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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,' who, coming from such infected place, shall, with- 

 out license as aforesaid, presume to travajl 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 warrant as aforesaid. 



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

 this act, to be one moiety to and 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 within this prov- 

 ince. 



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

 the space of three years, and no longer. 



[Passed June 15; published June 16, 1739.~\ 



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

 together with Thorn 8 . Barton & Sam 1 . Barnard Esq r . two 

 of His Majesty s Justices of the Peace for this County 

 met on ace*, of Peter Huxford who was sick of y e small- 

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

 feild master lately arrived from SVEustatia also a boy on' 

 board s d . sloop named William, who was likely to have 

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

 John Webb to y e care of y e Keeper of y e pest house on 

 Kaiusfords Island, &y e s d . Justices ordered the said sloop 

 up Forrest Eiver under y e care of Cap*. Woodbridge." 

 Town Meeting May 11, 1747. 



On reading and considering the report of y e Select 



