Section 19-A. Marriages on vessels; reports and records  


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  • The master, chief
      officer, ship's surgeon, or  the  company,  corporation,  charterer,  or
      person  having  the  management  and  control  of any vessel which shall
      arrive at the port of New York, shall report, in writing,  to  the  city
      clerk  of  the  city  of New York within three days after the arrival of
      such vessel the marriage of any resident of such city occurring  thereon
      at sea, and shall file with such clerk a transcript of the entry made in
      the log book of such vessel in respect to any such marriage.