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GEORGIA. 1
By his Excellency ] A M E S
JACKSON, Governor
and Commander in Chief of the
Army and Naw of this State,
and of the Militia thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHRPEAS in and by an
aft of this Rate, entitled,
an a£l to oblige vcffels, and
perfons coming fiom places in
fefted with epidemic didempers,
to perform quarantine, und to
prevent the bringing into and
Spreading malignant and conta
gious’ diforders in this Rate,”
paffed December the 13th, 1793,
it is enafted, %t that the quaran
tine of any perfon, or vcffel,
which is required, in and by the
(aid aft coming from places in
fe6icd v/ith the plague, or other
malignant dilorder, fhall be of
fuch duration, and in fuch pla
ces, and under fuch regulations,
as (hall be devifed and held ex
pedient, fo far as refpefts the
arrival of velfels ; or peifons in
Tybce, and Wafl'aw inlets, and
divers thereof, under the infpec
tion of the corporation of Savan
nah, and fo far as refpefts other
inlets, and rivers, in this Rate,
under (he infpeftion of the juf
ticcs of the county, or commif
fioners of the town adjacent to
luch inlet, or river, or commif
boners of pilotage of fuch port,
as the cafe may happen, and fuch
corporation juftices or commif
boneiSj are hereby fully author
ised to fix fuch centinels and
guard boats, and to ufe all and
every means in their power, to
enforce this law, for the purpo
ses intended.” And it is farther
enabled in and by the faid law',
that the pilot, or pilots belong
ing to the feveral ports of this
Rate, do, before his, or their
entering on board any ftup or
Veilel dcllined for this Rate,
make Riift enquiry of every
mailer or commander of the
fame, whether the plague, fmall
pox, malignant fever, or other
contagious diforder, be in fuch
fliips or vcffels. 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 fh'p or velfel, fuch pilot dr
pilots, are forbidden from crater
ing therein, on any pretence
whatsoever.
And it is alfo enabled , To be
the duty of the corporation,
jußiccs, or others therein em
powered, after notifying to the
people of the diflrift they live
in, of the nece(Tity of ordering
quarantine to be performed,
forthwith to tranfmit by exprefs,
or poll an exaft account, and
Rafemcnf thereof to the Gover
nor and Commander in Chief
for the time being, who is di
refted to publifh the lame by
proclamation, enjoining and re
quiring a due obedience to the
regulations for preventing con
tag’ us d’Renipe»s being fpread
in this Rate,
And whereas , information has
reached the •' xecufive Depart
ment, that ne epidemic and
contagious dilorder, the fmall
pox has introduced by
Wi-ter int< the city of Savannah,
in emion of the (aid law,
and where, from inoculation, it
h faid to have become general.
and from thence to have spread
over, 01 to have been earned
into the adjacent country, of the
counties of C hatham 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 whereaSy I am informed
that the laid difoider Rill con
tinues to Iprcad, and increafe,
and is likely to become general
throughout the Rate, at a mo
ment, when the fun is almoß
vertical, and the hooping cough
and fevers prevail, whereby ma
ny lives will be endangered,
and fromthe numbers of perfons
in the weßern parts of the Rate,
as well free as flaves, who have
never bad the fmall pox. the
crops may be at great hazard
and lifk, by the lols of their la
bor, which will become a public
as well as private calamity.
And whereas , It is in and by
the a6t afore-recited further de
claicd, that, whenever the gover
nor and commander in chief for
the time being, fhall find it nc
ceffaiy to give any orders or di
redlionsfor preventing any con
tagious diftemper from being
brought into this Rare, or from
any part of the Rate infefted
therewith, into any uninfefted
part of this Rate, by perfons tra
veiling by land or water, it fhall,
and may be lawful for the faid
governor or commander in chief,
by proclamation for that purpofc
to he iffued, to prohibit all, and
every perfon, and perfons, com
ing from fuch inleftcd place, or
places, to enter into, or come
within luch 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 centinels, to put the
fame in due execution, and the
perfons appointed, and every
of them, ilrall have the fame
power to compel anv perfon,
attempting to pafs through, or
within fuch bounds, limits, or
lines, to return as by the laid
aft, is given to the perfons, 10
be appointed to fee the quaran
tine, duly performed, and fhall
be liable to the fame penalties J
for fuffering perfons to pafs
within or through the fame.
And all and eveiy perfon or
perfons, willfully pafhng thro'
or within the laid bounds, limits
or lines, Ihdll be liable to the
fine, or impufonment, in the
laid aft pointed out, in cafe of
peifons quitting any fhip, veflel
or boat, performing quarantine,
which is a fine of fifty pounds,
on conviftion, before any one
jußice of the peace, living near
the place where the offence fhall
be committed, and thice free
holders fworn to try the ti uth pf
the charge ; and in default of
payment of fuch fine, to be im
priloned in one of the public
jails of this Rate, for any time
not exceeding twelve, nor Ids
than fix months.
1 have therefore , c(modera
tion of the afi T : r circum
fiances, and in purfua.ice oi ihe
authority and power in me by
the laid a6l veiled, thought fit to
iHue this rny proclamation, pro
hibiting and interdi&ing, all,
and every perfon and perfons,
(poll riders and public expreffes
only excepted) from coming
without the boundary lines of
the counties of Chatham, and
Bryan, info any other county or
counties of this (late, or coming
in boats further up Savannah
River, than where Knox’s Creek
empties into the fame ; the faid
Creek being near the boundary
line between Chatham and
Effingham counties; or further
up the Ogechee River than
where the faid boundaiy line
between Effingham and Chat
ham (ball flrike the fame.
And For the due ohlervanct
of, and obedience to this prohi
bition and interdiction, 1 do
hereby nominate and appoint,
thejuliices of the inferior courts
of the counties of Eflingham,
Bullock and Liberty, in con
junction with the refpeClive
commanding officers of the mi
litia of the faid counties for the
time being, to be the perfons
appointed, hereby requiring and
commanding them lo cany this
pioclamation into execution, as
they will be liable to the penal
ties provided by the faid ail, in
cafe of negledl or rcfufal, and for
that purpofc 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 a6l as ccnrincls, as to
them may appear neccflary —
Provided , that in Effingham they
fhall not exceed two boats—one
for Savannah and one for
Cgechec rivers ; and one fubal
tern, one ferjeanf, two corporals,
and twenty privates—for the
county of Bullock, one lerjieant,
one corporal, and twelve pri
vates —and for Liberty, two
boats, one hibaltern,one ferjeant
two corporals, and twenty pii
vates, the expences of which,
as well as the pay and fubiiftcncc
of the men, fhall be defrayed, as
by law exprefied out of the con
tingent fund. —Arid I do'herehy
notify to all perfons concerned , 1 hat
the faid prohibition and interdic
tion, fhall be and continue in
full force, until further orders
and directions to the contrary
fhall be ifTucd by me ; of which
due notice will be given.
And I do hereby further dir eft
and order , That the pofl riders
and public expreffes do fhift
their doathes at lome conve
nient place, near and as clofe lo
the limits and bounds herein
prelcribed as pottible, 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 whatloever,
(the public mail or exprefs
only excepted) from without
the limits of Chatham and Bry
an counties into any other coun
ty. And I do recommend to
the different pofl matters within
this bate, to fumigate with
brimttone the letters, papers and
packages, the refpe£live mails
anay contain immediately after
the mails are opened.
And Ido further rr-qmft c;
corporation cj Savannah, and the
jujhces of the inferior courts n/ the
counties cj Chatham and Bnar
That they do make weekly ll artf _’
ments and returns to the. txrcu.
tive Department of the ft it .
and prog refs of the difeale, the
numbers infr fted with, and the
amount of deaths orcafioned by
the fmall pox between the period
of each return, to enable the
Executive to judge of the neccf
fary duration of the prohibition
and interdi&ion hereby laid ;
order that inrcrcourfe may not
be unneceflarily reftnaed, nor
the commerce of the fleurilhm*
city of Savannah be impeded. °
Ana I do further require that
the corporation of Savannah T
focn as conveniently may he, make &
true andjujl[iatement to iht Be fa >t
menty how , by what means, arm by
what authority the [mail pox r ,
introduced into the city cj Savannah,
and hozu it became jo gtnnciy
fprMy and carried into tie * de
cent country , in order that ihe jam
be laid before the legiflamre at Uieir
next jejficnfor their deliberation.
Given under my handy ar.i the
gnat jeal of the Stale, at the
State Houje , in Louifuiile , tus
fourteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord eighteen
hundred , and in the luwi
fourth year of American In*
dependence,
JAMES JACKSOX.
By the Governor ,
Horatio Mar bury.
Secretary .
God jave. the Stale.
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N OTIC E.
To Garland Hardwick, efq. tax
collc'flor of Jeff nJon county ,
all others whom it may concur..
r T' , HE Subscriber hrrfby forh Oh ' ;
X ta* collector of Jfefferfon cojs 7,
tod all other perfont horn fell: rg amt
dilpofing of a t»a& of land, aiiveisJ.J
in the Z,ouifville Gazette, «od defer • i
as toliows:
1200 acres 3d quality land, in J.ck
fon county, on Ccrrj C reek, j. in > g
John Gorum, granted to WtMiicn O b*
hons ; taken as the property ct
il/orclsnd, in default for the ssju for
the year 1799, The Subfcr b*r has tv t
convtyed the (aid i radf to the ia*d
Jfahn ATorelacd, nor ary otferp? lec,
and baa regularly paid tfe tax for tue
faid land annually as the fa<i?e btv-R'C
due, for which payment he bold* t e
receip. of the rtfpcdiive ededtoraot
the couuty, in which he refiue* agree*
ably to law?
William Gibbons, jun:
Savannah, 7uoe 4, 1800.
NOTICE.
THAT nine moDtbi frem the d
hereof) application will be maoc o
the Honourable the Inferior Court of
Jtfierfon county, for pam (To nto fe> ■
tradl of one hundred acre* cf land, ly ! ' g
on Big Creek, in coun f *.»
joining Cunning and VVhighan>’B. p* *
of the real ettatc of J'oftph Bes f y,
dec. for the benefit cf the heirs of la 2
Beatty.
William Beatty,
B. Whitaker,
Executor:.
June 3, tsoo.
Tobacco Manufactory.
WILLIAM/ FEE, refpeflful'y
infoims the public, that
commenced the above bufitnb ' n F
Street, Augufta, eppofne i
Edwards, where he intends r.ecj ..
good manufactured tobacco for fyc
the ieg cr pound, which he w.h 4 -‘
lew for cafh or feed cotton.
7 une S .
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