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A.D. 1841.]
ACT X.
115
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), 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 bona Rde a subject (or subjects) of her Majesty for whom the
Governor-General of India in Council has power to legislate, and that no
' person not being a subject as aforesaid directly or indirectly hath any
share or part interest in the said ship or vessel. Provided, that if the
registering officer shall see occasion to doubt the truth of any of the facts
contained in the above declaration, he shall not deem such declaration to
be conclusive, but may refuse the registry or certificate; and his discretion
exercised in this behalf shall be subject only to an appeal to the local
Government to which he is subordinate.
VI. And it is hereby enacted, that in case the required number of joint
owners of any ship or vessel shall not personally attend to make and sub-
scribe the declaration hereinbefore directed to be made and subscribed,
then and in such case such owner or owners as shall personally attend
and make and subscribe the declarations aforesaid, shall further declare
that the part-owner or part-owners of such ship or vessel, then absent, is
or are not resident within twenty miles of such port or place, and hath or
have not, to the best of his or their knowledge or belief wilfully absented
himself or themselves in order to avoid the making the declaration here-
inbefore directed to be made and subscribed, or is or are prevented by
illness from attending to make and subscribe the said declaration.
VII. And in order to enable the registering officer to grant a certificate
truly and accurately describing every ship or vessel to be registered in
pursuance of this Act, and also to enable all other officers of customs, on
due examination, to discover whether any such ship or vessel is the same
with that for which a certificate is alleged to have been granted, it is
hereby enacted, that previous to the registering or granting of any certifi-
cate of registry as aforesaid, some one or more person or persons appointed
by the local Governments respectively, taking to his or their assistance, if he
or they shall judge it necessary, one or more person or persons skilled in the
building and admeasurement of ships, shall go on board of every such ship or
vessel that is to be registered, and shall strictly and accurately examine
and admeasure every such ship or vessel as to all and every particular con-
tained in the form of the certificate 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 above
recited to the officer authorized to make such registry and grant such
certihcate of registry as aforesaid; 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
Q 2
some of the joint owners
cannot attend.
Measurement to be
made.
ACT X.
115
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), 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 bona Rde a subject (or subjects) of her Majesty for whom the
Governor-General of India in Council has power to legislate, and that no
' person not being a subject as aforesaid directly or indirectly hath any
share or part interest in the said ship or vessel. Provided, that if the
registering officer shall see occasion to doubt the truth of any of the facts
contained in the above declaration, he shall not deem such declaration to
be conclusive, but may refuse the registry or certificate; and his discretion
exercised in this behalf shall be subject only to an appeal to the local
Government to which he is subordinate.
VI. And it is hereby enacted, that in case the required number of joint
owners of any ship or vessel shall not personally attend to make and sub-
scribe the declaration hereinbefore directed to be made and subscribed,
then and in such case such owner or owners as shall personally attend
and make and subscribe the declarations aforesaid, shall further declare
that the part-owner or part-owners of such ship or vessel, then absent, is
or are not resident within twenty miles of such port or place, and hath or
have not, to the best of his or their knowledge or belief wilfully absented
himself or themselves in order to avoid the making the declaration here-
inbefore directed to be made and subscribed, or is or are prevented by
illness from attending to make and subscribe the said declaration.
VII. And in order to enable the registering officer to grant a certificate
truly and accurately describing every ship or vessel to be registered in
pursuance of this Act, and also to enable all other officers of customs, on
due examination, to discover whether any such ship or vessel is the same
with that for which a certificate is alleged to have been granted, it is
hereby enacted, that previous to the registering or granting of any certifi-
cate of registry as aforesaid, some one or more person or persons appointed
by the local Governments respectively, taking to his or their assistance, if he
or they shall judge it necessary, one or more person or persons skilled in the
building and admeasurement of ships, shall go on board of every such ship or
vessel that is to be registered, and shall strictly and accurately examine
and admeasure every such ship or vessel as to all and every particular con-
tained in the form of the certificate 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 above
recited to the officer authorized to make such registry and grant such
certihcate of registry as aforesaid; 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
Q 2
some of the joint owners
cannot attend.
Measurement to be
made.