U.S. Code, Title 46, Shipping, Appendix

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Author: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel"

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§ 129. Exemption of Unregistered Vessels Owned by Citizens

     Section 128 of this Appendix shall not be deemed to operate upon unregistered vessels, owned by citizens of the United States, and carrying regular documents, issued from a customhouse of the United States, proving the vessel to be American property. Upon the entry of every such vessel from any foreign port, if the same shall be at the port at which the owner or any of the part owners reside, such owner or part owners shall make oath that the document possessed by such vessel contains the name or names of all the persons who are then the owners of the vessel; or if any part of such vessel has been sold or transferred since the date of such document, that such is the case, and that no foreign subject or citizen has, to the best of his knowledge and belief, any share, by way of trust, confidence, or otherwise, in such vessel. If the owner or any part owner does not reside at the port or place at which such vessel shall enter, then the master shall make oath to the like effect. If the owner or part owner, where there is one, or the master, where there is no owner, shall refuse to so swear, such vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges granted by this section.

(R.S. § 4226.)

Codification

     R.S. § 4226 derived from act Mar. 3, 1805, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 339.

     As originally enacted, this section contained a reference to vessels carrying sea letters. The use of such documents was discontinued by Presidential proclamation on Apr. 10, 1815.

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 129. Exemption of Unregistered Vessels Owned by Citizens," U.S. Code, Title 46, Shipping, Appendix in U.S. Code, Title 46, Shipping, Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed May 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3BA2XGWAWMR2QB.

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Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 129. Exemption of Unregistered Vessels Owned by Citizens' in U.S. Code, Title 46, Shipping, Appendix. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 46, Shipping, Appendix, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 28 May 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3BA2XGWAWMR2QB.