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304 ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1855.


Registration of Vessels.

Declarations 2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that henceforward when any person or
necessary for
-obtaining
register. 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.
Documents 3. And be it further enacted and ordained , that a Colonial register shall be given
necessary
previous to under the hand of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Officer Administering the
grant of Colonial
register.
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.
Name of 4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall not be lawful for the
Colonial
registered ship. 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.
Production of 5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the register of every Colonial
Colonial register
to Harbour
Master every six registered ship or vessel shall be produced once at least every six months to the Har
months.
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.
Chinese Crown 6. And be it further enacted and ordained , that it shall be lawful for Chinese
lessees entitled to
hold Colonial
register. 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,