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1510 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 .


Merchant Shipping.


furnish far as he may be able to ascertain the same ; and every seaman who may
Harbour
Master with
be reported , or may be otherwise discovered , to be affected with a
weekly lists
of the seamen contagious disease, shall be removed by warrant under the hand of the
resident in
their houses , Harbour Master to a hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the
and report
their state of Visiting Surgeon thereof, discharged as cured , and shall have obtained from
health.
Diseased such Visiting Surgeon a certificate of his having been so discharged , which
seamen to be
removed to a certificate he shall produce and show to the Harbour Master when required
hospital.
[Ordinance so to do ; and the expenses which may be incurred in and about the
10 of 1867,
sec. 63. ] maintenance and treatment of any such seaman in such hospital, shall be
a debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid by such seaman ; or, in case
of the keeper of the boarding-house in which such seaman shall have
resided before his removal to hospital not having reported, or having

made a false report as to the state of health of such seaman , then such
expenses shall be paid by such boarding- house keeper; in case it shall
appear to, and be certified by, the Visiting Surgeon of the hospital to
which such seaman may be removed, that the disease with which he may
be affected is of such a nature as that the keeper of the boarding-house
could, with ordinary and reasonable observation , have ascertained its
existence ; and in all cases, such expenses shall, in case of non-payment,
be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of the hospital.
Penalty for 2. If any seaman affected with a contagious disease, and reported so
offering any
obstruction to to be by the keeper of the boarding-house in which such seaman may be
removal to
hospital. residing , shall refuse or offer any hindrance or obstruction to his removal
[Ibid, sec.
64. ] to a hospital ; or having been removed to a hospital , shall attempt to leave
the same before he shall be properly discharged cured ; or having been
discharged cured , shall refuse to produce his certificate of discharge when
required by the Harbour Master ; or being affected with a contagious disease,
shall neglect or refuse to inform the keeper of the boarding-house in which
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he may be residing, then, and in every such case, such seaman so
offending shall incur a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars , or
imprisonment with or without hard labour , for any term not exceeding
one month.
Masters of 3. The master of any merchant ship , before shipping any seaman ,
ships before
shipping may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon ,
seamen may
require them by notice in writing to that effect, addressed to the Harbour Master or a
to undergo
medical Visiting Surgeon appointed in pursuance of this section , and the Colonial
inspection.
[Ibid, sec. Surgeon or such Visiting Surgeon upon such inspection shall give a
65. ]
certificate under his hand as to the state of health of such seaman, which