I. THAT the Master-Builders , Master-Yard-keepers , and other Master-Ship-wrights of England and Wales , may ( all and every of them ) pay an equal and proportionable Contribution of Tunnage and Poundage , agreeable to their Stations , and the Burthen of the Ships and Vessels they Build and Repair ( saving Their Majesties Men of War , which is humbly submitted to such Proportion , and to be paid in such manner as may be thought reasonable , ) towards the support of the Company of Shipwrights of England , according to the first intent of Incorporating them , for the well breeding of able and skilful Workmen in that Art and Mystery , and to maintain their poor disabled Cripples , and superannuated decayed Members .

II . That wheresoever the Master-Builders , or Master-Shipwrights of England make Yards for the encrease and conveniency of Navigation , and to encourage Trade , they may have and enjoy their Ways or Graving Grounds before their Yards ( as well as those in present being ) and to lay before , Pass , and Float into , and out of all and every their respective Yards , all sorts of Timber-Plank , and Firre for Masts and Yards , with other Materials : Provided , they be not detrimental to the River of Thames , or to any other River , Port or Harbour of England or Wales , with submission to the Lord High Admiral of England to be judge of it , in case disputes shall arise .

III . That the Members of the said Company , for the conveniency and safety of Navigation , may be admitted to practice their Trade in all Rivers , Ports , Harbours , and Roads of England and Wales , as their Charters time out of mind , have directed : And , That the Certificate of the Masters and Owners of Ships , using the Trade of the River Tine , of Decemb . 1684. touching the intollerable practice of Shipwrights of Newcastle , may be considered .

IV . That Apprentices Indentures , when Enrolled by the Shipwrights of England , or their Deputies in the Out-Ports , ( agreeable to their former Charters ) may be good to all intents and purposes . The Stat. 5. Q. Eliz . Cap. 5. among other Trades , expresly names the Indentures of Shipwrights Apprentices , to be Enrolled in a Town Corporate ; and the Custom of Cities and Corporation Towns , for private Inland Trades , are to the contrary .

V. That the Order of Council , of the 27th of March , 1638. and the same again renewed the 18th of March , 1684 / 5 against the Interest of the said Company , may with all submission be considered .

VI . That the Members of the said Company may be Protected at their Trades , and not liable to be Imprest by common Press-Masters , to Serve as Seamen ; but that a sufficient number of able Workmen , as their Majesties Navy and Yard service requires , may from time to time be supplied by the said Company , and their Deputies in the Out-Ports .

VII . That there be a Clause to empower the Members of the said Company , to observe and keep the hours of beginning to Work at Six a Clock in the Morning , and to depart from Work at Six a Clock at Night , as is , and hath been the usual Custom , with allowance of time for a Breakfast and Dinner , agreeable to the Season of the Year .

And , Whereas Their Majesties Royal Ancestors have given and granted to the said Company , and their Successors for ever , and to their Deputies in the Out-Ports ( thereunto Deputed under their common Seal ) full Power and Authority to Survey the Building and Repairing of all Ships and Vessels of England and Wales ; and all manner of Timber and Plank , and other Materials prepared for the same ; and to Inspect into the Workmanship , and remove all Sappy and Red-Wood , and see that they be substantially Built , with two Orlops at convenient distance , strong to carry Ordnance aloft , and alowe with a Fore-Castle close for Fight : And have also given and granted unto the said Company , and to their Deputies in the Out-Ports , and their Successors for ever , full Power and Authority to admeasure all Ships and other Vessels of England and Wales , and , as occasion requires , from time to time to lay them a ground ; and , according to an exact Admeasurement of their length , breadth , depth , and draught of Water , so to Rate and set down their Burthen of Tons , and to Certifie the same under their Hands , and the common Seal of the said Corporation .

VIII . Now , to the end Surveys may be rendred more useful , and that Admeasurement be computed nearer the Truth , the Particulars following are proposed to be agreed upon , and settled by such By-Laws or General-Rules as the said Company shall appoint and order to be observed throughout England and Wales , and to enquire into the same at Surveys .

IX . And , Whereas there are great abuses committed by the ill Hewing of Timber ; It is therefore necessary a general Rule be observed , That all Timber , when squared , may be so Hewed , that the Flat do contain both the Waynes ( and not less ) : And , That in converting of Timber into Plank , it be full Cut , and hold out , according to its proper denomination in Inches and parts of an Inch , and to be Admeasured between the Waynes on the Wayney-side , and half the Wayne allowed in Admeasurement , according to the usual Custom .

X. And , inasmuch as Surveys are of necessary and absolute use , for the preservation of the lives of Their Majesties Subjects , and the security of Merchants Goods from damage , which often happens to the loss of Mariners Wages , and Their Majesties Customs : And , for that the Master-Builders , and other Skilful Master Shipwrights of England , are often called and summoned to attend on them , and do spend much of their time therein , both a float and a shore ; therefore it is thought reasonable , That when the Master , Owners , or Freighters require to have a Ship or Vessel Surveyed , they may then be liable to pay one Penny per Ton for the said Survey : And to prevent unnecessary Disputes , vexatious Actions and Suits at Law , in case of damnified Goods , or the Foundering of a Ship or Vessel ; it is expedient , That the Masters of Ships , &c. have a Certificate from the said Company , to vouch for themselves and their Owners , that their Ships or Vessels have , by able and skilful Persons , been well Surveyed and Repaired , agreeable to the Rules and Ordinances of the Company of Shipwrights of England , and that they are fit for the Sea , and to receive in Merchants Goods for such a — Voyage .

XI . That the said Company of Shipwrights of England , be required once a Year , or as often as may be thought fit , to present Their Majesties with a Scheme , or List of the Names of Ships , &c. the time when Launched , and Place where Built , the Master Builders Names , and Numbers of Shipwrights and Apprentices in the Ports of England and Wales , and also the Names of the Ships and Vessels that are Cast , and to be broke up .

XII . On behalf of the said Company , it is most humbly pray'd , That in the Amendment of the aforesaid Charter , there be a Clause for a small piece of wast Ground ( in Their Majesties Gift ) in some convenient Place near the River of Thames ; and the like in the Rivers of S●vern , Medway , and Tine , in order for Alms-Houses to be Erected , that the Shipwrights of England may see the Relief and Maintenance of their poor disabled Cripples and superannuated Members .

And it is further humbly Prayed , That the said Company may be admitted to amend or add such other Heads or Clauses as may appear to be of Service and Reasonable .