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ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1874. 1315


Chinese Emigration.


passengers ; this space shall be either under the poop, or in the round -house, or in any
deck-house which shall be properly built and secured to the satisfaction of such emigra
tion officer, or on the upper passenger deck, and not elsewhere, and shall in no case be
of less dimensions than eighteen clear superficial feet for every fifty passengers which
the ship shall carry. Every such hospital shall be fitted with bed places, and supplied and properly
fitted up.
with proper beds, bedding, and utensils, to the satisfaction of the emigration officer at
the port of clearance, and shall throughout the voyage be kept so fitted and supplied.

2. In the measurement of the passenger decks , for the purpose of determining the Space for hospital
to be included in
measurement of
number of passengers to be carried in any such Chinese passenger ship, the space for capacity for
the hospital shall be included. passengers.
[Ibid, sec. 2 ]

3. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, at a salary not exceeding two Governor au
thorized to ap
thousand dollars per annuin a medical officer whose duty it shall be to inspect intend point a medical
officer.
[Ord. 12 of 1868,
ing emigrants and to supervise all matters and things in any way relating to the sec. 9.]
comfort and well- being of such emigrants before their departure and on their voyage,
and such salary shall be in lieu of all fees .

4. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage of Medical examina
tion before sail
more than seven days duration, until the proper medical officer as provided shall have ing. [Ord. 6, of
1859, sec. 3. ]
certified to the emigration officer, and the said emigration officer shall not grant his
certificate unless he is satisfied, that none of the passengers or crew appear, by reason
of any bodily or mental disease, unfit to proceed or likely to endanger the health or
safety of other persons about to proceed in such vessel ; and a medical inspection of
the passengers for the purposes of giving such certificate shall take place either on
board the vessel, or, at the discretion of the said emigration officer, at such time and
place on shore, before embarkation, as he may appoint ; and the master, owner, or
charterer of the ship, shall pay to the emigration officer a sum at the rate of twenty-five
current dollars, for every hundred persons so examined, and such emigration officer
shall pay the same into the Treasury to the use of the Crown.

5. The medical inspection of emigrants under contracts of service shall take place Medical inspec
tion of emigrants
on shore before embarkation as well as on board the said ship after embarkation , and under contract
of service.
the emigration officer shall not grant the certificate required by "The Chinese Passen [Ord. 12 of 1868,
sec. 10.1
gers' Act, 1855 " unless he shall be satisfied that such double inspection has been duly
made, or has been dispensed with by the sanction of the Governor .

6. It shall not be lawful for any emigrant under contract of service to embark in No emigrant to
embark or be
received on board
any Chinese passenger ship or for the master or other person on board of a Chinese without a permit.
[Ibid, sec. 11.]
passenger ship to permit any such emigrant to embark therein, unless such emigrant
shall produce an embarkation permit from the emigration officer, who shall not grant
the same unless he shall be satisfied that such emigrant has undergone on shore the
medical inspection required by law to be made before embarkation .

7. The medical inspection of emigrants required to be made after their embarka Emigration
officer to appoint
time for medical
tion in any Chinese passenger ship shall take place at such time as the emigration inspection after
officer shall appoint . embarkation.
[Ibid, sec. 12.]