REGISTRY. 



maniiccl with and navigated by a mafter and mariners all 

 Britifh fuhitdls. The commiffioners of the culloms may, 

 however, by licence under their hands, authorifc any fuch 

 fhip or veli'el employed in fifhing on the coail of Great 

 Britain, or of the iflands of Guernfey, Jerfey, Aldcrney, 

 Sark, or Man, to have on board any foreign mariners for 

 the purpofe of inltrufting the Britiili mariners thereof in 

 the art of li(hing ; fuch foreign mariners not exceeding one- 

 fourth of the number of mariners on board fuch veflcl, ex- 

 cept in cafes of ficknefs, death, defertion, or capture, f. 5. 



By ilat. 34 G. III. c. 68, no perfon fhall hereafter be 

 deemed to be qualified to be the mafter of a Britifh (hip, or 

 to be a Britidi failor, feaman, or mariner, except the na- 

 tural-born fubjetts of his majelly, or perfons naturalized 

 by any aft of parhament, or made denizens by letters of de- 

 nization ; or except perfons who have become his majefty's 

 fubjefts by virtue of conqueft or ceffion of fome newly ac- 

 quired country, and who (hall have taken the oath of alle- 

 giance to his majelly, or the oath of (idelity required by the 

 treaty of capitulation, by which fuch newly acquired country 

 came into his majefty's pofleffion, except as is hereinafter 

 provided, f. 6. 



But every foreign feaman ferving on board any of his ma- 

 jefty's (hips in time of war, for the fpacc ot three years, who 

 /hall alfo take the oath of allegiance, (hall be entitled to be 

 employed as a mailer of a Britifli fhip or veffel, or as a 

 Britifli mariner on board any Britidi fhip, upon delivering 

 certificates from the captains under whom he ferved, of the 

 time he (hall have ferved, and of his faithful fervice and good 

 behaviour, and a certificate of his having taken the oath of 

 allegiance, f. 7. 



No perfon who has taken an oath of allegiance to any fo- 

 reign flate (liall be deemed qualified to be the mafter of a 

 Britifti (hip or veflel, or a Britifli failor, unlefs fuch perfon 

 fhall have taken fuch oath of allegiance before he became fo 

 qualified ; and any perfon who fhall, after having become 

 difqualified by taking fuch oath of allegiance, take the 

 charge or command of any Britifh fliip or veffel, (hall for 

 every fuch offence forfeit one hundred pounds ; and if fuch 

 perfon fhall engage to ferve as a Britifh feaman or mariner 

 on board any fuch fliip, he fhall forfeit ten pounds, unlefs 

 the owners fhall fhcw that fuch difqualifications were un- 

 known to them or their agents at the time of engaging fuch 

 mafter or failor to ferve on board fuch (hip or veflel. Ex- 

 cept in the navigation on the feas of America and the Weft 

 Indies, any negroes belonging to his majefty's fubjefts, and 

 in the feas to the eaftward of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 Lafcars and other natives of any of the countries to the eaft- 

 ward of the Cape of Good Hope, may be employed as 

 Britifh failors, feamen, or mariners, in m.anner heretofore 

 praftifcd. Provided neverthelefs, that no negro belonging 

 to any perfon vi'ho has become a fubjeft of his majefty, in 

 manner before defcribed, in any of the iflands or colonies 

 late under the dominion of the French, fhall be entitled to 

 be employed in manner before mentioned as a Britifh failor, 

 feaman, or mariner, imlefs all the conditions required by the 

 34th G. III. c. 42, fhall have been comphed with during 

 the continuance of the faid aft. 



By the 13th G. II. c. 3, his majefty in time of war may 

 permit merchant iliips to be navigated by foreigners, pro- 

 vided one-fourth of the crew be Britidi fubjefts. 



If any goods, wares, or merchandize whatever diall be 

 imported or exported, or carried coaflwife, contrary to the 

 provifions of this aft, or any of them, all fuch goods, 

 wares, and merchandize, and alfo the (hip or veflel, wath all 

 her guns, furiiiture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, diall 

 be forfeited ; and if ?.ny Ihip ftiall fail in ballaft, or ftiall fail 



to be employed in fifhing along the coaft in manner herein 

 before mentioned, or, being required to be maimed and na- 

 vigated with a mafter and a certain proportion of Britifli 

 mariners, in manner herein before directed, fiiall not be 

 manned and navigated accordingly, fuch fhip or veflcl, with 

 all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, 

 and all the goods, wares, and merchandize on board, fhall 

 be forfeited, f. 10. 



All goods, wares, and merchandize, and all veflels, for- 

 feited by this aft, may be feized by the commander of any 

 of his majefty's fhips of war, or any ommiflioned, war- 

 rant, or petty officer fpccially appointed, or by any officer 

 or officers of his majefty's cuftoms or excife. 



If any Britifh fhip fhall be found at fea, having onboard 

 a greater number of foreign mariners than is allowed by this 

 aft, or any law in force or hereafter to be made, and the 

 mafter of fuch urefTel fliall produce a certificate of the aftual 

 neceflity of engaging fuch foreign mariners in fome foreign 

 port, by occafion of the ficknefs, death, or defertion of 

 the like number of Britifli mariners, or of the fame having 

 been taken prifoners during his voyage, and that Britifli 

 mariners could not be engaged at fuch foreign port to fupply 

 their place, and that for the fafe navigation of fuch (hip or 

 veflel, it became necefl'ary to engage and employ fuch fo- 

 reign mariners, under the hand of his majefty's conful at tlte 

 foreign port where the mariners are fo engaged, or, if there 

 be no fuch conful there, under the hands of two known 

 Britidi merchants at fuch foreign port, no feizures fhall be 

 made by the perfons authorifed under this aft, nor fhall 

 fuch fhips be molefted or detained at fea ; but fuch perfons 

 fhall indorfe the certificate fo produced, teftifying the pro- 

 duftion thereof, and when and where met with at fea, and 

 that the number of foreign mariners correfpond with the 

 certificate of fuch Britifli conful, or fuch known Britifli 

 merchants, for the confideration and inveftigation of the 

 commiffioners of his majefty's cuftoms in England and Scot- 

 land refpeftively. 



By 34 G. III. c. 68. f. 14, no transfer, nor agreement 

 for transfer, of the property in any fhip or veflel, either in 

 whole or in part, fliall be made but by a bill of falc or in- 

 ftrument in writing, which fhall contain a recital in words 

 at length of the certificate of regiftry. 



If a fhip be at fea at the time when the transfer is made, 

 fo that an indorfement and certificate cannot be immediately 

 made, the fale, or contraft for fale, fhall, notwithftanding, 

 be made by fome inftrument in writing, and a copy thereof 

 fhall be delivered to the perfon authorifed to make regiftry, 

 who is to indorfe an entry thereof on the oath or affidavit, 

 make a memorandum in the book of regifters, and give no- 

 tice to the commiffioners of the cuftoms as before direfted : 

 and within ten days after the diip returns to port, an indorfe- 

 ment fhall be made on the certificate of regiftry, and a copy 

 thereof delivered as before-mentioned ; otherwife fuch fale 

 fhall, to all intents and purpofes, be void. f. 16. 



Where the owner of any fhip fhall, at the time of trans- 

 ferring the property in any fhips, be abroad, fo that an in- 

 dorfement, 5cc. or fuch bill of fale, cannot be immediately 

 made, the fame may be done at any time within fix months 

 after fuch transfer, in which cafe, within ten days after the 

 arrival of the owner or his agent in this kingdom, (if the 

 fhip be in any port thereof, and if not, within ten days after 

 fuch fhip's arrival) an indorfement on the certificate of re- 

 giftry fhall be made, &c. as before direfted. f. 17. 



Mafters of fhips refufing to deliver up the certificate of 

 regiftry to the proper perfon empowered to make regiftry, 

 upon being required fo to do by the owner or owners, or the 

 major part of the owners, (if fuch mafter have not any pro- 

 perty 



