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Declarations necessary for obtaining register.
Documents necessary previous to grant of Colonial register.
Name of Colonial registered ship.
Production of Colonial register to Harbour Master every six months.
Chinese Crown lessees entitled to hold Colonial register.
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1855.
Registration of Vessels.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that henceforward when any person or persons shall be desirous of obtaining a register for a ship or vessel in this Colony, it shall be necessary for such person or persons to forward to the Colonial Secretary a declaration in writing stating whether the ship or vessel for which such register is sought is intended to be employed solely in trade with China or on more distant voyages, and that according to such statement a register shall be granted to such ship or vessel either an Imperial register as prescribed by the Imperial Acts in that behalf or a Colonial register as laid down in this Ordinance; provided always that should such declaration be false or the ship or vessel to which it relates not be employed in conformity with it, the register thereby obtained whether Imperial or Colonial shall ipso facto become null and void.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that a Colonial register shall be given under the hand of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Officer Administering the Government of this Colony on production of the following documents:-
The Harbour Master's certificate as hereinafter provided by section 7.
A declaration of ownership with proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary.
A joint and several bond of the owner and two sureties binding each and every of the several obligees under a penal sum of one thousand dollars, to comply with all the provisions of this Ordinance and with all the laws binding on British subjects with regard to trade with China.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall not be lawful for the owner or owners of any Colonial registered ship or vessel to give her any name other than that of her registry, and such owner or owners before such ship or vessel shall after registry take in any cargo or leave this Colony are required to paint or cause to be painted in white or yellow letters not less than four inches long her name upon some conspicuous part of her stern in a distinct and legible manner, and both in Roman and Chinese characters, and shall so keep and preserve the same upon pain on breach of the provisions of this section in addition to any other pains and penalties and forfeitures in this Ordinance contained, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the register of every Colonial registered ship or vessel shall be produced once at least every six months to the Harbour Master who shall endorse the date of such production on such register upon pain on failure of such production of the forfeiture of such register, unless satisfactory cause for such non-production be shown to the Colonial Secretary.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for Chinese residents within this Colony to apply for and obtain Colonial registers provided the person or persons applying as owners be registered lessees of Crown lands within this Colony and that such owner or owners tender as securities for the due performance by them of all the requirements of this Ordinance two other Crown lessees, and that such owners and such lessees be severally reported by the Registrar General to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary to be each worth two thousand dollars in this Colony.
304
Declarations necessary for -obtaining register.
Documents
necessary previous to
grant of Colonial register.
Name of Colonial
registered ship.
Production of Colonial register to Harbour
Master every six months.
Chinese Crown lessees entitled to hold Colonial register.
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1855.
Registration of Vessels.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that henceforward when any person or persons shall be desirous of obtaining a register for a ship or vessel in this Colony, it shall be necessary for such person or persons to forward to the Colonial Secretary a declaration in writing stating whether the ship or vessel for which such register is sought is intended to be employed solely in trade with China or on more distant voyages, and that according to such statement a register shall be granted to such ship or vessel either an Imperial register as prescribed by the Imperial Acts in that behalf or a Colonial register as laid down in this Ordinance; provided always that should such declaration be false or the ship or vessel to which it relates not be employed in conformity with it, the register thereby obtained whether Imperial or Colonial shall ipso facto become null and void.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that a Colonial register shall be given under the hand of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Officer Administering the Government of this Colony on production of the following documents:-
The Harbour Master's certificate as hereinafter provided by section 7.
A declaration of ownership with proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary.
A joint and several bond of the owner and two sureties binding each and every of the several obligees under a penal sum of one thousand dollars, to comply with all the provisions of this Ordinance and with all the laws binding on British subjects with regard to trade with China.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall not be lawful for the owner or owners of any Colonial registered ship or vessel to give her any name other than that of her registry, and such owner or owners before such ship or vessel shall after registry take in any cargo or leave this Colony are required to paint or cause to be painted in white or yellow letters not less than four inches long her name upon some conspicuous part of her stern in a distinct and legible manner, and both in Roman and Chinese characters, and shall so keep and preserve the same upon pain on breach of the provisions of this section in addition to any other pains and penalties and forfeitures in this Ordinance contained, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the register of every Colonial registered ship or vessel shall be produced once at least every six months to the Har- bour Master who shall endorse the date of such production on such register upon pain on failure of such production of the forfeiture of such register, unless satisfactory cause for such non-production be shewn to the Colonial Secretary.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for Chinese residents within this Colony to apply for and obtain Colonial registers provided the person or persons applying as owners be registered lessees of Crown lands within this Colony and that such owner or owners tender as securities for the due performance by them of all the requirements of this Ordinance two other Crown lessees, and that such owners and such lessees be severally reported by the Registrar General to the satisfac tion of the Colonial Secretary to be each worth two thousand dollars in this Colony,
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