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 to the port to which she belongs, or to any other port in which she may be lawfully registered by virtue of this act, otherwise such ship or vessel shall not be deemed and considered as a ship or vessel of the United States.

.And be it further enacted, That the collector of every district where registers shall be made and certificates granted in pursuance of this act, shall progressively number the same as they shall be severally granted, beginning at the time when this act shall be in force, and continuing to the end of the present year, and thenceforth beginning at the commencement of every year, and shall enter an exact copy of every such certificate with the number thereof, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall within three months transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury, a true copy, together with the number of every certificate which shall be by him so granted.

.And be it further enacted, That every ship or vessel built in the United States after the fifteenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and belonging wholly or in part to the subjects of foreign powers, shall be recorded in the office of the collector of the district in which such ship or vessel was built, in manner following, that is to say: The builder of every such ship or vessel shall make oath or affirmation before the collector of such district, who is hereby authorized to administer such oath in manner following:

I, of [here insert the place of residence, county and state] shipwright, do swear, or affirm, that [here designate the kind of vessel] named  having [number of decks] and being in length  in breadth  in depth  and measuring  tons, having  gallery and  head, was built by me, or under my direction, at [place, county and state] in the United States, in the year  which oath or affirmation shall be recorded in manner herein before directed,

in a book to be kept for that purpose.

.And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the said record, attested under the hand and seal of the collector of the district as aforesaid, shall be ranted to the master of every such ship or vessel, in manner following: In pursuance of an act entituled,

“An act I, collector of the district of  in the United States, do certify, that the builder [name] of [place of residence, county and state] having sworn or affirmed, that the ship or vessel [here designate the kind of vessel] named  whereof is at present master was built at [place, county and state where built] by him or under his direction, in the year  and [here insert the name of the surveyor, or other person appointed by the collector, where there is no surveyor] having certified that the said ship or vessel has [numbers of decks], is in length  in breadth  in depth  and measures  tons; and the said builder and master having agreed to the said description and measurement, the said ship or vessel has been recorded in the district of  in the United States. Witness my hand and seal this day of in the year ,” which certificate shall be recorded in the office of the collector, and a duplicate thereof transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to be recorded in his office.

.And be it further enacted, That the surveyor or other person to be appointed by the collector as aforesaid, is hereby required to deliver a true account in writing, signed with his name, of the built, description, and measurement of every such ship or vessel, as specified