26 EARLY QUARANTINE ARRANGEMENTS OF SALEM. 



tice to one or more of the selectmen or town clerk of 

 such town, of their coming thither, and of the place from 

 whence they came, shall forfeit and pay the sum of 

 twent}^ pounds ; and if any person or persons coming into 

 any town of this province, from any such place visited 

 with the small-pox or other infectious sickness, shall not, 

 within the space of two hours, after warning given him 

 or them for that purpose, by the selectmen of such town, 

 depart out of this province, in such case it shall and may 

 be lawful for any justice of the peace of such county, by 

 warrant directed to a constable or other proper officer, to 

 cause such person or persons to be removed, wdth any 

 their goods that may probably give infection, unto the 

 colony or government from whence they came ; and any 

 person remov'd by warrant as aforesaid, who, during the 

 pre valency of such distemper, shall presume to return 

 into any town of this province, without liberty first ob- 

 tained from such justice, or from the selectmen of such 

 town, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred 

 pounds. 



And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid^ 

 [Sect. 2.] That any inhabitant of this province, who 

 shall entertain in his house any person warned to depart 

 as aforesaid, by the space of two hours after notice given 

 him or her by one or more of the selectmen, of such 

 warning, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds. 

 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid^ 

 [Sect. 3.] That it shall and may be lawful for the se- 

 lectmen of any town or towns near to or bordering on 

 either of the neighbouring governments, to appoint, by 

 writing, under their hands, some meet person or persons 

 to attend at ferry s, or other places, by or over which pas- 

 sengers and travellers coming from such infected places 

 may pass or be transported ; which person or persons, so 



