, 1894-08-22

3 The vessels Tonnage, with a statement ofthe method followed in
4 Tbs registered Owners Or Owners name, business Or profession
ers, a statement Of their respective sla'os IN the vessel shall be
If the vessel belongs to- a joint stock Company, the name, and the
chief place of business Of The company, and the name or names of
the managing owner or owners, shall be entered.
tered on the Register Book.
When a registered vessel is taken off the Register Book, the reason
therefore must be entered IN the same, t0gt er viii date t. and place Of
ceased to exist, or lost its right of Nationality, or has been transferred to
another Registry District SS l6. Il and l9.
The Owner of every vessel that i. to lie registered must, personally
or through an authorised agent, give written notice thereof to the Regis
tar of the District to which the Vessel belongs, or, if at the time when
the Registration is to take place the vessel is outside the district, to the
Registrar of the District in which the vessel is lying at the time.
This notification must be accompanied by the following proofs;
built, the Bill Of sale or other Document in proof Of the t5ansac-
for the payment Of the Import dues, These Documents must Be-
produced in the original and be accompanied by a copy, which
latter will be retained in the Archives Of the Register Office.
q A written declaration made by the vessels owner (owners), upon
honour and in good faith and accompanied by needful inform"-
ton, to the effect that be is obey ar) under S hereinabove a
person (persons) entitled to own a Danish vessel; OF, if the Yes
similarly made upon honour and in good faith, from the board
Of directors to the effect that the conditions prescribed in 5
These Declarations shall further contain an assurance that the Cert
procure for any other v.ssel, or the sam vessel in possession of foreign
ownes. the privilege Of Danish Nationality. This Declaration shall be
a Public Notary. Should doubts arise as to whether the party concemod
is entitled to own Danish ship, no must prove his right by an at"1tation
from the Authorities at his place of Residence.
In special cases the Superior Authority may make exceptions with re-
sRis' a IT. g g5ost' required II satisfactory explanations through other 'n"-
When the local Registrar has drawn up the necessary statement with
respect ito registration and measurement,he shall forward n(with Vouchers)
without delay to the superior Authority which, 4 it fndsnothing against the
vessel being admitted as Danish vessel, will isue a provisional CertIf-
cate of Nationality according to a form to be prescribed by the Govern
ment and will forward such Certificate to the local Registrar, to be deiv-
cred to the vessel; and the Registrar will at the same time cause the
figures of the vessels tonnage and the Registry Letters given by the Su-
penOr Authority to be marked o the Vessel. Before the vessel an be
cleared for departure, the mann Of The M"ster and a statement Of his legal
competency to command a vessel, shall be entered by the Registrar on the
Certificate. The statement with Vouchers received from the Registrar
shall be forwarded by the Superior Authority to the Board of registration
and measurement of vessels in Copenhagen. The said Board vii. revise the
Measurement ard examine the accompanying Vouchers IN proof thereof,
and may If 1T be considered necessary, ORDER the vessel TO be wholly Or
IN part remeasured, and cause if required, through the colonial superior
authority, that the information contained in the documents that have been
forwarded be supplemented II supponed by fresh proof On thu strength of
the evidence thus provided, The vessel shall be entered on the General
Register.
When the Registration is effected, the Board Of REGISTRATION and mea-
surement of vessels shall issue a final Certificate of Nationality and Re-
gistry, made Out in accordance with the form at the time prescribed for
vessels in the Mothercountry, and containi ne the Certificate Of Measure
ment as well as the other details required by 5 7. The Certificate togeth-
er with the documentary proofs sent in shal without delay be returned by
the said Board to the Superior Authority in the West Indies, to be delivered