The Boston gazette, or, Country journal — Boston [Mass.], 1776-07-22 00:00:00, page 2

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“The following Al pafed the Gentral dfenibly in,
g e Vﬁ}.é’-i"”‘l,“ﬁ Session, vizs LT
-An A to prevent the contivuance of the Small-
Pox, in the Town of ‘Befion, and te licencs
Tnoculation there for alimitted Time. -
J7HERE AS #t appears 10 this General Assembly,
AT L ybatit has bectme l_mgbﬁ’d; to prevent ager’
neral Spread of the Small Pox, in vhe Town of B L
ten, in the County of. sN§Qlk }lnz that it is of the
ahnqﬂ'fmporrnctcbuﬁdﬂiﬂg the State of owr pub
big affairs that she Jupe-Diflenper be earried sire’
the foid Towh awith all ’pc]dle'd_i]ﬁa.‘cb“:;.;: o
Be it therifore enaded by the Gouncil and Heufe'
of Reprefentativess jrszgjgal»ﬁc ui t;g[f;pzbléd; and
“by the authority of. the fame, Th;\‘t"any‘,pgrfqn or
‘perfons be; and they hereby are permitted to tuke
and receive the Small Pox by insculation wittin
the f3id town at any time before ‘the Filteenth
day of July, 17783 but.not,a‘{t_erwards.__,‘f revi
d-d' 4 mays, That they re@ain within the fiid
town {rém the lims of their inoculation curisg
their beiog visited with the said ditemper, acd
antil they shall b 2 fufficiently . cleansed in- the?
judgment of the el:Qmen. Providd alfe. 1 hat
no perfen who shall be inoculated, @s aforefuid,
shall b: perasitigd eitherto be inpeulated, or after:
fnocalation to go,sr reside Bgonany cf the #lands
within the harbcur of the foßva ¢f Boften afore
faid : bur every peifon Who {Kpl) be so iooculated
©or stherwile havethe Small- Fox, shall go or re
side upon any of the said Hlir &s, or shall go into
any part of the ¢ untrys befere ke bas perfedtly
recoversd fromthe Spaall-Fox, ‘ar d shall have re
ceived a'centificate frém one eriere of theSelc&-
mgen of Bofton,or any peiTon er perfobs appoint
ed by therg, that he or (hs is tharougtly’cleanfed
ard free of info@ion - fhull be (:\j:(t e the like
penatti-s as any person or periyns are liable to
by, this a&, who Thall be ‘incculated after thefif
teenth day of Jaly aferefaid, . = 2\
Jind beit further eralted. That no person not
havieg had the Small Pex shall enter t&tawn of
Beafion, after Ihe (2id fifteenth day of futy.untill
‘iat town hall be publickly declared by theSelc&t
Mex thereofs to be so ar. free from infe flion, as
thatall persons may fafely pafsandrepals,on the
‘penalty of forty pounds, cne Mmoiesy to the vle 6f
‘the infororer, and the opher moiety to the ule of
the paor cf said tolFg. And all masters and mil
v fs of families; dhar fhalbrective 2oy pirfon or
perions; bsing finngers, into ibelr houses, “shall
withinthree 6275 aftar give informition thereot,
: writing, to ibg Seletimen o f4i4 Town,on the
Pike penaliy es fifrty povnds, fto be g plied as a
fereflaid I £
And b it farthiv enaled by 1e autiarityafore
feid, Thavne perion or persons fhifl ba dnocu -
Jatedat any other lime or place, than is parmir
ted and sllewed by th's £ & snd by one other
AM of (s General AlTymbly, palled at this present
€ Mae, fatitled, © Bajad inpoweriog the jufli
ces of the Court of General Scffims of the Peace
of ke fz‘z'cr_al ceti fies within this calony; te par
pirone 6r more ineculating hofpitalsto be erec:
wedin soich of th: fuid counlies, ca the peoalty
60 £/ty paunds, 10 Beapplicd as aforefaid jrand if
any phyfisian, or other parson, (hall ineculaie
kini{zf or any person after the £id 157 day es
thf-;gr fhab aciend any perfeu or persons who
nivebeta inpeulatsd; or have other®ife voluatas
lily taken said distemper; faidh phyficianter othry
person: thillpaya five of onehundréd ponnds, to
be appiied anaforefaid:: &licthe aforef«id penal
ries torbe foed forr, and recovered by ansétion of
debt ip acy [aferior Clurt of ‘Common Pleas, or
Y 'ihﬁ.ii‘.ﬁﬁ?.ron,':prr{eng.nent,; or indi@mect, ig
aay Caurtof Gentral Sefliors of the Prace, or in
any Siipericr’ Coart of Judicature, & holdea
wichin the county whers fach offzoce shall becom
ritted. And if the party so cffruding be unuble
cr refufes ©o pay such size, thea to be punished
by Wwhipping, pot exceediz g thirty firipes, ¢r by
Fmprifogment, not exceeding ‘the (term.of fix
months, at the diferetion ot thie cours whereia
such offznder shall beconyided. il g
And beit further enalvdily the authorityafore
fordy That the Scleltmen of the said town of
Boston ke, and they are h::chy‘dir:&cd;fmm and
after the third day-of Angud next, to remove 8-
yery person ‘who fhall'be visited with the Small
Fox withia the fuid town, uato some place where
théy will not erdanger” the inhabizaats therec
and others, unless such perions, who ic the judg
ment of the faid§ele@men, cannot be remeved as
‘aforcfuid, withent greatly endangering their lives.
. Provided always, ¥ hat this 2 @ {hail not'be un
derfiocd To extend to any perfans who shall ino
culats, or be ingenlated, in any sown, excepttbe
town of Boston aforefai, wherein morethan twen
ty families ar=knewn at the time of (uch inocu
‘Yation, o be visited with the Small-Pox..
D And be'it further enadléd by the Authorily a
forefaid, That {rom and after the fifteenth day
of July icftant, and until the town shall be pub-
Yickly declared Dy the Seledmen theizof, tobe
far frée from infe@ion -ascthat all fErfors may
fafely pats ane repafs, there il boa guard kept
‘ap theavenue at the linesin Roxbury fieer, and
-at the {éveralferry-weys_ in Boflon, to prevent
agy persons who have pot had the Small Pox,
“from going into Bofien : Said guardsto be under
the dire&ion of theScle@men 0F said Bollon & are
ot te (uffer without the permfli-n of theScledt
wen of Bolton, er ary two of them, any person
or persons withor with.ut their effells] to come
cug of the tewn of Boftos, until they are fatificd
that theyacd cheir ¢feéls are free from iafeClion,
An A& impowering the Juflices of the Court
of ' General Scilions of the Peace in the
" several Counties ip this Colony, to per
mit-one or mere Lnoculating Fofpitals; to
be erelted in each of the-said Counties. .
\X] HEREAS the:American Army has
X% of lase been wifited with the: Small-
Pox, endukelikabitants of the feveralT swns
‘in this Colony are hereby greasly exposed 1o
thelnfeQion of that malignaniDiflemper ; and
as it Bas been found by long Experience, that
Juch as have shat Diflemper by Tnoculatien,
have it in a véry moderate Degree 5 and
therefare the permitiing of Hospitals under
proper Regulations to be erected for the Pur
psfe of dnoculution, may tend greﬂily 1o the
Prefervationsf the Lives of the goed People
of this Colony TSR e T
" Be it therefore enalfed by the Council and
House of Representatives, in General Court
assembled, and by the Autbority of the fame,
That the Justices es - the Court of General
Scflions of the Peace in the several Countics
within thisGovernment,be,and hereby are im
powrered, if they fee canfeiat any onc of their
Quarterly". Scfliohs, or any. ‘other Scflion
which apy two of said Juflices-QuorumUnus
“may call for that Perpefe, and which they
arehereby Impowered to call-acgordingly to
alow of, and Permit one er mare Inoeculat
ing Hospitals to bezerelted and eftablith’d in
the County whereof shey are Justices; under
such Regulations and Reflrictions as they, or
the major Part of them may agree upon and
order, and'in such Placein said Ceanty, as
they, or the major. Hart- of them may indge
will be mot for the Convenience and Salety
of the [ahabitants of said Ceunty. ,
And be it further enalled by the Authorty
aforefuid, That no Person shall presume to
Inoculate,or be Inoculated at any Place with
in this Colony, but at one of the Inoculating
Hospitals that may be erc@ced or eflablithed
by the Permitlion o the Jufticesof the Couct
of Gereral Sgffions of the Peace, in forfie one
of the Counties of this Colony, on the Pe
nalty of Fify Peunds for easch Gffence ;one
Hzlf for the Informer, and the other Halt
for the Use of Ilie Poor “of the Town jor
Plantation where such Offence shall be com=
mitted,to be sued for and recovered by Action
of Debt in any laferior. Court of Commen
Pleas, or by Information presented, orlndid@-
‘ment-in any Court of General Seflions of the
Peice, cpinany Superior Ceurt of Judica
ture, &c. held within -such County wherein
such Offence fhail be committed. And if the
Party be unable, or refufesto pay fuchFine,
then to te punithed by Whipping, not cxceed
ing Thirty Stripes, arby Imprifenment, not
exceeding the Term of Six Months, at the
Discretion of the Cetirt wherein such Offen
der shall be convicted. 4553
i ;Prwfdeéf'afuayf} That this A& Thall not
be underflood to extend to Persons who may
Inoculate, or be Inoculated in any Town!
where more than twenty Familics are known '
at the Time of {uch Incculation to be vifired
iR ARE SRR Y. Tk e o
: H A RTFORD, Julyis. ?
Last Week abeut 350 Toriesin the Nine pirt
pers znd Places adjacent, rose ir 2 body, felt up
on the Sors of Liberiy there, difarm’d them, and
took-Pofl flion of the Committee Chamber ; but
were quelled by a party of mear 3600 Men from
the Weltern parts of this Colony, and about 20 of
their Number tzkzn and confined in Prilon.——
N:E -¥G R B JFyags
_Sices our lalt Teversl of the new raifid regi
“meaisof Conned@icotiroapy have'arrived in towa,
-and appsar tobe as fine a body of menias any 4n
gaged ia the prelent grand Rruggle for Liverty
~and ladependence. Among them the Light Dra
‘grons, between 4 2nd 600, Who came 10 town
yefierdey, 2nd paraded on horseback through
the city mads a noble and martial appearasce ;
and as this corps are composed of the fubfaatial
yeomanry efa virtuous filter fate, netbing could
be more agreeableor agimating te all true fricnds
of theircounty. Some of theie worthy foldiets
aflilt-d, in their prefest uniforme at the ficll re
dudlion” of l.cufbourg. and their ¢ lapk lean
chscks, and war worn coeals,” are viewed with
meare veneration by their horefl countrymen than
if they were glittering Nabobs from lacia, of Ba
{haws with zine tails, : i
~Laf Sundiy ome Bez:l Bouderot, a native of
Nava Scotia, was brought te this city from Ca
nada, charged with beirg a principal if; the rzur
der of Capt. Thomas Patfons, and cight other
persons, inNova Scoa, in Felruary 1572, - Soon
afier this murder wus perperraced, he f:d his
country, and has bees winderiag frem place to
place ever fizce, tiil Izt 2pril, wken he was pro
videntially dete&ted by Capr. Fleétor §i’Neil, pro
perly secured, and f:nt ferward te rcceive the
julk reward of his crimes. He was yellerday sent
on from this city to Newbury Port, the plage
“where Capt. Parsons lal lived, lor cxamination
apd triai. ' a 8 iRt
Extraitofaleiter from Philadelfhia, deted July g,
< Cept Martinin a brig irom———,is arri
ved on the coalt. "He bad on beard 17 tons of
pewder, and 400 fßands of 2rms, all which are
fafely landed. By her we have the following
letter, dated St. Euftatia, June 18; oT3
<« By a Brifiol paper of May the #'h, 'we are
informed ‘that the foreign troops are ordered to
fail with the A:et ¢ That'Lord Howe ‘tosk ‘leave
of and st out from court to ‘comaiand them
Thatit remained fHill uncertzin abent the Com
miflioncrs, but thaton the 30th es Aprilit was
fiid a commiflion wasmaking ont toapp iat five;
thrée of whem were to b: Lord and General
Howe, and Cornwallis ; Governor Pownell and
ops Mr, Miles had been menlioncd for the other
two.” That they were to receive the fubmiflion
cf, and grant pardons to the Americans, but not
till they have laid dowan their sfms - -
e I hope you wiil submit as you cught to do,
make no doubt Tut you will be pardonzd for it. -
¢“ General Burgoyneis tocommand at Quebeg,
Cen. Hows, at New York, and Geo. €linton to
the ‘Scuthward. Lord Howe'to c¢dmmand the
whole. 2 : i ‘
« The Queen has brought another Prisceflsto
the nation. Ths Dutcheis of Kinglicn has had
hertrial, and been feund puilty, but'pleaded the
ben:fitof clergy, and got off, “Bhe bas since fied
to France'to avoid a writ of #e xxga'tvrfghwm'ﬂ;,
The firß infant was repdered temaikable by
the molt important evcat that ever happened to
the ‘American Crol‘onics,ancv:nt#.'bi:b willdcubt
lefs be celibrated through a loog ‘ace:flion offu
ture dges, by anniverfarycc mmemoratiors, . and
be considered i 3 a grand Zrain the hiflery of the
American States —OQn this aufpicicus day, the
Reprefeptatives ¢f the Th rteen United Colonies,
by the providencs ofGod; uaapimauily agreedto,
avd voted a Proclaroation. decliring tha said Co
lonies Free and Jndependént Statet, which was
praciaimed av the ftate-heufe in Philade!phia, on
Mondgy last, and received with joy ul zcclama
tions, Copiis were allo difiribuied to.all-the U
nited Colonics. —On Wednelday lot it was reud
at the head of each brigade of th: Continental
army pofled at, and near New Yok, and every
where received with loud ‘huzza’s, and Ihe ags
noft' &emeonftrations of joy. :
The fams eveciog the cquellrian Ratute of
George third, which tory pride and foliy. railed
in the year 1770, was, by the fops of {recdom laid
prostrate in the diit, the jult desert of an ungraty-
JubTyrant! The lead whercwith this monument
was mrade, is to be run ioto bullety, to-affimilage
with the brain es our infatnated adversaries, whe,
‘to-gain'a pepper-corn, have loft an Empire.®y—
« Qusr Densvult perdere, privs dementat.” 3
A gentieman who. was prefentatthis omincllß
fall of leaden Dlajefly, looking back to the erifis
nai’s hopeful béginning, pertinentiy gxclai(ng;dg
in the language es the angsl 1o Lucifer, [« Jf
thou be'fi be's but ab \ hovsfollen | how ehang’d I™
"~ ¥ Lord Glarein ihe Houfeof Commons, declaied
that a pepper-corn, in acknowledgnisnt o/’b’ritﬂi{;‘.-.- s
right ts tax America, was of mioreliingo w. n6sbbats
nillions without it. g =g AL
- Lalt weck 22 prisoners, taken from on bosrd a.
barge belongiag to the British fleet, as they were
founding the channe! below New-York, arrived
fafe at é,rmin:on. Pl S