said Court is hereby authorized to grant; and in default of giving such bail, such person or persons so as aforesaid, ordered to be held to bail, shall be committed to prison, or to such other place as any of the said boards of health, respectively, for any district where the offender may be taken, may order, for the public safety.

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Further powers

XII. And be it enacted, That the Lieutenant Governor, Health officers or Administrator of the Government for the time being, by to be appointed and with the advice of Her Majesty's Council, is hereby au- by Lt. Governthorized and required to appoint one or more medical person or persons for such districts as he may see fit; who shall have power and authority to go on board, visit and inspect all vessel or vessels arriving at this Island within the district for which he or they shall be health officer or officers, which may be suspected of having on board any infectious, pestilential, or contagious disease or distemper, and who are required, at the instance of the said boards of health, to go on board such respective vessel or vessels, and make full inquiry and examination into the state of the health of all persons on board, or who may have been on board during any part of the voyage; and whether the said vessel or vessels came from, or touched at any place infected with any of such distempers, and into and concerning all circumstances and matters in anywise touching and concerning the prevalence of any such distempers, at any place where the said vessel or vessels may have touched, or from which the said vessel or vessels may have sailed; and the said health officer or health officers are hereby respectively fully authorized and empowered, on going on board any vessel or vessels as aforesaid, to examine the master and any other person on board such vessel or vessels, if he or they may think necessary, on oath, as to the health of all persons on board, or who may have been on board during any part of the voyage, and into and concerning all circumstances and matters in anywise touching or concerning the prevalence of any of the said distempers at any place where the said vessel or vessels may have touched; which oath the said health officers respectively are hereby fully authorized and empowered to administer; and the said health officer and health officers performing such duty, shall make report, in writing, to the boards of health for the district in which such vessel shall be, of the result of such examination and inquiry, with his or their opinion and advice thereon; and no such vessel shall proceed further into the harbor, until the board of health for the district in which such vessel shall be, shall give a license in writing to the master or commander of such vessel for that purpose; any thing in the Act passed in the second year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, to the contrary notwithstanding; and such health officer who

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shall visit, inspect, and examine any such vessel as aforesaid, and make such report as aforesaid, shall, for each and every such visit, inspection, examination and report, be entitled to demand and receive from the master, owner, or consignee of such vessel so visited, inspected and examined, the rates following, being proportioned according to the size of the vessel; that is to say, for

All vessels under one hundred tons, five shillings.

Vessels of one hundred tons, and under one hundred and fifty tons, seven shillings and six pence.

Vessels of one hundred and fifty tons, and under two hundred tons, ten shillings.

Vessels of two hundred tons, and under three hundred tons, fifteen shillings.

Vessels of three hundred tons and upwards, twenty shillings.

Provided always, that in case it shall be found necessary for the said health officer or officers to make more than one visit to any such vessel or vessels, every health officer so visiting shall be entitled to one half only of any of the aforementioned rates, for every second and further visit so made, from the lowed for every master, owner, consignee, or commander of such vessel, together with a reasonable allowance for medicines furnished and supplied; the said fees for attendance and allowance for such medicines to be recovered before any two Justices of the Peace for the County wherein such services have been performed.

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XIII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That if such health officer or health officers shall not deem it proper in the first instance, or necessary, actually to go on board of any such vessel or vessels, on account of any contagious or malignant disease which may prevail therein, then it shall not be incumbent upon him to do so, but only to go alongside of such vessel or vessels (unless a special order to the contrary shall be first made by the board of health for the district for which such medical officer shall be appointed; but all the powers and authorities by the last preceding section of this Act vested in such health officer or officers, and to be exercised by him or them on going on board of such vessel or vessels, shall be, and the same are hereby given to and vested in such health officer, or health officers, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, in cases where he or they may not deem it proper or necessary to go on board, but only to go alongside of any such vessel or vessels.

XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall not be the duty of any such medical officer as aforesaid to

visit, nor shall he be entitled to any fee for visiting any vessel arriving from any port, unless a general or special order for that purpose shall be first made by the board of health for the district for which such medical officer shall be appointed; anything in this Act to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

XV. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent the master of any ship or vessel from consulting or employing any medical man, other than the health officer or health officers, in case of any sickness amongst the crew of, or passengers on board of his ship or vessel.

XVI. And be it enacted, That in case it shall come to the knowledge of any Justice of the Peace or collector of impost, that any vessel has landed, or is about to land, any passengers laboring under any infectious or contagious disorder, or reputed so to be, that then the said Justice or collector of impost, of himself, and without any authority from any board of health, is hereby empowered, directed, and required to act to the best of his knowledge and ability in conformity with the directions hereinbefore prescribed to the boards of health, until the board of health nearest to such Justice or collector, by some resolution or order, signed by their chairman, and delivered to the said Justice or collector of impost, shall thereby supersede any order or proceeding so made or taken by any such Justice or collector; and thereupon such board shall forthwith require from such Justice or collector of impost, an account of any expenses incurred by him, or by his orders, in discharging the duty thereby imposed on him as aforesaid, and shall include such account in their statement of disbursements, and when such disbursements shall be paid, shall then pay to the said Justice or collector of impost, when required by him, the amount of his account, or so much thereof as shall be allowed by the Executive of this Colony.

XVII. And be it enacted, That the fourth section of an Repeals 4th Act made and passed in the second year of the reign of King section and William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to prevent the im- part of 9th secportation and spreading of infectious diseases within this tion of 2 W. 4, Island;" and also so much of the ninth section of the said Act as relates to the appointment of health officers, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

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Continuance

XVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall continue and be in force for ten years from the passing thereof, and of Act. from thence to the end of the then next session of the General Assembly, and no longer.

CAP. VI.

An Act to alter and amend the laws now in force relating to the militia.

WHEREAS in and by an Act of the General Assembly

of this Island, passed in the twentieth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled "An Act for the estab lishing and regulating a militia," and in and by an Act of the said Assembly, passed in the third year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for repealing certain parts of an Act intituled An Act for the establishing and regulating a militia, and for substituting other provisions in lieu thereof;"" the militia of this Island are made liable to be called out, for the purpose of training and other military exercises, by the Lieutenant Governor, or Commander-in-chief for the time being, and by the commanding officer of the regiment, once in every year, and in some cases more frequently, as well in times of peace as of war or emergency and whereas the custom of annually calling out and mustering the said militia, has prevailed since the passing of the above recited Acts, and has caused much loss of time and expense to the inhabitants of this Colony, and is unnecessary in times, like the present, of peace, and it is therefore deemed expedient that the said recited Acts should be amended: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this Act, the militia of this Island shall not be liable to be called out for the purpose of training or muster, by the Lieutenant Governor, or Commander-in-chief for the time being. or by the commanding officers of the regiments, in manner as in the said recited Acts mentioned, except only in times of war, civil commotion, or other sufficient emergency, which, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor, or Commander-inchief, may call for the actual services of the said militia, or any part thereof.

II. And be it enacted, That the person or officer appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, or other Commander-in-chief for the time being, under the provisions of the Act passed in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for repealing certain parts of ti Act intituled An Act for the establishing and regulating a militia, and for substituting other provisions in lieu thereoi, to receive the returns from the officers commanding regimens or battalions, and to inspect the respective regiments, co panies and battalions of militia, (and to whom the sum seventy-five pounds per annum is paid, under the eighth tion of the last mentioned Act,) shall, from and after the

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passing of this Act, be paid out of the treasury of this Island, in the usual manner, the sum of twenty-five pounds per annum only, and no more, instead of the said annual allowance of seventy-five pounds; the same to be also in lieu of the salary in the said last recited Act mentioned, as being formerly attached to the office of Adjutant General, and of all fees, charges or expenses for travelling to inspect the militia.

CAP. VII.

24 Vic. c. 23.

An Act to oblige husbands and natural relatives of indigent Continued by and impotent persons, unable to maintain themselves, to contribute to their support.

HEREAS the laws now in force on the above subject will shortly expire, and it is deemed expedient, preparatory to the reprint of the Statutes, to repeal the same, and to enact provisions in lieu thereof: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to oblige husbands and other natural relatives of indigent and impotent persons, unable to maintain themselves, to contribute to their support,' and also so much of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to continue several Acts therein mentioned," as continues the first above recited Act, be, and the same are severally hereby repealed, save and except, and in so far as the said Acts are declared to be in force, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

c.9, and part of Repeals 9 Vic. 13 Vic. c. 1.

tent persons,

such persons.

II. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of Husbands, &c. this Act, the husband, the father, and the mother, and also of poor, blind, the children, being twenty-one years of age, and upwards, of lame or impoevery poor, blind, lame, and impotent person, who shall, upon may be compelcomplaint first duly made, be proved to the satisfaction of any led to maintain two Justices of the peace for the County where the said person shall reside, to be unable to provide a sufficient maintenance for his, her, or their support, such relations being proved to be of sufficient ability, shall, at their own charges relieve and maintain every such poor person, in such manner, and according to such rate, as by any two Justices of the Peace of any County where such poor shall dwell, shall be assessed and ordered.

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III. And be it enacted, That if any such poor, destitute, and impotent person shall, through fear or any other cause, be deterred from personally complaining to any such Justices, plaint of third and decline seeking relief as aforesaid, then, upon sufficient parties. proof thereof, and of the destitute circumstances and situation