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Persons applying for a certificate of registry of vessel built after January 1787, shall furnish the officer with an account as herein, under the band of the builder,
oath to be made.
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XXIII. And be it further enacted, That every person who shall apply for a certificate of the registry of any ship or vessel within this kingdom, which shall be built, or whole building shall be compleated after the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, 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 names 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 oath before the person or persons herein authorized to grant such certificate, which oath he or they are hereby authorized to administer, 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.
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