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appointed, shall have power to examine such passengers 

 and travellers as they may suspect to bring infection with 

 them, and, if need be, to hinder and restrain them from 

 travelling till licensed thereto by a justice of the peace 

 within such county, or by the selectmen of the town into 

 which such person or persons shall come ; and any pas- 

 senger, w^ho, coming from such infected place, shall, with- 

 out license as aforesaid, presume to travail or abide in 

 this province after they shall have been cautioned and ad- 

 monished, by the person or persons appointed as afore- 

 said, to depart, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty 

 pounds, and be removed thence by w\arrant as aforesaid. 



[Sect. 4.] The several forfeitures arising by virtue of 

 this act, to be one moiety to Jind for the use of the town 

 where the offence shall be committed ; the other moiety 

 to him or them who shall inform and sue for the same, in 

 any of his majesties courts of record w^ithin this prov- 

 ince. 



[Sect. 5.] This act to continue and be in force for 

 the space of three years, and no longer. 



[I^afised June 15; jmblhhed June 16, 1739.~\ 



In 1746, June, "The major part of the selectmen 

 together with Thom^ Barton & Sam^ Barnard Esq^. two 

 of His Majestys Justices of the Peace for this County 

 met on acc^. of Peter Huxford who was sick of y^ small- 

 pox on board y"^ sloop "Wheel of Fortune" John Wake- 

 feild master lately arrived from S^ Eustatia also a boy on 

 board s"^. sloop named William, who w^as likely to have 

 that distemper, & sent the said Peter & William, by 

 John Wel)b to y® care of y® Keeper of y^ pest house on 

 Rainsfords Island, cfey^s**. Justices ordered the said sloop 

 up Forrest River under y® care of Cap*. Woodbridge." 

 Town Meeting — May 11, 1747. 



On reading and considering the report of y^ Select 



