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XCVI. E le faasaina foi le faatau o ie ma Tapaa, ac le matai lava ona moe iinei,

e faupea foi vaa e aumai ai mea e 'ai e le sili i tagata e toalua.

sili i tagata e toala. La faia e Taimua ma Faipule.

Dated at Apia, Samoa, December 4th, a.n. 1880.

Concerning Quarantine.

Afai o se vaa tele e le

MALIETOA LAUPEPA,

Le Sui Tupu.

XCVII. A health officer shall be appointed for the Municipality of Apia, who shall act under the Quarantine Laws passed by the Municipal Board.

CIX. Section 1. A Quarantine Commission, for the Municipality of Apia, is hereby appointed, consisting of the three consuls, who shall give orders in regard to vessels to be kept in quarantine as each case may require.

Section 2. To prevent the introduction of infectious or contagious diseases in the town of Apia, no communication, except by signal, shall be held with or from any vessel coming from beyond Samoa into the waters of the Municipality of Apia, before the master of each vessel has signed the certificate and bond hereto attached, or before the health officer has admitted such vessel to pratique.

Section 3. The pilot, or his substitute, shall go to every vessel nearing this port and coming from beyond Samoa, approaching her on the windward side, taking with him a yellow flag. Before boarding any such vessel he shall have a blank certificate and bond, in the form hereto attached, delivered to the master. Upon completion, signing, and delivering of said certificate and bond, the pilot may board the vessel, and she may enter the port.

Section 4. In case the master declines to subscribe the certificate and bond the pilot shall not go on board, but shall direct the master to hoist a yellow flag at the fore (if there is no yellow flag on board the vessel the pilot shall supply the same), and to remain off the port or proceed to the appointed quarantine ground or elsewhere, and anchor where the pilot may direct, and the pilot shall at once report to the health officer.

Section 5. Provided always that the pilot may board a vessel under any circum- stances if by his not doing so her safety would be endangered. Should the pilot have been obliged to board a vessel coming from beyond Samoa, the master of which declines to sign the certificate and bond, then the pilot shall order the yellow flag to be hoisted, and remain on board until the health officer has admitted the vessel to pratique, or has disinfected the pilot, his boat's crew, and boat, properly according to circumstances, and has given permission to the pilot to leave.

Section 6. The master of any vessel coming from beyond Samoa shall hoist the yellow flag immediately after being directed so to do by the pilot, and shall keep the same hoisted until the health officer has admitted the vessel to pratique, and ordered the yellow flag to be hauled down; and the master or other officer of such vessel shall not allow any communicotion with, or from such vessel, except by signal or by the health officer until she has been admitted to pratique by the health officer.

Section 7. The health officer on seeing a vessel hoist the yellow flag, or on receiving information from the pilot, shall proceed to the vessel, and approach her to windward within speaking distance. He shall then, by questioning the master, ascertain the reason why the former declines to sign the certificate and bond.

Section 8. If from the answers of the master he has good reason to suspect that the vessel has any contagion on board, he shall order the vessel to remain in quarantine, to keep the yellow flag hoisted, and he shall at once report to the Quarantine Commis- sioners, who shall meet as soon as possible to investigate the case and decide according to circumstances.

Section 9. If the health officer has good reason to believe that there is no contagion on board such vessel, he may go on board and examine her bill of health, her log-book, and journal, and inspect her crew and passengers.

Section 10. If the health officer finds, after inspection, that there is no danger of any contagion being on board, he may admit the vessel to pratique and order the yellow flug to be hauled down.

Section 11. If he finds there is danger of any contagion being ou board, he shall order the vessel to remain in quarantine, to keep the yellow flag hoisted, and he shall report to the Quarantine Commissioners, taking good care after leaving the ship to disinfect himself, and his boat's crew and boat, as circumstances may require, before he lands or communicates with any other vessel or boat.

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Section 12. Every master and every surgeon of any vessel which shall have sailed from a place where there shall have existed at the time of such sailing any infectious or contagious disease, or which shall have communicated otherwise than by signal with any vessel or place in which such contagious or infectious disease existed shall make a true declaration of such circumstances to the pilot and health officer, who shall come on board or alongside such vessel.

Section 13. Every master or surgeon of a vessel which shall have on board any person affected with any contagious or infectious disease shall declare the same to the pilot and health officer, and shall not attempt to conceal from the health officer any person so affected, and shall bring every person on board such vessel before the health officer, at his request, for inspection, and the master of any vessel shall, on the demand of the health officer, produce for inspection by him the log book and journal of such vessel.

Section 14. Every person on board of any vessel arriving at the port of Apia shall answer truthfully, and without evasion, any question that may be put to him by the health officer or pilot, in order to find out whether there is danger of any contagion being on board such vessel.

Section 15. No person, save as herein-before provided, shall approach or leave any vessel, on board of which the yellow flag is hoisted, until she has been admitted to pratique by the health officer, and the yellow flag has been hauled down.

Section 16. A quarantine fee shall be paid by all vessels coming from beyond Samoa as follows: -Vessels whose tonnage does not exceed 50 tons, 50 cents; vessels whose tonnage is over 50 tons and does not exceed 100 tons #1; vessels whose tonnage exceeds 100 tons shall pay $1 more for every 100 tons or fraction thereof, and such fee shall be paid to the treasurer of the Municipality.

Section 17. Any person committing a breach of any of the above quarantine regulations shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $200 or by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, not to exceed six months, or by both these penalties.

Section 18. All expenses caused to the Municipality by any vessel with regard to quarantine, shall be borne by such vessel, or by the master, owners, agents, or consignees thereof, and such vessel or persons shall be held responsible for the recovery of such expenses.

Section 19. Should any of the statements contained in the certificate signed by the master of any vessel be proved to be untrue, then the master of such vessel shall forfeit the sum stated in the bond, or any part of such sum according to the decision of the Quarantine Commissioners, and such sum shall be recoverable in the manner provided by Section 17.

Section 20. All forfeits or fines levied or paid for breaches of quarantine regulations shall be paid to the municipal treasurer, to the credit of the quarantine fund, which shall be used by the Municipal Board to defray public expenses with regard to the public health of the Municipality.

Section 21. No owner or any person whatever on board or connected with any vessel put in quarantine, nor any person importing or exporting or intending to export any goods or cargo in any such vessel shal? have any claim against the Municipality for detention or any loss or expense incurred in connexion with quarantine.

Dated at Apia, Samoa, April 1st, A.D. 1881.

The Quarantine Commission of the Municipality, as appointed by Regulation CIX., issue this new regulation.

Concerning Infection.

1. Any one having any infectious disorder on his premises, and not declaring such

to the secretary of the Board, shall be liable to a fine of two hundred (200) dollars or six months' imprisonment.

2. It shall be lawful for the Quarantine Commission, on the report of the health officer, to declare any premises infected, to cause them to be isolated, and to have the quarantine flag hoisted thereon. No communication with the outside must then be held, except through a properly appointed channel, under a penalty of two hundred (200) dollars, or six months' imprisonment.

3. Any one from the outside found communicating with the infected premises, except through the appointed channel, will be liable to a fine of two hundred (200) dollars, or six months' imprisonment; he will also remain in quarantine.

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