Trim: x1.vm.——COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.——Ch. 1. SOI ulpper strake is to form the boundary—line of measurement, and the de th s all be taken from an athwart—ship line, extending from the upper edge of such strake at each division of the length. The register of the vessel shall express the number of decks, the tonnage under the tonnage-deck, that of the between-decks, above the tonnage-deck; also that of the poop or other inclosed spaces above the deck, each separately. In every registered United States vessel the number denoting the total registered tonna e shall be dee ly carved or otherwise permanently marked on her main gcnm, and shall be so continued; and if it at any time cease to be so continued, such vessel shall no longer be recognized as a registered vessel of the United States. Sec. -115-1. In order to ascertain the tonnage of any vessel, except as Measurement of otherwise provided in this Title, and in Title L, the surveyor, or such @***8** "°“*f’· _ other person as shall be ap nointed by the collector of the district to 2 Mm·,,1799, ,-_ measure the same, shall, if tlie vessel be double-decked, take the length 22, -64, v-1,p.6T5. thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after art of the stern—pp)st, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof at the broadest Bart a ve the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the epth of such vessel. and shall then deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth, and shall divide this last product by ninety-five; the quotient whereof shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such vessel. If such vessel be sin le—decked. the surveyor, or other person, shall take the length and breadth as above directed, in respect to a double—decked vessel, shall deduct from the len th three-fifths of the breadth and, taking the de th from the under sith; of the deck—plank to the ceiling in the hold, shall) multiply and divide in the same manner, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such vessel. Sec. -f155. \Vhen the several matters hereinbefore reqpired, in order Forrrwfregistcr. to the registering of any vessel, have been complied wit , the collector 31 Dm ]·;t,§._ of the district comprehending the port to which she belongs shall make 1, s. 9, v. 1', p, 2S;], and keep in sonic proper book a registry thereof, and shal lgrant a. cer- 29 July. 1850. <·- tificate of such re istry, as nearly as may be, in the form fo owing: 27· **57 "·9· P· **1- fn pursuance of chapter one, Title XLVIII, "Rr·:eULA·r1oN or CoM— Mnncr: AND NAVIGATION,,, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, (inserting here the name, occupation, and place of abode of the person by whom the oath was made), having taken and subscribed the oath required by law, and having sworn that he (or she, and if more than one owner, adding the words, ‘§together with,” and the name or names, occupation or occupations, place or places of abode, of the owner o1· owners, and the part or proportion of such vessel belonging to each owner) is (or are) the only owner (or owners) of the vessel called the (inserting here her name), of (inserting here the port to which she may belong), whereof (inserting here the name of the master) is at resent master, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said)vessel was (inserting here when and where built), and (inserting here the name and office, if any, of the person by whom she shall have been surveyed or measured) havin certified that the said vessel has (inserting here the number of decktg and (inserting here the number of masts), and that her length is (inserting here the number of feet), her breadth (inserting here the number of feet), her depth (inserting here the number of feet), and that she measures (insertin here her number of tons); that she is (describing here the particular fiind of vessel, whether ship, brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else, to ether with her build, and specifyin whether she has any or no gallgzry or head): and the said (naming flie owner, or the master, or other person acting in behalf of the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of measurement has been countersigned, as aforesaid) having agreed to the description and measurement above specified, and sufficient security having been given, according to law, the said vessel has been duly registered at the port of (naming the port where registered). Given under my hand and seal, at (naming the said port). this (inserting the particular day) day of (naming the
