HOVERING ACTS. 497 



VIIT. And be it fiutlier enacted, That every Commander, Master, or 

 other Person having the Charge of any Vessel liable to the Performance 

 of Qnarantine, shall be ar.d is hereby i-eqnired, at all Times, when snch 

 Vessel shall meet with any other Vessel at Sea, or shall be within Two 

 Leagues of the Coast of the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, 

 Jersey, Alderney, Sari; or Man, to hoist a Signal to denote that his Ves- 

 sel is liable to the Performance of Quarantine, which Signal shall in the 

 Day Time, if the said Vessel shall have a clean Bill of Health, a large 

 Yellow Flag of Six Breadths of Bunting at the Maintop Masthead ; and it 

 such Vessel shall not have a Clean Bill of Health, then a like Yellow Flag 

 with a circular Mark or Ball entirely Black in the Middle thereof, whose 

 Dia.meter shall be equal to Tavo Breadths of l>unting; and in the Night 

 Time the Signal shall in both Cases be a large Sigral Lanthorn with a 

 Light therein (snch as is commonly used on boaid His Majesty's Ships 

 of War), at the same Masthead ; and such Commander, Master, or other 

 Person shall kee^) such Signals resi)ectively, as the Case shall be, hoisted, 

 during such Time as the said Vessel shall continue within Sight of such 

 other Vessel, or within Two Leagues of the said Coasts or Islands, and 

 while so in Sight, or within such Distance, until such Vessel so liable to 

 Quaran.tine as aforesaid shall have airivcd at the Port or Place where 

 it is to perform Quarantine, and until it shall have been legally dis- 

 charged from the Performance thereof; on Failure whereof such Com- 

 mander, Master, or other Person having Charge of such Ship or Vessel 

 so liable to the Performance of Quarantine shall forfeit and pay for every 

 such Offense the Sum of One hundred Pounds. 



IX. And be it further enacted, That every Commander, Master, or 

 other Person having the Charge of any Vessel on board whereof the 

 Plague or other iidectious Disease or Distemper highly dangerons to the 

 Health of His Majesty's Subjects shall actually be, shall be, and 

 is hereby required at all Tinu^s when snch Vessel shall meet with 

 any other Vessel at Sea, or shall be within Two Leagues of the coast of 

 the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, 

 Sari; or 3[an, to lioist a Signal to denote that his Vessel has the plague 

 or other infectious Disease or Distemper highly dangerous to the Health 

 of His Majesty's Subjects actually on board thereof, which Signal shall 

 be in the Day Time a Flag of Yellow and Black, borue Quarterly, ot 

 Eight Breadths of Bunting, at the Maintop Masthead; and in the Night 

 Time the Signal shall be Two large Signal Lanthorns, such as are com- 

 monly used "on board of His JMajesty's Ships of War, one over the other 

 at the same Masthead; and such Commander, Master, or other Person 

 shall keep snch Signal hoisted during such Time as the said Vessel so 

 having the Plagueor such other infectious Disease or Distemper as afore- 

 said on board thereof shall continue within Sight of such other Vessel, 

 or within Two Leagues of the Coast or Islands aforesaid, while so in Sight 

 or within such Distance, until such Vessel so having the Plague or such 

 other infectious Disease or Distemper as aforesaid on board thereof, 

 shall have arrived at the Port or Place where it is to perform Quaran- 

 tine, and until it shall have been legally discharged from the Perform- 

 ance thereof; on failure thereof such Commander, Master, orother Person 

 having Charge of such Vessel shall forfeit and pay for every such Offense 

 the Sum of One hundred Pounds. 



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