ing on oath or affirmation, before he shall proceed therein to make known to the person interrogated the penalty imposed by this act upon the person who shall give false answers under oath or affirmation to the questions proposed in such examination, and if upon such examination it shall appear to the said physician and quarantine master that the said ship or vessel came from a port or place at which no malignant or contagious disease prevailed at the time of her departure, that the persons on board such ship or vessel are free from every pestilential or contagious disease, (the small pox and measles excepted,) and that the said vessel has had no malignant disease on board either during the homeward bound voyage or during her continuance in a foreign port, and they shall see no cause to suspect that the cargo or any part thereof is infected, they shall forthwith deliver to the master or captain of such ship or vessel a certificate of the facts in such form as shall be directed by the Board of Health, and the said captain or master may thereupon proceed according to his destination, and shall present such certificate at the Health Office in Philadelphia within twenty four hours after his arrival and safely mooring there; but if it shall appear upon such examination that the ship or vessel came from a port or place at which a malignant or contagious disease prevailed, such vessel shall be detained at the Lazaretto for such time as the Board of Health shall deem necessary, not exceeding twenty days; and the letter bag of the vessel when purified, and such letters as the master, commander, or passengers, shall think proper to write to their owners, consignees, or friends, shall be transmitted to the Health Office in Philadelphia, who shall safely deposit the same in the post office. And thereupon the Board of Health shall determine and direct what measures shall be pursued to cleanse the vessel and cargo, purify the clothing and baggage, and restore the health of diseased persons on board, which direction shall be carried into execution under the inspec tion of the Lazaretto physician and quarantine master, at the expense of the master, owners, or consignees, of the vessel and goods respectively, in such manner as by the said orders shall be directed: Provided always, That wine, rum, salt, sugar, spirits, molasses, mahogany, manufactured tobacco, dye woods, preserved fruits, and such other articles as the Board of Health shall by their general regulations specify and permit, may be conveyed immediately to the city in lighters; and at the expiration of the said time if it shall appear to the said physician and quarantine master, that no person has been sick with a malignant or contagious disease, (the small pox and measles excepted,) on board said ship or vessel, either during the voyage homeward, or during her continuance in a foreign port, nor any of the crew or passengers, or other person from on board such

vessel during the performance of quarantine, and the said physician and quarantine master shall certify the said facts to the Board of Health; and that in their opinion the vessel, crew, cargo, and passengers, may be safely suffered to proceed to the city, the said captain or master may proceed with the same according to his destination, unless the Board of Health shall deem it necessary to cause a further detention of the said vessel or cargo, or of the crew or passengers, or of any baggage on board said vessel, in which case the same shall be detained until the Board of Health shall authorize the same to proceed and enter the city; and upon the arrival of the said captain or master at Philadelphia, he shall present the said certificate of the physician and quarantine master at the Health Office within twenty four hours after his arrival; but if upon examination of any vessel by the said physician and quarantine master as aforesaid, or during the performance of quarantine by any vessel, it shall appear to the said physician and quarantine master that there has been any person sick on board the said vessel with any malignant or contagious disease, either during the voyage homeward, or during the continuance of the vessel in a foreign port, or during the performance of quarantine at the Lazaretto, (or that any person on board such vessel has been affected with such disease) then in such case the vessel shall be detained such further time as the Board of Health may deem necessary, and the cargo and baggage, except such part thereof as in the opinion of the Board of Health may be supposed incapable of retaining infection, which said part may be transported to the city in lighters, shall, unless otherwise ordered and directed by the Board of Health, be unladened and thoroughly cleansed and purified, and the crew and passengers which were on board the said vessel, and the cargo and baggage on board the same, or any part thereof, except as before excepted, shall not be suffered to enter the city before the first day of October then next ensuing, without the license and permission of the Board of Health to that effect first had and obtained: Provided nevertheless, That such ship or vessel, after she shall have been tho roughly cleansed and purified, if no malignant disease appear on board, may be allowed to take in freight at the Lazaretto by means of lighters, and proceed to sea; and if any master or captain, or other person, on board of any vessel which shall be examined agreeably to this law, shall not true answers make to all such questions as the Lazaretto physician and quarantine master, or the said health officer or port physician shall ask, agreeably to this act or the rules heretofore established, or which shall from time to time be established by the Board of Health in conformity with this act, or shall knowingly deceive, or attempt to deceive, the proper officers as aforesaid in his

answers to their official inquiries, he having been duly informed and apprised of the penalties imposed by this act on the person so offending previous to his said examination, by the person making such examination, such person for each and every offence, being thereof legally convicted, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as hereinafter provided and directed, and moreover shall be sentenced to imprisonment at hard labour for any term not less than one year and not exceeding five years. And if any captain or master of any ship or vessel, shall neglect to present his certificate at the Health Office, in any case in which he is herein before directed so to do, within the time directed by this act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of three hundred dollars to be recovered and appropriated as hereinafter directed. And if any captain or master of any ship or vessel, or any other person on board the same, shall refuse or neglect to comply with the directions of the Lazaretto physician or quarantine master, which shall be made agreeably to this act, or the regulations of the Board of Health, with respect to the detention of any ship or vessel, or the landing from on board the same, of any person or persons, or of any goods, merchandise, bedding, baggage or clothing, or shall refuse to carry the same into effect, such person for each and every such offence, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than two hundred dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as is hereinafter provided and directed.

SECT. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any ship or vessel coming from any port or place within the United States, at which port or place the said ship or vessel had only called in or touched upon her arrival from a foreign port or place, shall be liable and subject to all the rules, regulations and restrictions of the preceding sections of this act, and shall be examined and treated as well the vessel itself as the cargo, crew, passengers and baggage, on board, in the same manner as if such ship or vessel had directly arrived at the Lazaretto from a foreign port or place without having first touched at a port or place within the United States; and all ships or vessels, as well vessels of war as merchant vessels, coming from any port or place within the United States, and bound to the port of Philadelphia, between the first day of June, and the first day of October in every year, and having on board any goods or merchandise, the growth or produce of any foreign place or country, or any person or persons' bedding or clothing, from any foreign port or place, shall come to anchor opposite the said Lazaretto, and shall be examined by the said Lazaretto physician and quarantine master, and if the captain or master of any such ship or vessel shall produce such satis

factory proof as the Board of Health shall in that case direct to be required, that the said goods or merchandise shall have been landed in the United States, more than twenty days, and are free from damage, and that the said vessel, bedding, clothing and persons, are free from the infection of any dangerous contagious disease, (the small pox and measles excepted,) then and in that case the said physician and quarantine master shall give to the captain or master of such ship or vessel a certificate of the facts, permitting such ship or vessel to proceed to the city, which certificate the said captain or master shall present at the Health Office in Philadelphia, within twenty-four hours after his arrival, and safely mooring there; and if he should neglect so to do, being thereof legally convicted under this act, he shall be sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred dollars, to be recovered and appropriated, as is hereinafter directed and provided; and if the said captain or master shall fail to produce such satisfactory proof as aforesaid, of the wholesome state of the said vessel, goods, merchandise, bedding, clothing and persons, the said vessel, goods, merchandise, bedding, clothing and persons, shall be detained at the Lazaretto, and shall be proceeded with in the same manner, and subject to the same orders and regulations as are herein before provided and directed in the case of vessels coming directly from a foreign port or place; and if the captain or master of any such ship or vessel coming from any port or place within the United States, and bound to the port of Philadelphia, having on board any goods or merchandise, bedding, clothing or persons, as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to come to anchor opposite the Lazaretto, and shall pass the same with intent to proceed to the city without examination by, and certificate obtained from, the said physician and quarantine master as aforesaid, he shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as is hereinafter provided and directed, and the said vessel, goods, merchandise, bedding, clothing and persons, shall be sent back to the Lazaretto, there to be proceeded with in such manner as the Board of Health, agreeably to this act, shall in that case devise and direct.

SECT. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every ship or vessel coming from the Mediterranean, shall be subject to a strict examination, under similar regulations and penalties, as are provided in the fourth section of this act, and if it appears that the said ship or vessel came from any place where the plague existed at the time of her departure, or has spoken with any vessel on board of which, any person was affected with the plague, or if any person is affected with the said disease on his arrival at the Lazaretto, or has been affected during the voyage, the said vessel shall not be suffered to pro

ceed to the city, the cargo and baggage shall be unloaded and thoroughly cleansed and purified, and no part shall be suffered to enter the city without the permission of the Board of Health first obtained; and the crew and passengers shall perform a quarantine of not less than twenty days, nor more than forty, at the discretion of the Board of Health: Provided nevertheless, That such ship or vessel after she shall have been thoroughly cleansed and purified, may be allowed to take in freight at the Lazaretto by means of lighters and proceed to sea.

SECT. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons, and all goods, merchandise, bedding and clothing, arriving at any port or place, within the United States, from any foreign port or place at which any malignant or contagious disease, (the small pox and measles excepted,) prevailed at the time of their departure, or in any vessel in which any such disease existed while they were on board the same, are hereby prohibited from entering the city or county of Philadelphia, or the county of Delaware, (except the township of Tinicum,) at any time between the first day of June and the first day of October in any year, either by land or water, without permission of the Board of Health first had and obtained, under the penalty of five hundred dollars for each and every offence, and the forfeiture of all such goods, merchandise, bedding or clothing, to be recovered and appropriated as is hereinafter directed; and that all goods, wares, bedding, clothing and merchandise, seamen or passengers, landed from on board any ship or vessel belonging to the port of Philadelphia at any other port of the United States, shall be subject to perform twenty days quarantine, previously to entering the city or county of Philadelphia, under the same penalty as in the fifth section, without permission first obtained from the Board of Health.

SECT. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person or persons, goods, wares, merchandise, bedding or clothing, from any port or place at which any malignant or contagious disease (the small pox or measles excepted) prevailed at the time of their departure, or from on board any vessel in which any such disease existed, while they were on board, shall enter or be brought into the city or county of Philadelphia at any time between the first day of June and the first day of October in any year, by land or water without the permission of the Board of Health first had and obtained, under the penalty of any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each and every such offence, and the forfeiture of all such goods, wares and merchandise, bedding, and clothing, to be recovered and appropriated, as directed by the twenty-ninth section of

SECT. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,