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harbor, or lying at any of the wharves in Salem^ any sick 

 or diseased person, before the name of such sick or dis- 

 eased person has been reported to the Board of Health, and 

 a written permit obtained from at least two of them, author- 

 izing such removal, and expressing the manner thereof, the 

 time when, and the place to which such person shall be re- 

 moved. And any master of a vessel, or other person, 

 who shall remove such sick or diseased pei'son, without 

 first o])taining such permit therefor, or contrary to the 

 tenor and directions thereof, shall, on conviction before the 

 Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in said County, 

 be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or suffer 

 imprisonment not exceeding two months, or both at the 

 discretion of said Court. 



[Sect. 10.] Be it farther enacted, That every diseased 

 mariner or other person, who shall be removed or sent to 

 any hospital or other place by the said Board of Health, 

 shall be there kept and maintained at his or their own 

 cost and expence, or his or their parent's or master's, (if 

 able), otherwise at the charge of the town or place to 

 which they belong, and in case such person or persons 

 have no legal settlement in an}^ town or place within this 

 State, then at the charge of this Commonwealth; and ev- 

 ery person sent to any Hospital or Place for the purpose 

 of purification as aforesaid, shall be subject to the same 

 restrictions as are provided by the seventh section of an 

 Act of this Commonwealth, passed the twenty-second day 

 of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, 

 entitled, ^'An act to prevent the spreading of contagious 

 sickness." 



[Sect. 11.] Be it further enacted, That no person, ex- 

 cepting those employed by or under the Board of Health, 

 shall go on board any vessel, during the time she is per- 

 forming quarantine, nor shall any person go within a line 

 designated upon the land, at the place appointed for 

 cleansing and purifying vessels ; and every person who 



