QUARANTINE. 



was made foon after the ha, and if not, for wliat reafon ; 

 and alfo to make oath to aU the other papers. Sett. lo ot 



the Order. • l r »« 



If any fufpicious circumftances appear m the anfwers to 

 the above queftions, or from any other circumftance, the 

 proper officer is immediately to tranfm.t fuch anfwers to 

 the privy council and the comm.ffioners of the culloms, 

 and without regard to the b.ll of health, -Aether dean 

 or otherwife, is to order fuch ft.p to a ftat.on d.ltant 

 from all other veffels, and put her under fpecial guard, tne 

 more cffeftually to prevent communication with her. Order, 



^ Ships' coming without clean bills of health are to have 

 two quarantine guardians placed on board as foon as the 

 examiiiations are ended, and {he fhall have arrived at her 

 proper rtation. Order, feft. 15. 



Guardians are to take care that, after the cargoes are dii- 

 charn-ed into the lazaret, the holds and between decks are 

 completely fwept, and the fweepings burnt. (Order, 

 fed. 20.) And they are to fearch all lockers and ehefls, 

 &c. of paflengers and crews, fo that no goods in Lift i 

 and 2, or any thing liable to infeftion, remains undelivered, 

 except what the fuperintendent or medical man declares 

 requifite for daily ufe ; and they are to fee all fuch chefts, 

 clothes, and the bedding of the fhip daily opened and aired. 

 (Order, feft. 21.) They are alfo to make daily reports of 

 the ftate of health of every perfon on board, and whether 

 the regulations are regularly complied with ; and, in cafe 

 of anv impediment, are to give notice to the mafter, and then 

 to the fuperintendent, who (hall remove the fame. Order, 



feft. 22. 



Perfons landing or removing any goods, wares, or mer- 

 chandize, packets, packages, baggage, wearing-apparel, 

 books, or letters, from any (hip liable to quarantine, or 

 knowingly receiving the fame, are to forfeit, for every 

 offence, not more than 500/., nor lefs than 100/. And 

 perfons clandellinely conveying them (or conceahng them 

 for that purpofe) from any (hip aftually performing qua- 

 rantine, or from the lazaret, are to be adjudged guilty of 

 felony, and fuffer death without benefit of clergy. Adt, 

 fed. 31. 



Officers of cuftoms, or other perfons embezzling goods, 

 or guilty of any other breach or neglcft of duty, in refpeft 

 of the (hips, perfons, and goods performing quarantine, 

 (hall lofe their office or employment, and be rendered in- 

 capable to hold the fame, or receive a new grant thereof, 

 and (hall forfeit lOo/. And if they fhall defert their duty, 

 or wilfully permit any (hips, perfons, or goods, to depart, 

 or be conveyed out of the lazaret, (liip, or other place, 

 unlefs by permiffion under an order in council, and if they, 

 or any perfon authorifed to grant certificates of (hips having 

 performed quarantine, (hall knowingly give a falfe certificate 

 thereof, they (hall fuffer death without benefit of clergy ; 

 and if they (hall wilfully damage any goods under their 

 direftion, they fhall pay treble damages and cofts of fuit to 

 the owner. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 26. 



Perfons forging, counterfeiting, interlining, or altering, 

 any certificate required by this aft, or any order in council 

 touching quarantine, or procuring it to be done, or pub- 

 liihing it as true, (hall fuffer death without benefit of clergy. 

 45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 30. and 46 Geo. III. c. 08. 

 feft. 8. 



After goods have been duly opened and aired, proof 

 thereof fhall be made by the oaths of the mafter of the 

 lazaret or vefTel, and one of the guardians or officer of the 

 cuftoms, and the fuperintendent, (hall give a certificate of 

 fuch proof having been made, and fuch goods (hall not be 



liable to any further reftraint, either at that or any other 

 port. 46 Geo. III. c. 98. feft. 5. 



Ships and perfons having performed quarantine, proof is 

 to be made by the oath of the mafter, and of two other per- 

 fons belonging to the (hip, before the principal officer of 

 cuftoms or juftice of peace, at the port where quarantine 

 was performed, or, if at the iflands of Guernfey, &c. 

 before two jurats, that fuch (hips or perfons have duly per- 

 formed quarantine, and that they are free from infeftion. 

 And, upon producing a certificate from the fuperintendent 

 to that effeft, the coUeftor or juftice, &c. is required to give 

 a certificate thereof, and thereupon fuch (hips and perfons 

 fhall not be liable to farther reftraint. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. 

 feft. 28. 



All forfeitures and penalties incurred againft this aft may 

 be recovered in any of his majefty's courts of record, or 

 by fuit in any of his majefty's courts in the iflands of 

 Guernfey, &c. one half to them who fhall fue, and the other 

 to his majefty, to be applied towards defraying the expences 

 of erefting and maintaining the lazaret. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. 

 feft. 34. 



Aftions to be commenced in the name of the attorney- 

 general, or of fome officer of the cuftoms, and the former 

 may ftop proceedings if he thinks proper, as well as to the 

 officer's (hare as to the king's moiety. Seft. 35 and 36. 



Offences againft this aft, not being felony, and difobe- 

 dience to any order in council, for which no fpecific penalty 

 is provided, may be tried before any two juftices of the 

 peace for the county, riding, &c. where fuch offence hap- 

 pens ; and if any perfon fhall be convifted he fhall be liable 

 to fuch penalty, not exceeding 50/. for any one offence, or 

 to fuch imprifonment, not exceeding three months, as fhall, 

 in the difcretion of the two juftices, be judged proper. 

 Such penalty to be applied as direfted by feft. 34. 45 

 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 38. 



Offences contrary to this or any aft hereafter to be 

 paffed, or of any order in council, notified by proclamation, 

 or publifhed in the Gazette, may be tried in any county 

 within England or Scotland, or in the proper courts in the 

 ifles of Guernfey, &c. No attainder of felony to work 

 corruption of blood or forfeiture of goods, &c. 45 Geo. III. 

 c. 10. f. 39 and 42. 



In any profecution for offences againft this aft, or any 

 aft which may hereafter be paffed, concerning quarantine, 

 or for any breach of any order in council notified in the 

 Gazette (which is to be a fufficient notice by 45 Geo. III. 

 c. 10. feft. 33. ), the anfwer to any queftions or interrogatories 

 put to the mailer of a fhip, may be given in evidence as to 

 the place from which fuch fhip came, or the places at which 

 fhe touched in the courfe of the voyage ; and where any 

 (hip fliaU have been direfted to perform quarantine, the 

 having been fo direfted fhall be evidence that fhe was liable, 

 unlefs fatisfaftory proof (hall be produced by the defendant 

 that the (hip did not come from or touch at any fuch place 

 as is ftated in the faid anfwer ; or that fuch (hip, although 

 direfted to perform quarantine, was not liable. And where 

 any fhip fhall in faft have been put, and (hall aftually be 

 performing quarantine, fuch (hip fhall, in any profecution, 

 be deemed to be liable, without proving in what manner, 

 or from what circumftances, fuch veffel became liable. 

 46 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 40. 



By the 43d feftion, offenders may plead the general 

 iffue, and if the plaintiff is nonfuited, or difcontinues his 

 aftion after the defendant has appeared, or if judgment has 

 been given upon any verdift or demurrer againft the plain- 

 tiff, the defendant may recover treble cofts, and have the 

 like remedy at law as the defendant hath in other cafes. 



Aftions 



