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GEORGIA.
By fn's Excellency JAMES
JACK S O N. Governor
and Commander in Chief of the
Army and Nam of this State ,
and of the Militia thereof,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS in and by an
aft of this ftate, entitled
“ an aft to oblige vcffefs, and
perfons coming from places in
fefted with epidemic difiemper*,
to perform quarantine and to
prevent the bringing into and
fpreading malignant and conta
gious disorders in this Rate,
paired December the 13th, 1793*
it is enpfted, “ that the quaran
tine of any perfon, or velfel,
which is required, in and by the
faid aft, coming from places in
fefted with the plague or other
malignant diforder, fhall be of
fuch duration, and in fuch pla
ces, and under fuch regulations,
as fhall be devifed and held ex
pedient, fo far as refpefts the
arrival of veftf.ls ; or perfons in
Tybee, and Waffaw inlets, and
rivers thereof, under the inipec-
Sion of the corporation of Savan
nah, and fo far as refpefts other
inlets, and rivers, in rhis (late,
under the infpeftion of the juf
tices of the county, or comtnif
fioners of the town adjacent to
fuch inlet, or river, or comtnif
fioners of pilotage of fuch port,
as the cafe may happen, and fuch
corporation juftices or commif
fioners, arc hereby fully author
ifed to fix fuch ccntintls and
guard boats, and to ufe all and
every means in their power, to
enforce this law, for the purpo
rts intended.” And it is further
enabled, in and by the faid law,
“ that the pilot, or pilots belong
ing to the feveral ports of this
(late, do, before his, or their
entering on board any fhip or
vcftel deftined for this (late,
make ftrift enquiry of every
matter or commander of the
fame, whether the plague, fmall
pox, malignant fever, or other
contagious diforder, be in fuch
lliips or veflels. And in cafe
fuch pilot, or pilots, fhall, upon
enquiry, find that the plague,
fmall pox, malignant fever, or
other contagious diforder, be in
fuch fhip or veffcl, fuch pilot or
pilots, aie forbidden from enter
ing therein, on any pretence
whatfoevci;
And it is alfo enabled, To be
the duty of the corporation,
jutticcs, or others therein em
powered, after notifying to the
people of the diftrift they live
in, of the nccefTity of ordering
quarantine to be performed,
forthwith to tranfmit by exprefs,
or poft, an exaft account, and
ttatement thereof to the Gover
nor and Commander in Chief
for the time being, who is di
yefted to publifh the fame by
proclamation, enjoining and re
quiring a due obedience to the
regulations for preventing con
tagious diflcrnpers being fpread
in this ftate.
And tvhereaSt information has
reached the Executive Depart
ment, that the epidemic and
contagious diforder, the fmall
pox has been introduced by
water into the city of Savannah,
in contravention of the faid law,
and where, from inoculation, it
h feid to have become general.
and from thence to have fpread
over, or to have been carried
into the adjacent country, of the
counties of Chatham and Bryan;
which, if true, had the corpora
tion and pilots of Savannah
done their duty, the diforder,
would not at firft have been in
troduced, or permitted to fpread;
or on notification to the Gover
nor, which he has never yet
officially received from the cor
poration, would have been con
fined (after being introduced)
to the city alone.
And whereas , I am informed
that the faid diforder ft ill con
tinues to fpread, and incieafe,
and is likely to become general
throughout the ftate, at a mo
ment, when the fun is almoft
vertical, and the hooping cough
and fevers prevail, whereby ma
ny lives will be endangered,
and from the numbers of perfons
in the weflern parts of the ftate,
as well free as flavcs, who have
never had the fmall pox, the
crops may be at great hazard
and rifk, by the lofs of their la
bor, which will become a public
as well as private calamity.
And whereas , It is in and by
the aft afore-recited further de
clared, that, whenever the gover
nor and commander in chief for
the time being, fhall find it ne
ccffary to give any orders or di
reftions for preventing any con
tagious diftemper from being
brought into this ftate, or from
any part of the ftate
therewith, into any uninfefted
part of this ftate, by perfons tra
velling by land or water, it fhall,
and may be lawful for the faid
governor or commander in chief,
by proclamation for thatpurpofe
to be illued, to prohibit all, and
every perfon, and perfons, com
ing from fuch infefted place, or
places, to enter into, or come
within fuch bounds, limits or
lines, as fhall be in fuch procla
mation, deferibed, for and dur
ing fuch time, as fhall be there
in mentioned, and to appoint
boats, and ccntinels, to put the
fame in due execution, and the
perfons appointed, and every
of them, fhall have the fame
power to compel any perfon,
attempting to pafs through, or
within futh bounds, limits, or
lines, to return as by the faid
aft, is given to the perfons, 10
be appointed to fee the quaran
tine, duly performed, and fhall
be liable to the fame penalties,
for fuffering perfons to pafs
within or through the fame
And all and every perfon or
perfons, willfuby palling thro*
or within the faid bounds, limits
or lines, fhall be liable to the
fine, or imprifonment, in the
faid aft pointed out, in cafe of
perfons quitting any fhip, veftel
or boat, performing quarantine,
which is a fine of fifty pounds,
on conviftion, before any one
juftice of the peace, living near
the place where the offence fhall
be committed, and three free
holders fworn to try the truth of
the charge ; and in default of
payment of fuch fine, to be im
prifoned in one of the public
jails of this ftate, for any time
not exceeding twelve, nor lefs
than fix months.
1 have therefore , in confidera
tion of the aforefaid circum
ftances, and in pursuance of the
authority and power in me by
the fa id a6l vcfled, thought fit to
iflue this my proclamation, pro
hibiting and interdicting, all,
and every per lon and perfons
fpoft riders and public expreffe."
only excepted) from coming
without the boundary lines ot
the counties of Chatham, and
Bryan, info any other county or
counties of this (late, or coming
in boars further up Savannah
River, Chan where Knox’s Creek
empties into the fame ; the (aid
Creek being near the boundary
line between Chatham and
Effingham counties; or further
up the Ogechce River than
where the *aid boundary line
between Effingham and Chat
ham fhall flrike the fame.
And For the due obfervanc*
of, and obedience to this prohi
bition and interdiftion, I do
hereby nominate and appoint,
thejuftices of the inferior courts
of the counties of Effingham,
Bullock and Liberty, in con
junction with the refpeftive
commanding officers of the mi
litia of the (aid counties for the
time being, to be the perfons
appointed, hereby requiring and
commanding them to cany this
proclamation into execution, as
they will be liable to the penal
ties provided by the faid aft, in
cafe of negleft or refufal, and for
that purpofe do give them full
power and authority, to hire
or employ fuch boats as guard
boats, and to call out fuch num
ber of militia to man them as
well as to aft as centinels, as to
them may appear neceffary—
Provided , that in Effingham they
fhall not exceed two boats—one
for Savannah and one for
Ogechee rivers ; and one fubal
tern, one lerjeanr, two corporals,
and twenty privates—for the
county of Bullock, one ferjeant,
one corporal, and twelve pri
vates—and for Liberty, two
boats, one fubaltern,one ferjeant
two corporals, and twenty pri
vates, the expences of which,
as well as the pay and fubfiflence
of the men, fhall be defrayed, as
by law exprefled out of the con
tingent fund. —And I do hereby
notify to all ferfons concerned , That
the faid prohibition and interdic
tion, fhall be and continue in
full foice, until further orders
and direftions to the contrary
ffial be iffued by me ; of which
due notice will be given.
And I do hereby further direft
and order , That the poll riders
and public expreffes do fhift
their cloathes at fomc conve
nient place, near and asclofe to
the limbs and bounds herein
preferibed as poffible, both in
going to and returning from the
faid counties of Chatham and
Bryan. And I do hereby for
bid their bringing any parcels,
boxes, phials, or packages of
any kind or nature whatsoever,
(the public mail or exprefs
only excepted) from without
the limits of Chatham and Bry
an counties into any other coun
ty. And 1 do recommend to
the different poll mailers within
this ffate, to fumigate with
brimflone the letters, papers and
package?, the refpeftive mails
may contain immediately after
the mails are opened.
/nd Ida jurih.tr reemirt of ,; e
corf oralien cf Savannah , th ,
ju/hces of the inferior courts 0/ t f lC
counties of Chatham and Br )a n
That they do make weekly |i atc *
merits and returns to the Execu
tive Department of the fl t g
and progiclsof the difeafe, th*
numbers infe&ed with, and the
amount of deaths occafioned h v
the fmail pox between the period
of each return, to enable
Executive to judge of the necef,
fary duration of the prohibition
and inferdiftion hereby laid, j Q
order that inrcrconrfe may not
be unneceflTarily reftnfted, nor
the commerce of the flout idling
city of Savannah be impeded.
And 1 do further require that
the corporation of Savannah do as
focn as conveniently may he , make a
true andjufl flatement to the Depart*
merit, how , by what means, and by
what authority the fmall pox was
introduced into the city of Savannah,
and how it became fo generally
Spread, and carried into the adja
cent country , in order that the (am
be laid before the legiflature at their
next Jeff ion for then deliberation.
Given under my hand, and the
great feal of the State , at the
State Houfe in Louijville , this
fourteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord eighteen
hundred , and in the twenty
fourth year of American In*
dependence.
JAMES JACKSON;
By the Governor ,
Horatio Marbury,
Secretary ,
God fave the State .
THE SUBSCRIBER
Begs leave to inform his Friends la
particular, and the public in general,
that he has returned from Charicftoa,
with a large and general
Aflortment of Groceries,
Which he is determined to fell chesp
for calh or produce, at h s old ftiod,
corner of Market fquarc, near the Coffee
Houfe, Louifville,
Daniel Lemle,
July r, i8o«.
NOTICE.
THAT nice months from the date
hereof, appb’rafion will be made to
the Honourable the Inferior Court of
Jtflerfon county, for permfli n to fell •
iraft of one bundled acre* of land, lyieg
on Big Creek, in county,
joining Cunning and Whigbaa’s, part
of the real eftate of Bta fr y»
dec. for the benefit of Itc heirs of iatd
Beatty.
William Beatty,
B, Whitaker,
Executors .
June 3, ifeo.
notice.
To Garland Hardwich , e/q, lex
collector of Jeff'erf on county , and
all others whom it may concern.
THE Subfcriber hereby forbids the
tax collcftor of county,
and all other perfona tiom fe• ■ t rg an
difpofing of a traft of land, •^ vtr |‘ C «
in the Ziouifviile Gazette, and detente*
as follows; t _ «
1200 acres 30 quality land, ,f1 J ,c
fon county, on Curry Creek, j 1 f
John Gorum, granted to William j ■ *
bons ; taken aa the proper y ct
Aforeland, in default for the ta«“ tor
the year 1709. The Subfcriber has 00c
rooTryed the faid Traft 10 *^ e , al
ATorcland, nor any other per on.
and has regularly paid the tax or
faid land annually as tbe fame hecasi
due, for which payment he hoi • c
receip' of the refpedive collegers
the county, in whiah he rcfidcs *f> rCC
ably to law.
William Gibbons,
Smaoab, 4, iBe©.