage of open vessels, the depths are to be measured from the upper edge of the upper strake; and for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of all such ships or vessels as there shall be occasion to measure, while their cargoes are on board the following rule shall be observed, that is to say: measure first the length on the upper deck between the after part of the stem and the forepart of the sternpost; secondly, the inside breadth on the under side of the upper deck, at the middle point of the length; and thirdly, the depth from the under side of the upper deck down the pumpwell to the skin; multiply these three dimensions together, and divide the product by one hundred and thirty, and the quotient will be the amount of the register tonnage of such ship or vessel if the vessel have a poop or half deck or a break in the upper deck, measure the inside mean length, breadth, and height of such part thereof as may be included within the bulkhead, multiply these three measurements together, and dividing the product by ninety-two and four-tenths, the quotient will be the number of tons to be added to the result above found Provided always, that in each of the several rules hereinbefore precribed, when applied for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of any ship or vessel propelled by steam, the tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine room shall be deducted from the total tonnage of the vessel as determined by either of the rules aforesaid, and the remainder shall be deemed the true register tonnage of the said ship or vessel; the tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine room shall be determined in the following manner, that is to say: measure the inside length of the engine room in feet and decimal parts of a foot from the foremost to the aftermost bulkhead, then multiply the said length by the depth of the ship or vessel at the midship division as aforesaid, and the product by the inside breadth at the same division at two-fifths of the depth from the deck taken as aforesaid, and divide the last product by 92.4, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine room: Provided always, that the tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine room, and also the length of the engine room shall be set forth in the certificate of ownership as part of the description of the ship or vessel, and that any alteration of such tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine room, or of such length of the engine room after the granting of such certificate, shall be deemed to be an alteration requiring a certificate