_To an Act, entitled "An act for establishing a Health Office, and
to secure the City and Port of Philadelphia from the introduction
of pestilential and contagious diseases, and for other purposes."_
SECT. 1. _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same_, That from and after the
passing of this act, between the first day of June and the first day of
October, every ship or vessel coming from any port or place southward of
Cape Fear, bound to Philadelphia, shall be subject to the examination
directed by the fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement;
for every ship or vessel coming from any foreign port or place, and the
master, commander or pilot of every such ship or vessel coming from any
port or place southward of Cape Fear shall be subject to the same
restrictions, and liable to the same indictment, prosecution and
penalties, as by the said fourth section of the said act is prescribed
for the master, commander or pilot of any ship or vessel coming from any
foreign port or place. And the same duties shall be performed by the
Lazaretto Physician and Quarantine Master, and the same oaths or
affirmations shall be by them administered, first making known to the
person interrogated the penalty imposed by the said act to which this is
a supplement, which penalty is hereby extended to every person who shall
give false answers, under oath or affirmation, to the questions proposed
under the authority of this act. And the said Physician and Quarantine
Master, and the master or captain of such ship or vessel, shall proceed
in the same manner in all respects as is directed by the said fourth
section of the act to which this is a supplement; and the Board of
Health shall have the same power to determine and direct what measures
shall be pursued, and the same shall be carried in like manner into
execution.
SECT. 2. _And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid_, That
from and after the passing of this act, between the first day of June
and the first day of October, every ship or vessel coming from a port or
place in the United States, bound to the port of Philadelphia, and from
which ship or vessel shall have been, within thirty days then next
preceding, unladen, the whole or a part of the cargo or baggage, brought
in the said ship or vessel from some foreign port or place, every such
ship or vessel shall be liable and subject to all the rules, regulations
and restrictions of the said fourth section of the said act to which
this is a supplement, 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 brought the same cargo,
crew, passengers or baggage, directly from such foreign port or place,
and had the same then on board at the Lazaretto.
SECT. 3. _And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid_, That
from and after the passing of this act, between the first day of June
and the first day of October, no ship or vessel which shall be laden
with, or have on board, any vegetables, fish or hides, shall be unladen
at the port of Philadelphia, until a permit shall be applied for and
obtained from the Board of Health. And if any master, captain, owner or
owners, consignee or consignees, or other persons, shall presume to
unlade from on board of any such ship or vessel, any vegetables, fish or
hides, without first having applied for and obtained a permit from the
Board of Health, every such master, captain, owner or owners, consignee
or consignees, or other person, so offending, shall pay a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as is
directed in the act to which this is a supplement.
SECT. 4. _And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid_, That
from and after the passing of this act, between the first day of June
and the first day of October, within forty-eight hours after the
discharge of the cargo of every ship or vessel at the port of
Philadelphia, it shall be the duty of the captain or master, owner or
owners, consignee or consignees, and other person, having the direction
of the discharge of the same, under the penalty of one hundred dollars,
to be recovered and appropriated as by the act to which this is a
supplement is directed, to give, or cause to be given, to the Board of
Health, notice that the same cargo is discharged, and to permit and
suffer the Board of Health, by themselves or by their lawful agent by
them for that purpose appointed, to examine the condition of the hold,
ballast and limbers of such ship or vessel. And if the Board of Health
shall deem it for the safety and health of the city of Philadelphia,
they are hereby authorised and empowered to designate a proper place to
which the said ship or vessel shall be taken, and that her hold, ballast
and limbers shall there be cleansed and purified, or at the expense of
such captain or master, owner or owners, consignee or consignees, or
other person, having the direction of the discharge of the cargo, to
send, or cause to be sent, such ship or vessel to a proper place, and
have her hold, ballast and limbers cleansed and purified.
SECT. 5. _And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid_, That
from and after the passing of this act, between the first day of June
and the first day of October, no person or persons shall, under the
penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as is
directed by the act to which this is a supplement, be permitted to
store, or keep in any one house, store, cellar or other inclosure, a
greater quantity than one hundred bushels of vegetables which are in
themselves of a perishable nature, without a permit from the Board of
Health, which permit shall be granted for a limited time therein
expressed, and may be renewed from time to time by the Board of Health.
JOHN GILMORE,
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_.
PHILIP S. MARKLEY,
_Speaker of the Senate_.
APPROVED, April 2d, 1821.
JOSEPH HIESTER.