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brig Elizabeth Jane
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Brig Elizabeth Jane - launched Nova Scotia 1817 - Lost July 1854 off the coast of Yorkshire - Found Robin Hood's Bay, July 2003


Ship Registration Act 3 & 4 GULIELMI IV REGIS CAP. L.V.

 
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3°& 4° GULIELMI IV. Cap.55.
or Vessel shall have been registered pursuant to this Act, and the Port to which she belongs, in a distinct and legible Manner, and shall so keep and preserve the same; and that if such Owner or Owners or Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Vessel shall permit such Ship or Vessel to begin to take in any Cargo before the Name of such Ship or Vessel has been so painted as aforesaid, or shall wilfully alter, erase, obliterate, or in anywise hide or conceal, or cause or procure or permit the same to be done (unless in the Case of square-rigged Vessels in Time of War), or shall in any written or printed Paper, or other Document, describe such Ship or Vessel by any Name other than that by which she was first registered pursuant to this Act, or shall verbally describe, or cause or procure or permit such Ship or Vessel to be described, by any other Name to any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Revenue in the due Execution of his or their Duty, then and in every such Case such Owner or Owners or Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Vessel shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds.
XXV. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons who shall apply for a Certificate of the Registry of any Ship or Vessel shall and they are hereby required to produce to the Person or Persons authorized to grant such Certificate a true and full Account, under the Hand of the Builder of such Ship or Vessel, of the proper Denomination, and of the Time when and the Place where such Ship or Vessel was built, and also an exact Account of the Tonnage of such Ship or Vessel, together with the Name of the first Purchaser or Purchasers thereof (which Account such Builder is hereby directed and required to give under his Hand on the same being demanded by such Person or Persons so applying for a Certificate as aforesaid), and shall also make and subscribe a Declaration before the Person or Persons herein-before authorized to grant such Certificate that the Ship or Vessel for which such Certificate is required is the same with that which is so described by the Builder as aforesaid.
XXVI. And be it further enacted, That if the Certificate of Registry of any Ship or Vessel shall be lost or mislaid, so that the same cannot be found or obtained for the Use of such Ship or Vessel when needful, and Proof thereof shall be made to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, such Commissioners shall and may permit such Ship or Vessel to be registered de novo, and a Certificate thereof to be granted : Provided always, that if such Ship or Vessel be absent and far distant from the Port to which she belongs, or by reason of the Absence of the Owner or Owners, or of any other Impediment, Registry of the same cannot then be made in sufficient Time, such Commissioners shall and may grant a Licence for the present Use of such Ship or Vessel, which Licence shall, for the Time and to the Extent specified therein, and no longer, be of the same force and virtue as a Certificate of Registry granted under this Act: Provided always, that before such Registry de novo be made the Owner or Owners and Master shall give Bond to the Commissioners aforesaid in such Sum as to them shall seem fit, with a Con-
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Penalty for
Omission.
100/.
Builder's
Certificate of
Particulars of
Ship,

Declaration to be made thereto.
Certificate of Registry lost or mislaid ;
Commissioners may permit Registry de novo ;
or grant a
Licence.
Bond re-
specting lost
Certificate of
Registry: