REGISTRY. 



the mifconduft of officers, forging or altering certificates 

 of regiltry, mode of recovering pen;Jties, &c. 



By 27 G. III. c. 19. f. 4, no oath taken for the fole 

 purpofe of acquiring the rights of a citizen or burgher in 

 any foreign city or town in Europe, to be enjoyed during 

 the time tliat fnch perfon taking fuch oath fhall refide in 

 fuch city or town, and for a limited time after fuch refidcnce 

 ihall have expired, fliall be deemed an oath of allegiance to 

 a foreign ftate, nor inconfillent with the form of the oath 

 upon regiltry prefcribed by 7 & 8 W. III. 



Ships belonging to the Eail India company, or any other 

 body corporate, are to be regiftered upon the oath fub- 

 fcribcd by the fecretary of the faid company or other body 

 corporate, or by any other officer properly authorized. 



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No veflel whatfoever, not exceeding the burthen of 30 



tons, and not having a whole or fixed deck, and being em- 

 ployed folely in the Newfoundland fifliery, or on the banks 

 or fnores of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, or 

 New Brunfwick, adjacent to tlie gulf of St. Lawrence, 



two joint owners, then by both of fuch joint owners, if both 

 be refident withm 20 miles of the place where fuch regiltry 

 IS r- qn;.co or by one of fuch owners, if one or bolh of 

 then> fiiall be refident at a greater diftance ; or if the number 

 of fuch owners fhall exceed two, then by the greater part 

 ol them, if the greater number of them fhall be refident 

 withm 30 miles, not in any cafe exceeding three of fuch 

 owners, or by one of fuch owners, if all (hall be refident at 

 a greater diltance. Provided that fuch regiftry (hall, for 

 the ifland of St. Domingo, be made at the port of Kingfton 

 in the dland of Jamaica, and for any of the French Leeward 

 iflands, in the port of Rofeau in the ifland of Dominica • 

 le faid ports of Kingfbon and Rofeau fhall refpeaively' 

 le purpofe of fuch regiftry, be deemed to be the port 



port 



and thef 

 for the ■ 

 to which fuch fhip belongs, f. i. 



His majefty, by the advice of his privy council, may at 

 any time, on the arrival of any fuch (hip in Great Britain, 

 upon application made to him, authorife any fuch fliip' 

 (without payment of any duty whatever for the faid fhip, 

 or the fails and other neceflary tackle, apparel, and furniture 



and to the north of cape Canfo, or of the iflands within the thereof) to be regiflered, as in the cafe of a prize-fhip ii 

 fame, or in trading coaftwife within the faid limits, fhall be any port of Great Britain, f. 4 "' 



fubjedl to be regiflered in purfuance of the faid aft. f. 8 



Ships built in Newfoundland, and thofe parts of the pro- 

 vinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunfwick, ad- 

 jacent to the gulf of St. Lawrence, and to the north of 

 cape Canfo, or in the iflands within the faid limits, on ac- 

 count of owners refiding in his majefty's European domi- 

 ^ iiions, fhall be regiftered in the above places, upon the huf- 

 bands or principal agents of the faid lliips taking the oath 

 required ; and fuch certificates fhall be of the lame eftedl as 

 if granted upon the oath of the owners, until fuch time as 

 they fhall arrive in port in any of his majefty's European do- 

 minions, where they may be refpettively regiflered upon the 

 oath of the refpettive owners, but no longer. And when- 

 ever fuch fhip fhall arrive at any fuch port in bis majefty's 

 European dominions, the certificates of regiftry, granted in 

 purfuance of this aft, fhall be null and void, and fhall be de- 

 livered up to be cancelled ; and fuch fhips are hereby re- 

 quired to be refpeftively regiftered de novo conformably to 

 the requifitions of the preceding aft. f. 9. 



By 27 G. III. c. 19. f. 13, all fliips not regiftered ac- 

 cording to the direftions and regulations of the faid aft, al- 

 though fuch fhips may be owned by his majefty's fubjefts, 

 fhall be held and deemed as alien fhips, and fhall in all cafes 

 be liable to fuch and the fame penalties and forfeitures as 

 alien fhips are by law liable to in fimilar cafes. 



By 34 G. III. c. 42, foreign fhips and veflels heretofore 

 owned by fubjefts of the late French king, which in confe- 

 quence of any caphulation may be put under his majefty's 

 proteftion at the time of, or in confequence of the furrender 

 of any foreign colony, may be regiftered as fhips condemned 

 as lawful prize, and ihall become entitled to the privileges 

 ef Britifli fhips, under the regulations and reftriftions here- 

 after mentioned. Provided always, that no fhip fhall be fo 

 regiftered but upon producing a certificate under the hand 

 and feal of the perfon vvho commanded in chief, by fea or 

 land, at the time when fuch foreign colony was furrendered 

 ( or in cafe of the death or departure of any fuch officer be- 

 fore fuch certificate fhall have been fo given, then upon a 

 like certificate under the hand and feal of the perfon who 

 fhall command in chief, by fea or land, at fuch colony), tef- 

 tifying that fuch fhip or vefTel was put under the proteftion 

 of his majefty at the faid time ; and upon oath, hereinafter 

 direfted, being taken and fubfcribed before the perfon au- 

 thorifed to make fuch regiftry, by the owner of fuch fhip, 

 if fhe belong to one perfon only ; or in cafe there fhall be 



No perfon tieretofore a fubjeft of the late French king, 

 being a white perfon, a mulatto, or free negro, ftiall be em- 

 ployed to navigate any veflel bound from fuch foreign 

 colony, to any part of his majefty's dominions, or be con- 

 veyed as a paffenger on board thereof, unlefs fuch perfon 

 fhall produce a certificate under the hand and feal of the 

 perfon who commands in chief in fuch foreign colony, or at 

 the place therein whence fuch fliip fhall fail, teftifying that 

 fuch perfon has taken the oath of fidelity and allegiance to 

 iiis majefty ; and no negro-flave belonging to any perfou 

 whatfoever, heretofore a fubjeft of the late French king,' 

 ftiall be fo conveyed or employed, but upon a certificate un. 

 der the hand and feal of his matter (which mafter fhall have 

 taken the oath cf fidelity and allegiance as aforefaid), certi- 

 fying the good charafter of fuch negro-llave, and teftifying 

 that his conduft has been fuch that he may be fafely ad- 

 mitted into the ports of his majefty's dominions ; which cer- 

 tificate fhall be indorfed by the perfon who commands in chief 

 his majefty's troops or veflels at the place from whence fuch 

 fhip fhall fail, fignifying that he has no reafon to doubt of 

 the truth thereof ; upon pain that the mafter or commander 

 of fuch ftiip fhall forfeit jo/. for every perfon refpeftively 

 employed or conveyed in fuch ftiip without having fuch cer- 

 tificate, f. 5. 



^y 34 G. III. c. 68, no goods, wares, or merchandizes 

 whatever ftiall, from the expiration of fix months after the 

 conclufion of the prefent war, be imported into, or exported 

 from, any port or place in Great Britain, or Guernfey, 

 Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, to any other port or 

 place of the fame, on board any fhip or vefTel which, by 

 law, is or fliall be required to be regiftered as a Britifli ftiip 

 or veflel, unlefs fuch fhip or veflel 'hall be navigated by a 

 mafter and three-fourths at leaft of the mariners Britifli fub- 

 jefts. Nor, from the expiration of fix months from the 

 conclufion of the prefent war, ftiall any fhip or veflel, which 

 by law is or fhall be required to be regiftered as a Britifh 

 fliip or veflel, be navigated but by a mafter and three-fourths 

 of the mariners at leaft Britifh fubjefts, except as hereinafter 

 provided, f. i, 2, 3. 



No goods, wares, or merchandizes whatever fliall be car. 

 ried from any port in Great Britain, or Guernfey, Jerfey, 

 Alderney, Sark, or Man, to any other port or place of the 

 fame, nor fhall any fliip be permitted to fail in ballaft from 

 or to any of the aforefaid ports, nor be employed in fifhing 

 on the faid coafts, unlefs fuch fhip ftiall be wholly and folely 

 4 K 2 manned 



