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 1*m.E xnvm.--COMMERCE up NAVIGATION.—Ch. 1. 803 Sec. -1162. Whenever any vessel registered in pursuance of the pro- _S¤¤‘¤¤d<=fof¤•=r— visions of the preceding section, shall arrive within the district compre— “6"°*° *""“*°‘l *" hending the {wort to which she belongs. the certificate of registry so {lg?} obtained sha] be delivered up to the collector of such district, who. lbidupon the requirements of this Title- in order to the registry of vessels being complied with, shall grant a new one in lieu of the first. T he certificate. so delivered up, shall forthwith be returned to the collector, who shall transmit tbc same to the collector who granted it. If the l'l1‘St-lll€*lltlOI\O(l certificate of registry is not delivered up, as above directed. the owner and the master of such vessel, at the time of her arrival within the district comprel1c·nding the port to which she may belong, shall severally he liable toapenalty of one lmndred dollars, and the certificate of registry shall be tbenceforth void. Sec. 4163. If any of the matters of fact alleged in the oath taken by Forieiture for an agent or attorncv to obtain the registry of a vessel which are within MIM Bwearimz by the knowledge of tlxe. party so swearmg, are not true, there shall be a ’Yg?f__ _ _ __ forfeiture of vessel, together with her tackle, a parel, and furniture, in Ibid. respect'tc which the same was made, or of tge value thereof, to be recovered. with costs of suit. of the person by whom such oath was ma e. Sec. 416-L Whenever it appears, b · satisfau-tory proof, to the Secretary Registry u pon of the Treasury, that any vessel has lneen sold and transferred by process ”1° “¤d€*` l°8¤l of law, and that the register of such vessel is rctainetl by tl1c fOl'IIl01' t- owner, the Secretary may direct the collector of the district to which such $·'M¤r-,1797.<=- 7. vessel may belong to grant a new register, under such sale, on the owners “ 1• P· 49** complying with such terms and conchtions as are by law required for granting such papers; excepting oulv the delivering up of the forn1erccrtiticate of registry. But not ing in this section shnl be construed to remove the liability of any person to any penalty for not surrendcring the papers belonging to any vessel, on a transfer or sale of the same. Sec. 4165. No vessel which is registered, pursuant to any law of the Sale m temigu- United States, and which is seized or captured and condemned, under fg___ the authority of any forei n power, or which by sale becomes the prop- 27 June, fic; .._ crty of a forei ne1·, shall is- entitled to or capable of receiving n. new 5. v. 1, p. 523. register, notwigmtanding such vessel should afterward become American 5,,27 lg?-_;18Ojb§· property; but all such vessels shall he taken and considered, to all intents "’s' "‘ "’ P`"` " and purposes, as forei n vessels. Nothing in this section shall extend to or be construed to agcet the person owning any vessel at the time of the seizure or ca ture of the same, or his executor or administrator, or shall prevent suclln owner or his executor or administrator, in ease he regain a property in such vessel, so condemned, by purchase or otherwise, from c aiming and reweiving an new register for the same, as he otherwise might have done. Sm:. 4166. When any vessel., registered pursuant to any law of the Registry upon United States, shall, while she is without the limits of the llnited States, ¤*l•**¤l>¤>=¤<l- be sold or transferred in whole or in part to a citizen of the United N? Min: 1803, 4-. States, such vessel on her first arrival in the United States thereafter, 18, s. 3. v. 2, p. 210. shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a vessel of the United States: I 'rom'aQ»d, That all the reehuisitcs of law, in order to the registry of vessels, shall be complied wit. and n new certiiicate of re€; istry obtained for such vessel, within three days from the time at whic the master or other rson having the charge or command of such vessel is required in make gies iinal report upon her first arrival afterward. Sm`. -1167. Whenever the certificate of the registry of any vessel is Oatll upon lem lost, destroyed, or mislaid, the muster, or other person having the charge ‘f’°€'”*°’· or command thereof, may make oath before the collector of the distmct 31 Dee-., 1792, u. Whcrc such vessel shall first be after such loss, destruction. or mislaying, LB-13A'- LP-294- in the form following: " 1, (insertin here the name of the rson swea1·— ing), being master (or having the egnarge or command) oimthe shi o1· vessel culled the (insertin the name of the vessel), do swear (O1' aflirm) that the said vessel huth leen, as I verily believe, re istered according to law, by the name of (insertingiagain the name of tge vessel), and that a certificate thereof was granted y the collector of the district of (nam-