QUARANTINE. 



AftioDS to be brought within the fpace of two months 

 after the offence is committed. 



Whenever any perfon is charged with an offence agaiiiil 

 this or any other aft, or in difobedience of any order in council 

 concerning quarantine, and the fame fhall appear to any judge 

 of the court of King's Bench by affidavit or certificate of 

 an information being filed againfl fuch perfon, he may iffue 

 his warrant under his hand and feal, and caufe him to be 

 brought before him or a juftice of the peace, that he be 

 bound with two fufficient fureties to appear and anfwer fuch 

 offence ; and if fuch perfon fhall refufe or negleft to be- 

 come bound, he may be committed to gaol till he does fo 

 give bail, or be difcharged by order of the court of King's 

 Bench. The recognizance to be returned and filed in court, 

 and remain in force until fuch perfon is acquitted, or until 

 he has received judgment. (Aft, feft. 41.) And if he is 

 detained for want of bail, the profecutor may caufe a copy 

 of the indiftment to be delivered to him, or the gaoler, &c. 

 with notice thereon indorfed, that if he does not in eight 

 days enter an appearance and a plea of demurrer, an appear- 

 ance and plea of not guilty will be entered in his name ; 

 and upon affidavit being made of fuch notice, &c. being 

 delivered, the profecutor may caufe an appearance and plea 

 of not guilty to be entered, and fuch proceedings fhall be 

 had as if the defendant had appeared and pleaded not guilty ; 

 and if upon a trial the defendant is acquitted the judge may 

 direft his difcharge. Aft, feft. 41. 



Where any examination or anfwer fhall be taken on oath, 

 the perfons authorifed to take fuch examinations and oath 

 fliall be deemed to have full powers to adminfter fuch oath ; 

 and if any perfon fwears falfely, or procures others to do 

 fo, he fhall be deemed guilty of perjury or fubornation of 

 perjury. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 37. and 46 Geo. III. 

 c. 98. feci. 10. 



The king may i£u! direSions if the plague breaks out in Great 

 Britain. — The lords of the privy council, in cafe any infeftious 

 difeafe breaks out in Great Britain, or the iflands of Guern- 

 fey, S:c. may make fuch order, and give fuch direftions in 

 order to cut off all communication between any perfon in- 

 fefted, and the rell of his majelly's fubjetts as fhall appear to 

 them expedient for that purpofe. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 12. 

 And if it fhall happen that any part of Great Britain or 

 Ireland, or the ifles of Guernfey, &c. or France, Spain, 

 Portugal, or the Low Countries, fhall be affefted with the 

 plague or other infeftious difeafe, his majefly may by pro- 

 clamation reflrain all fmall boats, and veffels under 20 tons, 

 from failing out of the ports of Great Britain or the iflands, 

 until bond is given by the mailer, with fufficient fureties for 

 300/., that fuch vefiel or boat fhall not go or touch at any 

 place mentioned in fuch proclamation, and that the mailer, 

 crew, or paffengers, fhall not go on board any other fhip at 

 fea, nor receive any perfon on board at fea from any other 

 fhip, nor receive any goods out of any fhip. And if any 

 veffel for which fuch fecurity is required, fliall fail before 

 fecurity is given, fhe fhall be liable to forfeiture, and the 

 mafler and every mariner fhall forfeit 20/. 45 Geo. III. 

 c. 10. feft. 32. 



By the flat. I James I. c. 31. if any perfon infefted with the 

 plague, or dwelling in any infefted houfe, be commanded by 

 the mayor or conflable, or other head officer of the town or 

 Till, to keep his houfe and fliall difobey it, he may be en- 

 forced by the watchmen appointed on fuch occaiions to obey 

 fuch neceffary command, and if any hurt enfue the watch- 

 men are thereby indemnified. And further, if fuch perfon 

 goes abroad and converfes in company, if he has no plague 

 fore upon him, he fhall be punifhed as a vagabond by whip- 

 ping, and be bound to his good behaviour. But if he has any 



infeftious fore upon him uncured, he then fhall be guilty of 

 felony. Blackflone, vol. iv. c. 13. 



Having thus far given the laws and regulations concern- 

 ing this matter, we fhall fl;ate the duties payable by fhips 

 performing quarantine, with the exceptions provided by 

 tlie aft ; and alfo the beft methods of fumigating fhips 

 and houfes. It mufl be apparent, that the nature of the 

 quarantine eftablifliments and maintaining lazarets incur 

 confiderable expences, to defray which the duties are to be 

 applied (Aft, feft. 8.) ; and the law 45 Geo. III. c. loi 

 feft. 3. declares, that it is reafonable the importers fhould 

 defray the fame ; and feft. 6. enafts, that the fhip-owners 

 may recover of the importers fuch fums as the tonnage of 

 their goods fhall bear to the proportion of the tonnage of 

 the fhips. Thefe duties are to be paid upon the fhips 

 clearing inwards, and to be computed according to the 

 26 Geo. III. c. 60. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 5. They 

 are to be levied and recovered as duties of cufloms, and 

 although not raifed for the purpofe of contributing to the 

 revenue, the amount is to be carried to the confolidated fund. 

 Seft. 7. 



A Table of tonnage duties payable on fhips and vefTeb, 

 which fliips or veffels, or the cargo of which, or any part 

 thereof, fhall have performed quarantine in Great Britain, 

 or the iflands of Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man. 

 45 Geo. III. c. 10. f. 3. 



t. s. (I, 



7 6 



o 15 



o 10 



7 6 



1. For every lliip which fhall have arrived 

 from any part of Turkey, or from Africa 

 within the flreights of Gibraltar, or in the 

 Weft Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, with 

 a clean bill of health, the ton 



2. Do. without a clean bill of health, the ton 



3. For every fhip which Ihall have 

 any place whatfoever, (except from 

 of Turkey, &c.) with a clean b 

 the ton - - - - 



4. Do. without a clean bill of health, the ton 

 J. For every fhip which fhall arrive with any" 



part of the cargo confifting of goods the 

 growth of Turkey, or any place in Africa 

 within the flreights, or in the Weft Barbary, 

 and which fhall have arrived from any place 

 whatever, the ton . - - - 



6. For every fliip which fhall have fo arrived" 

 under fuch circumftancea as fhall induce 

 his majefty, or the lords of the council, to 

 fubjeft fuch fliip to the like quarantine as j 

 fhips coming from Turkey with clean bills j 

 of health, the ton ... - J 



7. Ships arriving under fuch circumftances as 

 fhall induce his majefty to fubjeft fuch fhip 

 to the hke quarantine as fliips coming from 

 Turkey without clean bills of health, the ton 



8. For every fhip which fhall enter inwards in 

 the port of London, an additional duty of 

 per ton . . . - 



Exempted from the faid Duties. 



Ships of war, tranfports, and other veffels employed in the 

 fervice of government. 



Ships or veffels not bound to Great Britain or the iflands, 

 and having put in in diftrefs. (Ahhough they fhould per- 

 form quarantine. Opinion of the attorney-general.) 



Ships or veffels obliged to perform quarantine only on 

 account of having goods enumerated in the ift Clafs on 



board, 



o 15 



