‹ XIV. And to the end that it may be better known whether any Vessel be actually infected with the Plague or other infectious Disease or Distemper as aforesaid, or whether such Ves'sel, or the Mariners or Passengers coming, or the Cargo imported

or the Persons on board liable

in the same, are liable to any Orders touching Quarantine;' Be Regulations for it further enacted, That when any Country or Place shall be known better ascertainor suspected to be infected with the Plague or other infectious ing whether Disease or Distemper as aforesaid, or when any Order or Orders Vessels be acshall be made by His Majesty in Council concerning Quarantine tually infected, and the Prevention of Infection as aforesaid, then and in such Case, as often as any Vessel shall attempt to enter into any Port to Orders or Place in the United Kingdom, or of the Isles of Guernsey, Jer- touching sey, Alderney, Sark or Man, whether such Port shall have been Quarantine. appointed for the Performance of Quarantine or not, the Superintendent or Assistant at such Port or Place, or if not, the principal Officer of His Majesty's Customs at such Port or Place, or such Officer of the Customs as shall be authorized to act in that Behalf, shall go off to such Vessel, and shall, at a convenient Distance from such Vessel, demand of the Commander, Master or other Person having Charge of such Vessel, and such Commander, Master or other Person shall, upon such Demand, give a true Answer in Writing or otherwise, and upon Oath or not upon Oath, according as he shall by such Superintendent or his Assistant, or other Officer of the Customs authorized as aforesaid, be required, to all such Questions or Interrogatories as shall be put to him by virtue and in pursuance of such Regulations and Directions as His Majesty by Order in Council shall be pleased to prescribe; and in case such Commander or Master or other Person having charge of such Vessel shall, upon such Demand made as aforesaid, refuse to make a true Discovery in any of the Particulars concerning which he shall be interrogated in Manner aforesaid, or in case he shall not be required to answer such Questions or Interrogatories upon Oath, shall give a false Answer to any such Question or Interrogatory as aforesaid, such Commander, Master or other Person having Charge of such Vessel, for every such Offence shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds. XV. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear upon such Examination or otherwise, that such Vessel is under such Circumstances as shall render it liable to perform Quarantine, and that the Port or Place where it so arrived, or at which it attempts that at which to enter as aforesaid, is not the Port or Place where it ought to it ought to be perform Quarantine, in which Case it shall and may be lawful to performed, may and for the Officers of any of His Majesty's Ships of War, or of be forced to reany of His Majesty's Forts or Garrisons, and all other His Majesty's Officers, upon Notice thereof given to them, or any of them respectively, and to and for any other Person or Persons whom they shall call to their Aid and Assistance, and such Officers and other Persons are hereby required to oblige such Vessel to go and repair to such Place as hath been or shall be appointed for Performance of Quarantine, and to use all necessary Means for that Purpose, either by firing of Guns upon such Vessel, or by any other Kind of necessary Force whatsoever; and in case any such Vessel Masters of Vesshall come from, or shall have touched at any Place infected by sels that have the Plague or such other infectious Disease or Distemper as touched at inaforesaid, fected Places,

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Masters of Vessels refusing to answer Interrogatories, or answering untruly, &c.

Penalty.

Vessels subject to Quarantine arriving at any

Port other than

pair to the ap

pointed Place..

aforesaid, or shall have any Person on board actually infected with the Plague or other such infectious Disease or Distemper as aforesaid, and the Commander, Master or other Person having Charge of such Vessel, knowing that the Place from whence he came, or at which he had touched as aforesaid, was infected with the Plague or such other infectious Disease or Distemper, or knowing some Person on board to be actually infected with the Plague or such other infectious Disease or Distemper as aforesaid, shall refuse or omit to disclose the same upon such Examination as aforesaid, or shall wilfully omit to hoist the Signal hereinbefore directed, to denote that his Vessel is liable to the Performance of Quarantine, at the Times and on the Occasions herein directed with respect to the same, such Commander, Master or other Persons having Charge of such Vessel shall forfeit the Sum of Three hundred Pounds.

XVI. And be it further enacted, That every Commander, Master or other Person having Charge of any Vessel which shall be ordered to perform Quarantine as aforesaid, shall forthwith, after his Arrival at the Place appointed for the Performance of Quarantine, deliver on Demand to the Superintendent of Quarantine or his Assistant, or other Officer of the Customs, authorized to act in that Behalf, and which Superintendent, Assistant or other Officer as aforesaid is hereby required to make such Demand, his Bill of Health and Manifest, together with his Log Book and Journal, under pain of forfeiting the Sum of One hundred Pounds if he shall wilfully refuse or neglect so to do.

XVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Commander, Master or other Person having Charge of any Vessel liable to perform Quarantine, and on board of which the Plague or other infectious Disease or Distemper shall not then have appeared, shall himself quit, or shall knowingly permit or suffer any Seaman or Passenger coming in such Vessel to quit such Vessel by going on shore, or by going on board any other Vessel or Boat, before such Quarantine shall be fully performed, unless by such Licence as shall be granted by virtue of any Order in Council to be made concerning Quarantine as aforesaid, or in case any Commander or other Person having Charge of such Vessel shall not, within a convenient Time after due Notice given for that Purpose, cause such Vessel and the Lading thereof to be conveyed into the Place or Places appointed for such Vessel and Lading to perform Quarantine; then and in every such Case every such Commander, Master or other Person as aforesaid, for every such Offence shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Four hundred Pounds; and if any such Person coming in any such Vessel liable to Quarantine (or any Pilot or other Person going on board the same, either before or after the Arrival of such Vessel at any Port or Place in the United Kingdom or the Islands aforesaid), shall, either before or after such Arrival, quit such Vessel, unless by such Licence as aforesaid, by going on shore in any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or the Islands aforesaid, or by going on board any other Vessel or Boat, with Intent to go on shore as aforesaid, before such Vessel so liable to Quarantine as aforesaid shall be regularly discharged from the Performance thereof, it shall and may be lawful for any Person whatsoever, by any Kind of necessary Force

to

to compel such Pilot or other Person so quitting such Vessel so liable to Quarantine to return on board the same; and every such Punishment Pilot or other Person so quitting such Vessel so liable to Quaran- and Penalty. tine shall for every such Offence suffer Imprisonment for the Space of Six Months, and shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Three hundred Pounds.

tercourse with them.

· XVIII. And Whereas Disobedience or refractory Behaviour ' in Persons under Quarantine or liable to the Performance of Quarantine, or in other Persons who may have had any Intercourse or Communication with them, may be attended with very great Danger to His Majesty's Subjects; Be it further enacted, That all Persons liable to perform Quarantine, and all Persons Regulations for having had any Intercourse or Communication with them, whether punishing Disin Vessels or in a Lazaret or elsewhere, shall be subject, during obedience or refractory Behathe said Quarantine, or during the Time they shall be liable to viour in PerQuarantine, to such Orders as they shall receive from the Super- sons under or intendent of Quarantine or his Assistant, or from the Principal liable to QuaOfficer of the Customs at any Port or Place where there is no rantine, or Persuch Superintendent or Assistant, or from any other Officer of the sons having InCustoms authorized to act in that behalf, and the said Officers are hereby empowered and required to enforce all necessary Obedience to the said Orders, and in case of Necessity to call in others to their Assistance, and all Persons so called in are hereby. required to assist accordingly; and such Officers shall and they are hereby empowered and required to compel all Persons liable to perform Quarantine as aforesaid, and Persons having had any Intercourse or Communication with them, to repair to such Lazaret, Vessel or Place, and to cause all Goods, Wares and Merchandize, and other Articles comprized within any such Orders to be made as last aforesaid, to be conveyed to such Lazaret, Vessel or Place duly appointed in that Behalf, in such Manner and according to such Directions as shall be made by Order of His Majesty in Council as aforesaid, or of the Lords or others of the Privy Council, or of any Two or more of them; and if any Person or Persons liable to perform Quarantine as aforesaid, or any Person or Persons having had any Intercourse or Communication with him, her or them, shall wilfully refuse or neglect to repair forthwith, when required and directed so to do by such Officers as aforesaid, to the said Lazaret, Vessel or Place duly appointed in that behalf, or having been placed in the said Lazaret, Vessel or Place, shall escape or attempt to escape out of the same before Quarantine duly performed, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Quarantine Officers, and also the Watchmen and other Persons appointed to see Quarantine performed, and each of them, and they are hereby respectively required, by such necessary Force as the Case shall require, to compel every such Person so refusing or neglecting as aforesaid, and every such Person so escaping or attempting to escape as aforesaid, to repair or return to such Lazaret, Vessel or Place so appointed as aforesaid; and every Person so refusing or neglecting to repair forthwith as aforesaid to the said Lazaret, Vessel or Place, and also every Person actually escaping as aforesaid, shall forfeit the Penalty of Two hundred Pounds.

Refusing to repair to Lazaret or Vessel,

Penalty.

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Persons quitting Vessels liable to perform Quarantine, &c. may be seized,

Proceedings

thereon.

Intercourse with Stations allotted for Quarantine of Vessels, may be prohibited by Order in Council,

Penalty. Embezzling Goods performing Quarantine, neglecting Duty, Incapacity.

Penalty.

Permitting Persons, Vessels, &c. to depart

XIX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable, Headborough, Tithingman or other Peace Officer, or any other Person, to seize and apprehend any Person that shall, contrary to the Provisions of this Act, have quitted or come on shore from any Vessel liable to perform Quarantine, or who shall have escaped from or quitted any Vessel under Quarantine, or from any Lazaret, Vessel or Place appointed in that behalf, for the Purpose of carrying such Person before any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate; and it shall be lawful for any such Justice of the Peace or Magistrate to grant his Warrant for the apprehending and conveying of any such Person to the Vessel from which he or she shall have come on shore, or to any Vessel performing Quarantine or Lazaret from which he or she shall have escaped, or for the confining of any such Person in any such Place of safe Custody (not being a public Gaol), and under such Restrictions as to having any Communication with any other Persons, as may in the Discretion of any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate (calling to his Aid, if he shall see fit, any Medical Person) appear to be proper, until such Person can be safely and securely conveyed to some Place appointed for the Performance of Quarantine, or until Directions can be obtained from the Privy Council as to the Disposal of any such Person, and to make any further Order, or grant any further Warrant that may be necessary in that Behalf.

• XX. And Whereas it may be necessary for the public Security to prevent all Communication whatever with Vessels performing 'Quarantine;' Be it therefore further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, by His or Their Order or Orders in Council, notified by Proclamation or published in the London Gazette, to prohibit all Persons, Vessels and Boats whatsoever, from going, under any Pretence whatsoever, within the Limits of any Station which by any Order or Orders in Council as aforesaid has been or may be assigned for the Performance of Quarantine; and if any Person whatsoever, after such Notification or Publication of any such Order or Orders in Council, shall presume, under any Pretence whatsoever, to go with any Vessel or Boat within the Limits of any such Station, he or she shall for every such Offence forfeit and the pay Suni of Two hundred Pounds.

XXI. And be it further enacted, That if any Officer of His Majesty's Customs, or any other Officer or Person whatsoever, to whom it doth or shall appertain to execute any Order or Orders made or to be made concerning Quarantine or the Prevention of Infection, and notified as aforesaid, or to see the same put in Execution, shall knowingly and wilfully embezzle any Goods or Articles performing Quarantine, or be guilty of any other Breach or Neglect of his Duty in respect of the Vessels, Persons, Goods or Articles performing Quarantine, every such Officer or Person so offending shall forfeit such Office or Employment as he may be possessed of, and shall become from thence incapable to hold or enjoy the same, or to take a new Grant thereof; and every such Officer and Person shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds; and if any such Officer or Person shall desert from his Duty when employed as aforesaid, or shall knowingly and willingly permit any Person, Vessel, Goods or Merchandize to depart or be

conveyed

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rity, or giving

false Certificates, Felony.

conveyed out of the said Lazaret Vessel or other Place as afore- without Authosaid, unless by Permission under an Order of His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, or under an Order of Two or more of the Lords or others of His Privy Council; or if any Person hereby authorized and directed to give a Certificate of a Vessel having duly performed Quarantine or airing, shall knowingly give a false Certificate thereof, every such Person so offend

ing shall be guilty of Felony; and if any such Officer or Person Damaging shall knowingly or wilfully damage any Goods performing Quar- Goods, antine under his Direction, he shall be liable to pay One hundred Pounds Damages, and full Costs of Suit to the Owner of the Penalty.

same.

XXII. And be it further enacted, That if any Vessel arriving from the Mediterranean, or from any Port in Turkey or Africa, shall have undergone Examination by the proper Officer of Quarantine, and upon a Report of such Examination being made to the Lords or others of His Majesty's Privy Council, their Lordships shall think proper to direct the Release of such Vessel from the Performance of Quarantine, it shall be lawful for such Officer, and he is hereby required to grant to the Master or Person having the Charge or Command of such Vessel, a Certificate in Writing of such Examination and Release, and upon the Production of such Certificate to the Collector or principal Officer of His Majesty's Customs, at any Port in the United Kingdom, such Vessel shall be admitted to Entry without being liable to any further Restraint.

XXIII. And be it further enacted, That after Quarantine shall have been duly performed by any Vessel, Person or Persons obliged to perform Quarantine as aforesaid, according to this Act, and to such Order or Orders made as aforesaid, and upon Proof to be made by the Oaths of the Master or other Person having Charge of such Vessel, and of Three or more of the Persons belonging thereto, or upon Proof to be made by the Oaths of Two or more credible Witnesses before the Collector or principal Officer of the Customs at the Port where such Quarantine shall be performed, or at the Port nearest thereto, or before the Superintendent of Quarantine, or his Assistant at the Quarantine Station, or before any Justice of the Peace living near to the Port or Place, or when such Quarantine shall have been performed within any of the said Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man, before any two Jurats or Magistrates of any of the said Isles respectively, that such Vessel, and all and every such Person and Persons respectively, have duly performed Quarantine as aforesaid, and that the Vessel and all and every Person and Persons are free from Infection, and after producing a Certificate to that Purpose signed by the Chief Officer who superintended the Quarantine of the said Vessel, or Person acting for him, then and in the said respective Cases, such Collector or Principal Officer of the Customs, or the Superintendent of Quarantine, or his Assistant, or such Justice of the Peace, or such Jurats or Magistrates as aforesaid, respectively, are hereby required to give a Certificate thereof, and thereupon such Vessel, and all and every such Person or Persons so having performed Quarantine, shall be liable to no further Restraint or Detention upon the same Account, for