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G E O R G I A. jfy his Excellency J A itl E S JACKSON, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this Stale , and of the Militia thereof . A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS in and by an aft of this (late, entitled, “ an aft to oblige vcflels, and per tons coming from places in fefted with epidemic diftetnpers, to perform quarantine and to prevent the bringing into and spreading malignant and conta gious diforders in this Hate,” palled December the 13th, 1793, it is enafted, “ that the quaran tine of any perfon, or veflel, which is required, in and by the laid aft, coming from places in fefted with the plague or other malignant dilorder, (hall be of fuch duration, and in fuch pla ces, and under fuch regulations, as (ball be devifed and held ex pedient, fo far as refpefts the arrival of veffcls ; or per Tons in Tybce, and Waflaw inlets, and rivers thereof, under the inflec tion of the corporation of Savan nah, and fo far as refpefts other inlets, and rivers, in this (late, under the rnfpeftion of the juf tices of the county, or oommif fioners of the town adjacent to fuch inlet, or river, or comrnrf fconers of pilotage of fuch port, ts the cafe mayhappen, and fiich corporation juftices or commif fioners, are hereby fully author ifed to fix fuch centimes and guard boats, and to ufe all and every means in their power, to enforce this law, for the purpo ses intended. 0 And it is further ena&d in and by the faid law, ** that th 6 pilot, or pilots belong ing to the fevcral ports of this (fate, do, before his, or their entering on board any fhip or velfel ueflined for this (late, make flnft enquiry of every mailer or commander of the ffin.e, whether the plague, fmall pox, malignant fever, or other contagious difoider, be in fuch fhips or veflels. And in cafe Inch pilot, or pilots, (hall, upon inquiry, find that the plague, fmall pox, malignant fever, or (other contagious disorder, be in fuch (hip or vclfe!* fuch pilot or pilots, arc forbidden from enter ing therein, on any pretence whatlocver. And it is alfo enaßcd y To be the duty of the corporation, juftces, or others therein em powered, after notifying to the people of the diflrift they live in, of the neceffity of ordering quarantine to be performed, forthwith to tranfmit by exprefs* or pod, an exaft account, and flatemenf 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 tagious diftcmpeis being fpread fn (his date. And uhereaSy information has reached tiro Executive Depart that the epidemic and contagious dilorder, the fmall pox hus been intioduccd by water into the city of Savannah, in contravention of the faid law, and where, from inoculation, it is {aid to have become general. and from thence to have fpread over, or to have been carried into fhe 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 fir ft; 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, .l am informed that the faid dilorder dill con tinues to fpread, and increafe, and is likely to become general throughout the (late, 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 weftern parts of the Hate, 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 lime being, fhall find it ne ctflary to give any orders ordi reftions for preventing any con tagious diftemper from being brought into this dare, or from any part of the date infefted therewith, into any uninfefted part of this date, by perfons tra velling by land or water, it (hall, and may be lawful for the faid governor orcotnmander in chief, by proclamation for thatpmpofe to be iffued, to prohibit all, and every perfon, and perfons, com ing from fuch intefted place, or places, to enter into, or come within fuch bounds, limits or lines, as (ball be in fuch procla mation, described, for and dur ing fuch time, as (hall 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, (ball have the fame power to compel anv perfon, attempting to pafs through, or within fuch 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 (hall be liable to the fame penalties, for (offering perfons to pafs within or through the fame. And all and every perfon or perfons, willfully palling thro* or within the faid bounds, limits or lines, (ball be liable to the fine, or imprisonment, in the faid aft pointed out, in cafe of perfons quilting any (hip, veflel 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 (hall 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 Rate, for any time not exceeding twelve, nor lets than fix months. 1 have there] or e y ir Cv ;;hJera tioa of the alorjshild circum fiances, and in purfuancc of the authority and power in me by the faid aft veiled, thought fit to idue this my proclamation, pro hibiting and interdifting, all, and every perfbn and perfons, ' poft 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 ftatc, or coming in boats further up Savannah River, than where Knox'sCrcek empties into fhe fame ; the faid Creek being near the boundary line between Chatham and Effingham counties; or further up the Ogechee River than where the faid boundary line between Effingham and Chat ham {hall ftrike the fame. And For the due obfervanc* of, and obedience to this prohi bition and interdiftion, 1 do hereby nominate and appoint, thejufticcs of the inferior courts of the counties of Effingham, Bullock and Liberty, in con jur.ftion with the refpe&ive commanding officers of the mi litia of the faid 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 ncgleft 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 centincls, as to them may appear neceffary— Provided, that in Effingham they ffiall not exceed two boats—-one for Savannah and one for Ogcchee riveis ; and one rubai tern, one ier;eanr, two corporals, and twenty privates—for the county of Bullock, one (crjeant, one cdtpoial, and twelve pri vates—and for Liberty, two boats, one Subaltern,one ferjeant two corporals, and twenty pri vates, the expences of which, as well as the pay and fubfiftence of the men, ffiall be defrayed, as by law txprefled out of the con tingent fund.* —And I do hereby notify to all perfons concerned , That the faid prohibition and interdic tion, ffiall be and continue in full foice, until further orders and direftions to the contrary (hall be iffued by me ; of which due notice will be given. And 1 do hereby further direfl and order , That the poft riders and public expreffes do ffiift their cloathes af foine conve nient place, near and as clofe to the limits and bounds herein preferibed as poffible, both in going to and returning from the laid 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 ol Chatham and Bry an counties into any other coun ty. And 1 do recommend to the different poft matters within this ftate, to fumigate with bnmftone the letters, papers and packages, the refpeftive mails may contain immediately after the mails arc opened. And I do fur the? require q* corporation cj Savannah, and the juflices of the inferior courts of the counties oj Chatham and Bryan That they do make weekly u atc * merits and returns to the kxeciu live Department of the ft at * and progrefs of the difeafe, the numbers infe&ed with, and the amount of deaths occafiontd bv the fmall pox between the period of each return, to enable the Executive to judge of the necef fary duration of the prohibition and mterdiaion hereby laid, i n order that intercourfe may not be unneceffarily reftriaed, nor the commerce of the flounfhi™ city of Savannah be impeded. And I do further require that the corporation of Savannah do as focn as conveniently may be, make a true andjvfl flatement to the Depart mcnt t how , by what means , and bp what authority the f mall pox was introduced into the city of Savannah and hew it became fo generally If read , and carried into the adja cent country, in order that the /amt be laid before the legiflature at ihcir next jtjfionJor their deliberation. Given under my hand, and the • great feal of the State , at the State Houfe, in Louifvillt, this fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred , and in the tueniy fourth year of American In* .dependence . JAMES JACKSON; By the Governor , Horatio Marbury, Secretary , God jave the Stale, N OTI C E. To Garland Hardwick , efq, tax colleftor of JefferJon county , and all others whom it may concern. THE Subfcriber hereby fotb ds the lax colleger of ftfferfoa county, *cd all other perfons tiom felling acd difpofing of a traft of land, advertiUd in the Zouifville Gazelle, acd deferibed as follows: 1100 acres 3d quality land, in Jack fon county, on Curry Cretk, j inirg John Gorum, granted to William Gib* bona ; taken as the property of John il/oreland, in default for the tract fer the year 1799. The Subftriber baa net conveyed the (aid Traft to the (aid iJforcland, nor ary other perfon, and has regularly paid the tax tor the faid land annually as the fame became due, for which payment he hc!dg the receipt of the rtfpc&ive rrJeflorß of the couuty, iu ahich he rtficcs agrat ably to law. William Gibbons, jur; Savannah, 4, iBco. NOTICE. THAT nine months from tbc date hereof, replication will be made to the Honourable the Inferior Court ci Jeficrfon county, for pcrmiffu n to fell I tr?& of one hundred sere* of land, lytcg 00 Big Creek, in county* joining Cunning and Whigham's, part of the real eftate of Braf' y» dec. for the benefit of the heirs of faid yofcpb Beattv, ' William Beatty, B, Whitaker, Executor* Jkne 3, 1800. Tobacco Manu/aclory. WILLIAM FEE, refpeftMjf informs the public, that be al commenced the above bufiorf’ io Flit* Street, Augufta, oppoftte Edwardli where be intends good manufadfurtd tobacco for the ieg or pound, which he will iO low for cafh or feed coCtoo. 7 une I• BLANK DEEDS for Sale at this Office*