Master of the Rolls in the Court of Chancery, and assistant Judge of the Supreme Court in this Island, be, and the same are hereby respectively repealed. Acts may be altered, &c., in same session in which they are passed. Acts to be di CAP. IV. An Act for shortening the language used in Acts of the DE it declared and enacted by the Lieutenant Governor. II. Be it enacted, That all Acts shall be divided into secvided into sec- tions, if there, be more enactments than one; which sections shall be deemed to be substantive enactments, without any introductory words. tions. Sufficient to reign, statute or session, chapter or section, &c. III. Be it enacted, That in any Act, when any former Act cite year of the is referred to, it shall be sufficient to cite the year of the reign. and where there are more statutes or sessions than one in the same year, the statute or the session, (as the case may require,) and where there are more chapters or sections than one, the chapter or section, or chapter and section, (as the case may require,) without reciting the title of such Act, or the provision of such section so referred to; and the reference in all cases shall be made according to the copies of statutes, printed under and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of this Island, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to provide for reprinting the laws of this Island," or under and by virtue of any Act of the General Assembly of this Island, hereafter to be passed, or by the Queen's printer: provided, that where it is only intended to amend or repeal any portion only of such section. it shall be necessary still, either to recite such portion, or to set forth the matter or thing intended to be amended or repealed. Proviso. words. IV. Be it enacted, That in all Acts, words importing the Construction of masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females: and the singular to include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the contrary, as to gender or number, is expressly provided; and the word "month" to mean calendar month. unless words be added showing lunar month to be intended; and "county" shall be held to mean also county of a town, or of a city, unless such extended meaning is expressly excluded by words; and the word "land," shall include messuages, tenements and hereditaments, houses and buildings of any tenure, unless where there are words to exclude houses and buildings, or to restrict the meaning to tenements of some particular tenure; and the words "oath," "swear," and "affidavit" shall include affirmation, declaration, affirming and declaring, in the case of persons by law allowed to declare or affirm, instead of swearing. ved. V. Be it enacted, That where any Act repealing in whole Certain Acts or in part any former Act, is itself repealed, such last repeal not to be revishall not revive the Act or provisions before repealed, unless words be added, reviving such Acts or provisions. VI. Be it enacted, That wherever any Act shall be made, repealing in whole or in part any former Act, and substituting some provision or provisions instead of the provision or provisions repealed, such provisions so repealed shall remain in force until the substituted provision or provisions shall come into operation, by force of the last made Act. Repealed portions of Acts to until substituted portions remain in force come into operation. All Acts deemed public acts, trary be expres unless the con VII. And be it enacted, That every Act made after the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such, unless the contrary be expressly provided and declared by sed. such Act. VIII. Provided always, nevertheless, That nothing herein Suspending contained shall have any force or effect, until Her Majesty's clause. pleasure therein shall be known. *This Act received the royal assent on the 23d day of October, 1851, and notification thereof was published in the Royal Gazette newspaper of this Island, on the 5th January, 1852. W CAP. V. An Act for constituting Boards of Health. THEREAS the Statutes now in force for constituting Continued by 24 Vic. c. 23. Lt. Governor. health when sary. to make provision for the same: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That the &c. to constiLieutenant Governor, or Administrator of the Government for tute boards of the time being, in this Island, by and with the advice of Her deemed necesMajesty's Council, shall have full power and authority, at all times, when he may deem it necessary, of public alarm, from dread of the approach of any infectious or pestilential distemper, or of the actual appearance or prevalence of any of the said diseases within this Island, to make, constitute and establish such and so many boards of health for the several Counties in this Island, or for particular districts in the said Coun ties, to consist of such and so many persons, being residents of the said Counties or districts, wherein the said boards of health shall be constituted, as the said Lieutenant Governor, or Administrator of the Government for the time being, by and with the advice aforesaid, may think proper and suitable; Boards may be and the said boards, or any of them, at any time or times, to dissolve, and new ones to constitute in their room, and to add to the numbers of those established, or displace therefrom such and so many of the members thereof, as he may deem to be dissolved and new ones con stituted, &c. Chairman of board to be nominated in commission constituting board. Boards to nominate clerks. Boards to enforce quarantine laws. Medical offi cers, &c., to ex ecute duties un der direction of boards. necessary. II. And be it enacted, That for the said several Counties or districts in this Island, such person as shall be nominated for that purpose in the commission constituting the board, shall be chairman thereof, and immediately after the appointment thereof, the several members shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty, by and before any Justice of the Peace for the said Counties respectively, and the said boards of health, thus constituted and sworn, shall respectively meet from time to time, and at all times when necessary, for the performance of the duties required by this Act, at such places as they may judge most advisable, and then and there, by a majority of votes of those present at any appointed meeting, decide all questions, and manage all business touching the public health; and any five of the said board, the whole being duly notified, or in any urgent case without notification, shall be a sufficient number of members to proceed to business, and the said boards may nominate a clerk for each of them respectively, and any orders made by the said boards respectively and signed by their chairman, and countersigned by their clerks, shall be sufficient to enforce the power and authority of the said boards. III. And be it enacted, That during the continuance of the said boards, and until they are respectively dissolved. all the quarantine laws heretofore made from time to time. or hereafter to be made by the General Assembly, for the several Counties within this Island, shall be enforced by the said respective boards of health for the several districts, and not by any persons or persons in the said several and respective quarantine laws, in that behalf mentioned, save and except medical officers, pilots and constables therein specified, who shall execute their duties under the said boards respectively, and under the like pains and penalties, as therein prescribed, in case of disobedience; any thing in the said respective quarantine laws to the contrary notwithstanding. IV. And be it enacted, That the said boards, respectively. Boards to make shall and may have full power and authority, at any and at all times, to make such rules and regulations, for the preser rules, &c., for lic health. vation of the public health, and the prevention of infectious, the preservacontagious, pestilential, and malignant distempers, with such tion of the pubpenalties and forfeitures, in case of any breach or breaches thereof, as they may deem necessary for that purpose; but such penalties and forfeitures shall not, in any one case, exceed the sum of one hundred pounds: provided always, that the Lieutenant Governor, or Administrator of the Government for the time being, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Council, shall have full power and authority, in case any rule or rules, regulation or regulations, so made by any of the said boards, of health, shall be deemed inexpedient or improper, to revoke, repeal and annul such rule or rules, regulation or regulations so deemed inexpedient or improper; but every such rule or rules, regulation or regulations shall be deemed good and valid until so revoked, repealed or annulled as aforesaid; and all penalties and forfeitures incurred under any such rule or rules, regulation or regulations, before the same shall have been so revoked, repealed, or annulled, shall and may be sued for and enforced against the person or persons liable thereto, notwithstanding such rule or rules, regulation or regulations may be so revoked, repealed or annulled, before such penalty or penalties, forfeiture or forfeitures may have been sued for or recovered. V. And be it enacted, That the said boards respectively, shall and may have full power and authority, either by themselves or their committees, or other persons appointed by the said boards, and any constable or constables and person or persons acting in their aid, to enter into and upon all houses, buildings, yards, enclosures, or lands not enclosed within the bounds of their several and respective jurisdictions, and remove, or cause to be removed therefrom, every thing which may, by the said boards, or their committees, or persons appointed by them as aforesaid, be considered offensive, noxious, or likely to cause the spread of any such diseases or distempers, or injure the public health, and the houses, buildings, goods and enclosures, or lands unenclosed, of the poor, or of persons who will not immediately attend to their directions, to fumigate, cleanse, and use such other means for purifying as they shall deem necessary to preserve the health of the inhabitants; and the said boards of health, respectively, may cause any avenue, street or alley, or other passage whatever, to be fenced up, or otherwise enclosed, if they shall think the public safety requires it, and adopt suitable measures for preventing all persons whomsoever, from going to any part of the town, parish or district so enclosed. VI. And be it enacted, That the said boards of health, respectively, may, in their discretion, prohibit or regulate the internal intercourse, by land or water, between the Counties Rules, &c. deemed good and valid, until revoked. Boards, &c. au thorized to enter houses, &c., and remove every thing noxious, &c. Boards may prohibit or re gulate internal intercourse. or districts for which they are respectively appointed, and any part or place within this Island, and may direct, that all persons who shall come into the said Counties or districts, contrary to their prohibitions or regulations, shall be apprehended and conveyed to the vessel or place whence they last came, or beyond the confines of their respective districts, or, if sick, that they be conveyed to such hospital, or other place, as the several boards may appoint, and may adopt prompt Measures to be measures to prevent the spread of any contagious or pestilenadopted, to pre- tial disease, when it shall appear to their satisfaction, that any person within their districts, is afflicted with a disease of that character, and may forbid and prevent all communication with the house or family so infected, except by means of ministers of the Gospel, physicians, nurses, or messengers to carry the necessary advice, medicines, and provisions to the afflicted, and to exercise all such powers, whenever a contagious or pestilential disease shall appear in their said several districts, as, in their judgment, the circumstances of the case and the public good shall require. vent spread of contagious di seases. Vessels, &c. to quarantine ground. VII. And be it enacted, That the said boards of health, may be ordered respectively, whenever in their judgment the public health shall require it, may order any vessel or boat at the wharfs of any of the seaport towns in their districts, or in any part of the waters of such districts, to the quarantine ground, or other place of safety, and may require all persons, articles, or things landed, or introduced into any of such respective districts, from such vessel, to be seized and returned on board, or removed to the quarantine ground, or other place of safe deposit; and in case the master, or owner, or consignee of the vessel cannot be found, or shall refuse or neglect to obey the order of removal, the said boards of health, respectively, shall have power to remove the vessel, at the expense of such master, owner or consignee; and no vessel or person, or any goods or articles so ordered or sent out, shall return or be brought back, to or within any part of the district from which they were sent without a written permit from the said respective boards of health; and if any cargo, or part of a cargo, or matter or thing, within any of the said districts, respectively, shall be &c., may be de- found putrid or dangerous to the public health, the same may be destroyed or removed, and such removal, when ordered, shall be to the said quarantine ground, or to such other place as the said Boards for the respective districts may order. Putrid matter, stroyed or removed. Boards may hire or build houses, and purchase sites for hospitals. VIII. And be it enacted, That the said several boards of health shall have full power and authority to hire or build one or more suitable house or houses, and, where indispensably necessary, to purchase a parcel of ground for the site of any house so to be built in their respective districts, for which they may be appointed, for a public hospital or hospitals, for the |