, 1894-08-22
Translation.
Carl Emil Hedetnann,
GOssrnOr Of The Daaisb WestIndia ISLANDS,
Colonel.
Colonel.
Knight Of Danns5rog

Knight Of DannsBrog
M7AKETH NOW On the most submissive repre-
u1 sentation Of the Ministry of Finances. His Majesty
the King was most graCiOusIy pleased by Resolution Of goth
ultimo to sanction the following ordinance concerning
the registration of Danish West India vessels as passed
at Bird discussion in the Colonial Council for St. Thomas
and St. John on the 7h March last, and in the Colonial
Council for St. Croix on the 9th April last.
The ordinance Of 8h September 1871, concerning Registration of
Danish West India Shpsis modified as follows:
To ondtle q vessel to ldI under Danish flag, not tos than two thirds
OF the vessel must he owned by persons who possess Danish brthrght aud
have been fr at least years residing in the state of Denmark, or by I.
Denmark and is composed of shareholders fulfilling the above conditions.
A Register shall be kept of all vessels belonging in the Danish West
India Islands that are entitled to carry the Danish Flag and have measured
according to the Ordinance Of Measurement After Entry on the Register.
a document shall be issued Certificate of Nationality and Registry which
as long as it remains in force, shall in conjunction with the marks 6 81
where question of it's Nationality and Identity may arise.
Besides id m the above en- mentioned document every registered vessel shall
Cu'tqm' clearance beside. the necessary papers relating to The cargo
Exempted from the above enaotments CONCERNING theoertifcats ofNa
vessels shall be entered on separate Register aud only receive a certificate
OF measurement, the form o which shall be prescribed by the Government
In so far as they are used in foreign trade, the custom house shall see
uS piepous !. me oehVeEy OF the certlhcate II measurement q 0srnnosts
Government be also delivered to them.
only be entitled to carry the ordinary Danish trading Flag as specified in
excepted.
Al. vessels registered according to o 2 shall always bear the figures
indicating the tonnage. aud the registration letters, plainly marked on
the Main beam in the after part Of the Main Hatchway; or, if this oannot
DO effected, III another conspicuous and suitable place.
When these marks HO longer exist, the vessel shall not be recognised
as a Danish registered vessel.
The registration of vessel. shall be- e. under tn. control and .up.ansen-
. dSnoe of the Authority appointed for that purpose by the King, and shall
be effected in the Danish West India Island by the Custom houses at Chris
hanstsd and FrederikHed, each within their several District, and by the
Customhouse OF ST. Thomas, in 81. Thomas and ST. John.
The Board OF registration and measurement of vessels in Copenhagen,
which keeps aGsneral Register of all vessels registered in the Kingdom, in
which will also be entered all vessels registered in the Danish West India
Islands, issues the Certificate of Nationality and Registry mentioned in q
So.
The vessels belonging to each district shall BE entered on the local
Register IN consecutive Series and Numbers.
Shlpownes may have their vessels registered in whichever district
they please; the vessel shall then be considered as belonging TO the dis
trct In which it is registered vessls belonging to Danish subjects resid
ing outside the Danish West India Islands oannoSbe placed onthe Danish
West India Registers, except by special permission to that effect granted
by the Superior Authority in the West Indies and by the Board Of Gus
toms in the Mothercountry.
The Registers shall be kept in authorised books which always shall
remain 10y the respective offices. 49,, +,
The Registers. of vessels, mentioned in S 2 hereinabove,. under 20
Register Tons gross and entitled to carry Danish fag, shall. be kept by
the registration office in the district in which the owner of the vessel re-
sides. Such vessels, the owners of which reside outside tho Danish West
India Islands may be entered on the Register provided that the owner is
represented by attorney residing in the Danish West India Islands, and 90
such reported to The registration authorities opd authorised to act in the
owners behalf before said authorities; and the vessel shall then be entered
on the register If the district in which the attorney is residing.
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The letters given to vessel in the General Register ksptm Copenha:
gen, which are interchangeable as long as the Registration romans valid,
shall be the Registration letters of the vessel and sha1 he marked IN IL