The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 480
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
this Republic, unless owned by a citizen or citizens of the same.
Nor can such vessel be commanded, after assuming it, save by a
citizen of the Republic, and each and every Vessel or Boat over
eight tons burthen, before sailing under the aforesaid Flag, shall
be enrolled at the Custom H-louse of some port of the Republic,
and be required to take out a register or coasting license according
to the rules and regulations and under the responsibilities and restrictions
observed in the United States of America, so far as they
are compatible with the statutes of this Republic.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the enrollment and the
register or license of every merchant Vessel sailing under the Flag
of this Republic shall specify her name, class, description, admeasurement
and burthen, and shall also state whether she be o.f domestis
or foreign construction; and if the former, shall state when and
in what part of the Republic she was built, and before any Vessel
shall be enrolled as being of domestic construction, the fact shall
be proven, and the time and place of her building stated in an affidavit
signed and sworn to by two creditable and disinterested witnesses
before the collector enrolling, or some other competent
functionary; which affidavit shall be filed in the office of enrolment.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all Vessels built in this Republic
and sailing under the Texian Flag, shall be free of every
kind of tonnage duty, and shall be subject to the payment of no
other fees than those specified in the tariff of fees heretofore established
by law.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That any Vessel built in a foreign
country, on becoming the property of a citizen or citizens of this
Republic. may be enrolled under the flag of the same, and be employed
either in the foreign or coasting trade, but if engaged in the
latter, under a coasting license, she shall pay on the expiration of
the term of her license, an annual tonnage duty, of thirty-seven
and a-half cents for each ton of her burthen, for which the vessel
and her securities shall be bound in the bond of her license, and in
case that her license be returned within the year of its term, the
said tonnage duty shall be recovered only in proportion to the time
which shall have elapsed, between the date of the license and that
of its relinquishment; or if the license be returned in consequence
of wreck, it shall be paid in proportion to the time elapsed,
between the date of her license and the time, if duly proven, of her
being lost; any such foreign vessel so. adopting the flag of the Republic,
shall for her enrolment, and register or license, and for all
coasting clearances and entrances, while under coasting license, be
subject to the payment of fees of double the amount of those paid
by the Texian vessels of domestic construction.(480)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/484/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .