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GEORGIA*
ByMis Excellency JAMES WRIGHT, E/juire, Captain
General and Govsmor in Chief of His MajcJh's foul Pro
vince, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the J ante,
A PROCLAMATION,
WHEREAS by an aa of the Genera! Afl'embly of this
province, intituled, An Ad to oblige Ships and other
Veflels coming from Elects infc&td with Epidemical D jhmpcrs to
perform Quarantine, all (hips or veflels, and boats, of what
burthen lcevir, coming into this province from places in*
fcaed with the small-pox, or other epidemical distemper,
shall be obliged to perform quarentine, in such place and
manner, and for such time, as (haH be direfted by the go
vernor or commander itvehieffor the time being, by and
with tbe advice and confcnt of his Majesty's honourable
council: AND WHEREAS, bv my or4er made, by and
with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable
council, on tlye nineteenth day of January last pail, in pur
suance of the (aid ad for preventing the small-pox then,
and now in Charleftowu, South-Carolina, from being
brought into this province, it is among other things ord< r
ed, That all (hips, veflels, or boats, coming into any river,
creek, or harbour in this province, from any parts of
South-Carolina, and all matters or commanders, mariners,
seamen, and pattengers, and merchandize on board the fame,
shall be fubjett to such quarentine as in the said order (dc
cified, unless they produce a bill of health, attested before
and signed by a magistrate of the place from whence such
ihips, vcffels, or boat shall come, in which bills of health
.shall be inferred the names of every person on board; and all
and every person and persons, travelling by land or water,
coming from any infefled place in the (aid province of
South-Carolina, arc thereby prohibited to enter into, or come
within this province, until those orders are withdrawn, or
such reilraint taken off; it is neverthdefs therein provided,
that any'perfon or persons, coming from the said province
of Soutn-uarolina, who shall produpe like bills of health as
before mentioned, and shall make oath that they have not
been in any infected place since the time of their obtaining
the lame, shall and may be admitted and fuffered to pais
within this province. AND WHEREAS the intent and
meaning of ihe said order hath been evaded by persons com
ing immediately and dircttly from Charleilown, and other
infected parts of the said province of South-Carolina, who
have procured bills of health at Beaufort ,and Puryiburgh, ’
and thereby have been permitted to come into this province,*
to the great and manifeft danger of the inhabitants thereof,
1 HA v E I HEREFORE, by and with the advice and con
ienc of his Majesty’s honourable council, made the follow
ing further order and directions, agreeable to the tenor and
intention*of the (aid act, viz.*lT IS ORDERED, That
for the future, during the continuance of the quarentine by
the said former order enjoined, no person or persons what-
er lhall be permitted to come or pass, with their veflels
or otherwise, into this province, n , ewithftanding they may
have a bill of health, unless such person or persons a j firlt
make oath before a magistrate of tnis province, that he, (lie,
or they ijave not been attendant upon, near, or in the fame
house with any ftek person infected with the small-pox,
within twenty one days then next before, or in, or at
Charieftown, or any other infefted place, within twelve
days next before the obtaining of such bill of health. AND
it is further ORDERED, I hat all and every Hi ip, vcflcl,
and boat, coming to this province from Charieftow n or clfc
where, which (hall have on board any person or persons in
fected with the fmall-pox,’ (hull lie quarentine for the fpaec
of FORTY DAYS after the arrival of such ftrp, vcftel* or
boat, in any creek or harbour within this province, at the
places for this purpose refpc&ivety appointed in and by the
said former order, under and fubjeft to the like rcftri&ions
as therein mentioned for (hips and veflels performing qua
rentine: Provided, that all and every person and persons
on board such (hip, v ft’cl, or boat, not being infetted with
the small-pox, shall be fubjeft to a quarentine f twenty one
days only, he, (lie, or they going on (bore at such place as
for this purpose (hall be appointed, and remaining there
during that time, under the order and directions of the of
ficers appointed to fee quarentine performed. AND all
matters of veiltls, mariners, and paflengt rs, and ethers,
are hereby required to \ nr due obedience to this order, on
pain of incurring the penalties bv the aforrfidd ;<< t i liiCled;
For notifying whereof, IDO IJEREBI ih’uc this my pro
clamation, he eby Ari&ly commanding and requiring all
• r *. c * the cuftotm, matter of the guard boat, magitlrates
ot the several parilhes, and all other officers civil and mill’
tary, to fee that thefc orders, in every rcfpeil, be duly ob
served and obeyed, and to put the aforefaid ad in executi
on agamft all offenders agatnft the fame. \
Given under my band and the great Jeal of his Mayfly's/aid
province , in the Council-chamber at Savannah, thefijih
day of July, in the year of our lord One thoujandJevm
hundred andfixty-three, nnd in the third year oj his Majt
t flf t retgn.
By his Excellency's command, •
JOHN TALLEY, Dcp. Seer.
GOD fevc the King,
by way of chance,, tote divided Into
1200 tickets, at 20$. Sterling each, and to be drawn in
Savannah as soon as all the tickets are disposed vs,
1 he following ARTICLES, viz.
I Earn, Gne hundred used five pounds, 10? o o
* Tv** 0 * O*/ hundred pounds, 100 © ©
1 Ditto, Seventy-five pounds, , 7C o o
2 Ejflj pounds, fOO o o
2 rtvt'tj-five pounds, 50 o O
3 Ditto, Twenty pounds, £OOO
4 ft" 0 ’ fj/leeu poundi, 60 o o
*o Di tto, Eight pounds, 80 o o
*8 Ditto, Six pounds, - ,08 o o
2 a S- tl0 ’ *£TP"*dH 80 o o
46 Ditto, Throe pounds, 133 © D
H Ditto, Two pounds, Q 0
I Ditto, Yen pounds fourJhillingslfi optnsry, 10 4. • T
I Coffee pot, 16 5 6
1 Wiutcr - 4 \ „
1 Soop spoon, and 6 table ditto, I , . ‘
3 Swords, difteremt prices, o 0
5 . .IS IJ O
i Snuff boxei, different prices. . . _
5 Pir. of stone ear-ring,, ~ “• ”
I Pair of stone buckle,, a o o
6 Sets of tea spoons, v 7116
6 Pairs of gold buttons, 660
61 Pairs of (liver buckles, different prices, 71 11 *
21 Sundry articles, confiding of gold, sil
ver, and jcwclery, ffic. Iflc, all
in 20s. prizes. 2I n
Ditto. , ,4 o
96° mt,";. i+ Bi * ks ,op - Total £ ’ 0 0
1200
‘l he tickets are to be had* for cash only, ofMeflrs. Morel
and Telfair, Mr. Alexander Fytte, Mr. Machenry, Wil
liam Wright, and Dr. Jolin Perkins, in Savannah; at Mid
way, of MeiTrs. Dunbar, Young and Simpson; and at
A lat am aha, of DONALD MACKAY.
N. B. A difeount of (even tA a half per cent, to be de
duded out of calh prizes only.
As no account has been received of what
number of the tickets lent to Augusta and the
Southward arc disposed of, beg leave to defer
the drawing to the firft of Auguih
Tn case the tickets arc not all disposed of by the time of
drawing, the money to be returned; bonds for that pur
pose, as well as for the due performance of every part, are
given to William Spencer, David Montaigut, and John
Mor el, Kf’qrs. who are appointed infnefton.
”''T*MiE (uSicrilicT intending to leave this province for
1 lomc tim ■, gives notice, pursuant to an a& of ehe
General Ai’embly, that hr is ready to answer to any suit, ,
ami give bail to any u'rit or fnmmons that (hall be iflued
agaiutt hian JOSEPH WRTGHT.^
To be J fil'd, on Min Jay the 1 ‘ith day of' July mJK jot re nay money
at the Ifutcb-biuje in Savannah,
ONE HALF of a TOWN LO'l’ in Savannah, whereon
is ag od new fr ine of a house, 26 feet’in length,
and 18 (ett w’nic, and a good liable and kitchen, the pro
p rtv of John Helwnfttne, and foisted on execution by
MATTHEW ROU{E, l'roy. Mar, .