806 TITLE XL\'III.—COMlllERCE AND NA\'IGATION—UH. 1. Uh¤¤i-K6 of ¤¤·¤¤¤ Sm. 4179. No master, owner, or agent of any vessel of the United "l ’°*¥lS“*'°d "“‘ States shall in any way change the name of such vessel, or by any WL - devive, advertisement, or COIll.l'lYB.ll(‘€’ to deceive or attempt to deceive , 5 M”·>'· 1864, °· the public, or unv officor or agent of the United States, or of any State, '8’"‘ 2* v' 13* Y" 64‘ or unv corpomtien or agent thereof, or any person or persons, as to the true imma or character of such vessel, on pam of the forfeiture of such vessel. Oath m obmin Srcc. -1-180. Every vowel built in the United States, and belonging ¤‘<=<‘<>*‘*l 0* \'*‘?S<“l whollv or in part to the subjects of foreign powers, in order to be an- °“-“°d by f°'°‘g"` titledto the benefits of 2, ship built and recorded in the United States, H' shall be recorded in the office of the collector of the district in which 31D°°·· l792» "- such vessel was built, in the manner following: The builder of every "s‘20"`"1’p'296‘ such vcwzscl shall make oath before the collector of such district in manner following: “I, (inserting here the name of such builder), of (inserting here the place of his residence), shipwright, do swear (or affirm) that (describing here the kind of vessel, as whether ship, brig, snow, schooner. sluop, or whatever else) named (inserting here the name of the ship or vessel), havin (inserting here the number of decks), and being in length (inscrtinglwre the number of feet), in breadth (inserting here the number of feet), in do th (inserting here the number of feet), and measuring (insertin here Sie number of tons), having (specifyin whether any or no) gallery, and (also specifying whether any or no? head, was built by me or under my d1rcction at (naming the place, county, und State), in the United States, in the year (inserting here the number of the yea1·)." Which oath shall be subscribed by the person making the same, and shall be recorded in an book to be kept by the colloctor for that urpose. Measummemfm- Sec. 4181. 'llle collector shall cause the vessel so built to be surve *ed '°°°'d· er measured, and the person by whom such measurement is made sliall Ibid., »·. 21. grunt a. certificate thereof, as in the case of u vessel to be registered, which certificate shall be countersigned by the builder, and by an owner or the master or person having the command or charge thereof, or by some other person being un agent for the owner thereof, in testimony of the truth of the particulars therein contained. Certificate of Sm`. 4182. A certificate of the record, attested under the hand and
- `°*‘°"l- seal of the collector, shall be grunted to the master of every such vessel,
n,;d_ ,_ gg_ as nearly as mav be, of the form following: “In pursuance of chapter one, Title XLVIII, ‘Rr:<:m.A*r10x or Commun; Axn NAvxcnr0x,’ of the Revised Statutes of the United States, I , (inserting here the name of the collector of the district), of (inserting here the mime of the district), in the United States, do certify that (inserting here the name of the buildeij, of (inserting here the place of his residence, county, and State), having sworn (or uflirmed) that the (describing the ship or vessol, as in the certificate of record) named (inserting here her name), whereof (inserting here the name of her lll$lSt»(‘1') is, nt present, master, was built nt (inserting here the name of the place, county, and State where built), by him or under his direction, in the year (inserting here the number of the year); and (inserting here the name of the surveyor, or other Pe·r<on, b whom the measurement shall have been nmdc) having eertihx-d that tlie said ship or vessel hu.-: (inserting here her number of decks), is in length (inserting here the number of feet), in breadth (inserting here the number of feet), in depth (inserting here the number of feet), and measures (inserting here the number of tons): And the said builder and (naming and describing the owner, or master, or agent for the owner or owners, as the cane may be, by whom the said certificate shall have been c0untersign<—d) having agreed to the said description and 8dHl88..9lll`8m0Ilt», the said vessel has been recorded, in the district of (insertinv here the name of the district where recorded), in the United States. iNitness my hand and seul this (inserting here the dnv of the month) day of (inserting here the name of the month), in the ear (inserting here the number of the yeur)." Which certificate shall be recorded in the office of the collector, and a. du licate thereof transmitted D0 the Register of the ’l`rea.sury to be rec0r<l)ed in his office.
