Section 120
SEC. 120. The form and manner of the issue of certificates of protection provided for in this Act shall be as follows: "Form: "Certificate No. .............................. "Port of .........................., Philippine Islands. "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. "CERTIFICATE OP PROTECTION. "In pursuance of Executive Order, approved July third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by the President of the United States. "........................................... (Name of owner), residing at (place of residence), Philippine Islands, ceded to the United States by Spain on April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, having sworn (allegiance to the United States) (that he is a citizen of the United States), and having sworn that he is the owner of the vessel called the ............................ (name of vessel), and that said vessel was built in the year .................... at ....................... (place of build), and that said vessel is a ...................... (rig of vessel) of .................... gross tons and ..................... net tons, and that said vessel has .................... decks and ........................ masts, and that her length is ........................, her breadth ................................., and her depth ................................; and that said vessel is engaged in legitimate trade. "Therefore said vessel is by this certificate entitled to the protection and flag of the United States. "Given under my hand at the port of ................................ Philippine Islands, this ................. day of ...................., in the year one thousand ........................... hundred and ......................... "(SEAL.) ........................................ "Collector of Customs. "CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP. "I ........................................., collector of customs for the port of ..............................., Philippine Islands, do hereby certify that the within bill of sale, bearing date the ................... day of ..................... of the ................................. vessel, called the ................................, of ............................... gross tons and ............................. net tons, sold and transferred by .............................. to ........................... who (has sworn allegiance to the United States) (is a citizen of the United States), has been proved satisfactorily to me to have been duly executed: and I further certify that ................................., herein mentioned as the purchase of said vessel, is a (citizen of the United States) (native inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, and has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States) (on April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, was a Spanish subject, native of the Peninsula, resident of the Philippines, and has taken he oath of allegiance to the United States). ............................................ "Collector of Customs. "Date .................................."