Show LITTLE CHATS on Public Notice by JameS E. Pollard CHANGING A SHIP'S NAME 43 in a In Act Scene of Romeo and Shakespeare has Juliet ask the famous in a That which we call a rose by any other name WOUld smell as But there are names and And many kinds of names have property values which are both recognized and protected by To name just a among these are brand the of ships and registered dogs and and even the names of your favorite news paper or magazine Some time ago a Southern newspaper carried a public notice to effect that an order had Issued authorizing the name of a previously known as the C to be changed to The notice gave the date of the the official number of the the name of her and her home It was signed by the deputy collector in charge of marine wor k and was to be run four times owner has a right to change the name of a registered vessel so long as he gives proper notice and so long as the new name does conflict with that of another registered ves But small illustrated again the wide use of the public notice for many as well as reliance upon the newspaper as the chief medium for publicizing such Through the notice in question the change in name was given publicity The action thereby became also one of further public thus serving the interests of the owners and of all persons who might be concerned with the change in a ship's Give a dog a good name and he will live up to |