3°& 4° GULIELMI IV. Cap.55.
Requisites of Law for such Registry de novo shall have been duly complied with, in the other Case, (and which they are respectively hereby required to do upon the Production of the Bill of Sale or other Instrument for that Purpose,) the Name, Residence, and De-scription of the Vendor or Mortgagor, or of each Vendor or Mort-gagor, if more than One, the Number of Shares transferred, the Name, Residence, and Description of the Purchaser or Mortgagee, or of each Purchaser or Mortgagee, if more than One, and the Date of the Bill of Sale or other Instrument, and of the Production of it; and further, if such Ship or Vessel is not about to be registered de novo, the Collector and Controller of the Port where such Ship is registered shall and they are hereby required to indorse the aforesaid Particulars of such Bill of Sale or other Instrument on the Certificate of Registry of the said Ship or Vessel, when the same shall be produced to them for that Purpose, in manner and to the Effect following ; videlicet,
Custom House [Port and Date ; Name., Residence, and Description ' of Vendor or Mortgagor] has transferred by [Bill of Sale or ' other Instrument] dated [Date, Number of Shares] to [Name, ' Residence, and Description of Purchaser or Mortgagee.]
' A. B. Collector.
' C. D. Controller.'
And forthwith to give Notice thereof to the Commissioners of Customs ; and in case the Collector and Controller shall be desired so to do, and the Bill of Sale or other Instrument shall be produced to them for that Purpose, then the said Collector and Controller are hereby required to certify, by Indorsement upon the Bill of Sale or other Instrument, that the Particulars before mentioned have been so entered in the Book of Registry, and indorsed upon the Certificate of Registry as aforesaid.
XXXV. And be it further enacted, That when and so soon as the Particulars of any Bill of Sale or other Instrument by which any Ship or Vessel, or any Share or Shares thereof, shall be transferred, shall have been so entered in the Book of Registry as aforesaid, the said Bill of Sale or other Instrument shall be valid and effectual to pass the Property thereby intended to be transferred as against all and every Person and Persons whatsoever, and to all Intents and Purposes, except as against such subsequent Purchasers and Mortgagees who shall first procure the Indorsement to be made upon the Certificate of Registry of such Ship or Vessel in manner herein-after mentioned.
XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That when and after the Particulars of any Bill of Sale or other Instrument by which any Ship or Vessel, or any Share or Shares thereof, shall be transferred, shall have been so entered in the Book of Registry as aforesaid, the Collector and Controller shall not enter in the Book of Registry the Particulars of any other Bill of Sale or Instrument purporting to be a Transfer by the same Vendor or Mortgagor or Vendors or Mortgagors of the same Ship or Vessel, Share or Shares thereof, to any other Person or Persons,
