QUARANTINE. 



feft. 2 I . 



VefTels not bomid to this country are not tc touch at or 

 attempt to enter any port in Great Britain, or the iflands 



INote.-ln the cafe of (hips coming from Turkey, and upon oath,) he fhall forfeit 200/. (Aft, fed. i».) If .t 

 obliged to perform quarantme before their entry into the port appears by fuch a.^wers hat (he ,s hab e the fuper- 

 ofi'W.«,itisufualfortheconngneetofenddownperfons mtendent (hall direft her to repair forthwith to the pro- 

 at his own expence to pack and take care of the goods ; and per place, and (he (hall not enter any other place, (except 

 where a confiffnee had omitted to do fo, and the goods were from ftrefs of weather or damage,) and (he may be com- 

 damajred by being fent loofe to (liore, it was held that he pelled, by all nece(rary means, (either by hr.ng of 

 had no rieht to call upon the mader for a compenfation. guns upon her, or any other kind of nece(rary force,) 

 Dunnaee^.. JolhflFe, before lord Kenyon, chief juftice, at to go to the proper place. (Order, feft. 8.) And if the 

 C IHl 11 M T nSo.l mafter does not caufe fuch (hip to be conveyed to the 



SWps bound to Leigh, and the ports "i Whitebooth Roads, place appointed, he (hall forfeit 500/. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. 

 and creeks extending from thence > between Hull and 

 to, and including Berwick, -) Grimlby. 



, /-Bromborough Pool, 



— — bound to Carli(lc, and the ports V orMilfordHaven, belonging thereto, although they maybe ports appointed 



and creeks extending from thence 7 ^^ orders, dated for performing quarantine (except for orders, or in confe- 



to, and including Beaumaris and the J ^ g q^_ i8o9,and quence of ftrefs of weather, or lofs or damage at fea) ; and 



Me of Man, - - - v. jy June 18 10. then the mafters are to anfwer the preliminary queftions, and 



bound to Sandwich and Cowes, \^ Motherbank near 



and the ports inclufive, - - j Portfmouth. 



u J r, 1 J c^U A (St. Ives' Pool, with- 



bound to Poole and SoUy, and \ j^ ^^^ harbour of 



the ports inclufive, - " . " ( Falmouth. 



bound to Bridgewater and Swan -^ King's Road and 



fea, and the ports inclufive, - j Portfliute Pill. 



bound to St. Ives andAberyft- | ^.^^^^^ j^^^^^_ 



with, and the ports inclulive, - | 



bound to Jerfey, Guernfey, i The Motherbank, or 



Sark, or Man, or any part of them, J St. Ives' Pool. 



bound to Leith,andall the ports"" 



or creeks extending from thence I 



along the eaftern coall of Scotland, 

 as far as and including Aberdeen, - 



bound to Glafgow, and all the 



ports or creeks extending along the 

 weftern coaft of Scotland, as far as 

 and including Wigtoun 



bound to Invernefs, and all the J 



Inverkeithing Bay. 



Holy Loch, in the 

 Frith of Clyde. 



Inverkeithing Bay, 

 by order 21 July 

 1806. 



"-( 



Holy Loch, by or- 

 der 21 July 1806. 



northern coaft of Scotland, as far as ,- 



and including Stornaway, -J 



-^^ bound to Dumfries and Kirk-^ 



cudbright, and all the ports and ( 



creeks en the fouth-weft coaft 



Scotland, - - 



— — bound to any port or place on"i At theneareft of the 



the coafts of England and Scot-( above ftations to 



land, not within any of the before- ( the place to which 



mentioned limits, - - -J file is bound ; and 



VefTels liable to quarantine, and having a clean bill of health 



on board, which arc bound to any of the above ports, and 



have pafled the place appointed to perform quarantine, either 



from the mailer's ignorance of being liable, or by ftreis ot 



to conform to all fuch direftions, as they (hall receive, as welL 

 with refpeft to their continuance at fuch ports, and depart- 

 ing and repairing to any other place, as to all other regu- 

 lations, &c. touching quarantine ; and if they do not 

 comply, they may be compelled to put to fea ; to aid which, 

 the commander, or other officer of his majefty's (hips of 

 war, may be called in. Order, fett. 7, and 45 Geo. III. 

 c. 10. feft. 19. 



The duration of quarantine depends upon circumftances ; 

 as, the country from whence the (hip arrives, the kind of 

 goods (he brings, the produftion of a bill of health, or 

 otherwife. And the commencement is to be taken for 

 (hip and goods (where the cargo confiils of goods of Clafs 

 I. and II., and goods non-enumerated), when the whole of 

 the two former are removed. (Order, feft. 39.) But if 

 there are no goods of thofe clafTes, then from the time of the 

 ve(rel's arrival at the quarantine rtation. (Seft. 12.) And 

 for (hips without bills of health, but with cargoes not 

 enumerated in the two cla(res, and not deemed infeftious, 

 from the day the quarantine guardians are put on board. 

 Order, feft. 40. 



The lords of the council may ilTue orders for Ihortening 

 the time of quarantine performed by particular (hips, perfons, 

 or goods, &c. or for wholly relcaling tiiem, abfolutely or 

 conditionally, as they (hall think fit. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. 

 feft. 12. 



The duration for fiiips performing quarantine is as 

 follows : — 



Ships having the plague on board, and arriving under 

 any alarming or fufpicious circumftances, the time is left 

 to the difcretion of the privy council. 45 Geo. III. fe£t. 12 

 and 13. 



Ships coming from or through the Mediterranean 

 or Weft Barbary with clean bills of health, having on 



Order, 



or 



weather, or other unavoidable circumftance, may, on proof on board goods of Clafs I. and II., fifteen days. 

 oath that it was unintentional, and n6t with the view of avoid- feft. 1 2 

 ing the regulations of quarantine, repair (and (hall be com- 

 pelled to go) to any other place at the difcretion of the 

 quarantine afiiftant, &e. keeping the proper fignal flying 

 during the whole time. Order, left. 6. 



When any country or place is known or fufpeCted to be 

 infetted with the plague, &c. then, whenever any fiiip (ball 

 attempt to enter any port in Great Britain, or the iflands of 

 Guernfey, &c. (he fliall be vifited by the fuperintendent of 

 quarantine, or proper officer of cufloms ; and the mafter, upon 



Ships arriving without clean bills of health, thirty days. 

 Order, fed. 37 — 40. 



Ships arriving from places in Europe without the 

 ftreights, or on the continent of America, where there is 

 not a quarantine eftablilhment, bringing goods of the ift 

 Clafs, the produce of Turkey, or Africa within the 

 ftreights, or Weft Barbary, to perform quarantine for 

 fifteen days. Order, feft. 5. 



Ships bringing touched, i. e. fufpefted bills, to perform. 



being defired, (for which purpofe he or the pilot is to bring quarantine for twenty days. Order, fed. 41. 

 to, under penalty of 100/.,) ftiall give atrue anfwer in writing The time for paffengers and the crews of ve(rels perform- 



to all fuch queftions and interrogatories as (hall be put to ing quarantine is to be governed by the nature of the cargoes 

 him ; and if lie refufes to make a true dlfcovery in any of of the refpedive ve(rels, and whether they come with or 

 the particulars, or if he ftiall give a falfe anfwer, (though not without bills of health. 



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