262 Assembly Proceedings, November 1-December 6, 1766.

Liber H. S.
No. 1
[Duration]

This Act to continue till the last day of October Which shall be
in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy and no
longer

December 6:^th 1766
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
MMacnemara Cl Loho

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Hor,,^o Sharpe

Dec.^r 6.^th 1766
Read and Assented to
by the Upper house of
Assembly
Signed by Order
UScott Cl. Up. Ho.

the great Seal
in Wax Append.^t

No. 25

An Act to Oblige Infected Ships and other Vessells coming into
this Province to perform Quarantine

[Preamble]

Whereas great Mischiefs have Arisen from the Landing of Goods
and passengers from Ships and other Vessells coming into this
Province with Servants and German Passengers by Communicating
to and Spreading amongst the Inhabitants dangerous infectious dis-
tempers begun at first by numbers of People being closely confined
together for long times in a small space

[Masters of
Vessels to
be Sworn,
That They
have no
infectious
Distemper
on Board:]

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary by and with the Advice and consent of his Lordships
Governor and the Upper and Lower houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same that no Ship or Vessell whatsoever coming
into this Province after the first day of May next and in which
Ship or Vessell there shall be Imported more than Thirty Servants

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or Passengers shall be Admitted to make her Entry or land or put
on Shore any Goods Passenger or Servant before the Master
together with two other Credible persons shall make Oath before

[The Oath]

the Collector or Naval Officer with whom such Ship or Vessell
shall first enter, That neither the Small Pox Goal Fever Yellow
Fever Flux or any such Dangerous Infectious Distemper is or hath
been on Board such Ship or Vessell on her Passage to the knowledge
or belief of such Captain or other persons taking such Oath respec-
tively which Oath the said Collector or Naval Officer is hereby im-
powered and directed personally or by their Deputies to Administer
and Certificate thereof give without Fee or Reward

[In case of
Refusal to
make such
Oath]

And be it Further Enacted that in case any such Ship or Vessell
shall be Offered to be entered and such shall be refused to be made
or delayed for the Space of Forty eight hours thereafter that then
the Officer to whom Application shall be made for Entry as afore-
said shall and he is hereby enjoyned and strictly Required imme-
diately thereupon to Transmit and send a full and Distinct Account
and information thereof to the Governor or Commander in Chief
of this Province for the time being and on such Information given
as aforesaid such Ship or Vessell shall be Obliged to make her