Department of Agriculture.

(d.) And such quarantine officer may cause the disinfection of the car, carriage, vehicle, boat or thing bringing such sick person, by means of sulphurous fumes, or any other mode of disinfection prescribed in these regulations adapted to the circumstances of the particular case.

51. In the event of cholera or other epidemic disease prevailing in any part of the United States through which a railway crossing the frontier of Canada runs, the Governor in Council may, on an order published in the Canada Gazette or in an extra of the Canada Gazette, made on a report of the Minister of Agriculture, and where there may not happen to be at that point of the frontier any adequate quarantine arrangements and apparatus to cope with an inroad of such epidemic disease, direct the complete cessation of passenger traffic at such point; or such restriction thereof, as may in the circumstances be deemed advisable.

Quarantine Officers give all necessary orders-Prohibited from receiving fees or

gratuities.

52. Every quarantine officer is empowered to give any necessary order, or do any necessary act, to enforce these regulations, and it is his duty to report any breach of them, or any attempted breach, immediately to the Minister of Agriculture;

(a.) No quarantine officer or other person employed in the quarantine service of Canada shall directly or indirectly receive or take any fee or private gratuity or reward for any service rendered to any company, or owner, master, or crew, passenger, or other person at or detained in any quarantine, maritime or inland. Every person to whom the knowledge of any breach of these regulations may come shall forthwith report the same to the Minister of Agricul

ture.

Penalties for Customs Officers, Pilots, Masters, Surgeons and Officers of Vessels, &c.

53. Every pilot shall be furnished with printed copies of these regulations, one of which it shall be his duty to hand to the master of every vessel coming from a port outside of Canada, immediately on boarding such vessel, under a penalty of $50.

54. Every collector of customs or customs officer shall be liable to a penalty of $400, and imprisonment for six months, for allowing customs entry of any vessel in the absence of production of quarantine clearance, in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.

55. Every master of a vessel shall be liable to a penalty of $100 and imprisonment for six months, for any contravention of any of the foregoing regulations. The vessel shall be held liable for any pecuniary penalty imposed

on the master.

56. Every ship's surgeon or other officer not answering with exact truth any of the questions contained in the form hereunto appended shall be liable to a penalty of $400, and imprisonment for six months.

57. Every breach of subsection a of section 52 of these regulations shall be held to be a malfeasance of office, an offence punishable with dismissal, fine or imprisonment.

Department of Agriculture.

Questions to be answered under oath to Quarantine Officers by Masters, Surgeons or Officers of Vessels.

1. What is your vessel's name and your name?

Date

2. From what port and at what date did your vessel sail ?

3. What is your cargo and whence taken on board?

4. Are there any rags in such cargo ?

5. Has your vessel touched at any place or places on the voyage ?

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6. Was such place or places, or any of them, to your knowledge, infected with cholera, small-pox, plague or any pestilential fever or disease?

7. How many persons were on board when the vessel sailed ?

Cabin passengers

; crew

cattlemen

8. State whether any person on board during the voyage has been, or is now, ill with any of the diseases above referred to, and if So, how many ?

9. Has any person died on board during the present voyage, and if so, state all particulars?

;

10. Has each of the steerage passengers on board been vaccinated or had the smallpox ?

11. Did the vaccination of steerage passengers take place at time of or before embarking?

12. How many have you vaccinated on your present voyage?

voy

13. (Questions to be asked, in the event of small-pox having occurred during the age, of ship's surgeon, if such is on board).-Have you personally during the present voyage, examined each one of the passengers and crew for proof of vaccination within seven years or of having had small-pox in that period?

14. Did you or any of the crew or passengers, within your knowledge, land at any place or places within Canada during the present voyage?

15. Is there any person on board lunatic, idiotic, deaf and dumb, blind or infirm, and if so, is such person accompanied by relatives or guardians?

16. Have you an isolated hospital for men, and another for women, ventilated from above and not from the passage?

17. Were such hospitals, or one of them, immediately made use of on the occurrence of disease?

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18. Are there any other facts which, in your opinion, should be communicated?

Quarantine officer and justice of the peace, authorized by Order in Council in virtue of chapter 68, Revised Statutes, intituled “An Act respecting Quarantine.”

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., pp. 2 and 440.

Department of Agriculture.

By Order in Council of the 28th of October, 1893, the regulations with regard to the enforcement of cattle quarantine between the eastern boundary of Manitoba and the Pacific Coast made by the Orders in Council of the 17th September, 1892, and the 22nd March, 1893, were amended as follows:

1. No cattle shall be permitted to enter any of the quarantines provided for by the said Orders in Council of the 17th September, 1892, and the 22nd March, 1893, after the 30th of September in any year, nor between the 30th September and the 31st March in any year.

2. In the event at any time of the grass within any quarantine station being burned off by prairie fire and made useless for pasturage, the officer in charge of the mounted police at such quarantine station, may remove any cattle which may be at the time in such quarantine station to a place outside the limits of such station where grass can be got fit for grazing, the said cattle at such a time to be herded and kept apart from other cattle.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxvII., p. 790.

By Order in Council of the 13th of December, 1893, the Order in Council of the 28th October last, in relation to cattle quarantines west of the eastern frontier of Manitoba, was amended by excepting the provinces of Manitoba and British Columbia from its definitions.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 1020.

By Order in Council of the 16th of March, 1894, the Order in Council of the 28th of October, 1893, in reference to cattle quarantine west of the province of Manitoba, was amended so as to allow the entry of settlers' cattle or other cattle at points west of the province of Manitoba after the 20th instead of the 31st March, the 20th day of March being substituted for the 31st in section 1 of such Order.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxvII., p. 1730.

Department of Inland Revenue.

Department of Inland Revenue.

By Order in Council of the 29th of March, 1893, under the provisions of chapter 97 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, and 51 Victoria, chapter 53, amending the same, the following regulations for the governance of the ferry across the Niagara River, between Queenston, in the province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, and Lewiston, in the state of New York, one of the United States of America, were approved :—

REGULATIONS.

The limits of the said ferry shall be half a mile above and six miles. below the wharf or dock owned by and known as the Niagara Navigation Company's dock or wharf on the Niagara River, at the village of Queenston, in the province of Ontario, and a corresponding distance on the other side of the river above and below the wharf or dock known as the New York Central Railroad wharf, in the town of Lewiston, in the state of New York.

2. Suitable landing places, wharfs or docks shall be secured and maintained at some central point in the said village of Queenston, subject to the approval of the controller of inland revenue.

3. The vessel or vessels used shall be substantial, seaworthy steamers, capable of carrying 100 passengers and also of carrying all kinds of freight and baggage, and such vessel or vessels shall be subject to the inspection of the Dominion steamboat inspector.

4. The lessees shall not at any time carry or convey, or permit or suffer to be carried or conveyed over the said ferry any contraband articles whatso

ever.

5. The lessees shall observe all customs and revenue laws of the Dominion of Canada and of the United States of America.

6. During the ordinary season of navigation, the ferry shall commence running daily not later than 8 o'clock a.m., and shall continue to cross thereafter as often as may be found necessary for the convenience of the public, and the number of such crossings may be determined from time to time by the controller of inland revenue.

7. The charges, etc., to be made on the said ferry shall be as follows:

10

For each article not exceeding 100 lbs.....

From October 15th to June 1st, in each year, the above tariff of charges shall be doubled.

8. The Governor in Council shall be at liberty to alter and modify the tariff of charges and tolls hereinbefore contained, should it be deemed expedient in the public interest, and after notification to the lessees they or their

Department of Inland Revenue.

employees shall not take or receive any other or larger fares or tolls than those which shall be imposed in such modified tariff during the subsistence thereof.

9. The Governor in Council shall be at liberty, at any time at which it may be shown that the lessees have failed to conform to and observe the restrictions and conditions hereinbefore contained and expressed, to declare the lease forfeited and void, whereupon the same shall become and be void to all intents and purposes, as if the same had never been granted, without indemnification to the lessees.

10. The lease will be granted for a period of five years from 1st of June, 1893.

11. The lessees will be required to give two sureties, satisfactory to the controller of inland revenue, who shall be bound jointly and severally in the sum of $200 for a full compliance by the said lessees with the terms of the lease. 12. The lessees to have the right between the 15th October and 1st June to carry passengers and freight within the said ferry limits in boats propelled by oars or sails.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVI., p. 1935.

By Order in Council of the 1st of May, 1893, in virtue of the provisions of the Act chapter 97 of the Revised Statutes, intituled: "An Act respecting Ferries," and the Acts amending the same, the following regulations were made for the governance of a ferry across the Ottawa River, between Quyon in the county of Ottawa and province of Quebec, and Fitzroy in the county of Carleton and province of Ontario :

:

REGULATIONS.

1. Limits. The limits of the ferry shall extend on the Quebec side of the river from the side line between lots eight and nine to the side line between lots seventeen and eighteen in the third range of the township of Onslow, and on the Ontario side from Whitestone Point to Quarry Wharf.

2. Landing Stages.-Suitable landing stages or wharfs, serviceable at all states of the water in the river, must be provided on both sides, subject to the approval of the Department of Inland Revenue.

3. Ferry-boat.-The lessee shall provide and maintain a vessel propelled by horse power, suitable for the conveyance of passengers, horses, cattle and all ordinary vehicles with safety and reasonable despatch, and such vessel shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Inland Revenue.

4. Number of trips.-During the season of navigation, the ferry-boat shall commence running daily (Sundays excepted) at six o'clock a.m. and shall continue to cross thereafter as often as may be found necessary for the convenience of the public, the number of such crossings to be determined from time to time by the Department of Inland Revenue. Until otherwise determined the lessee shall provide convenient and sufficient means of signalling and shall cross from side to side whenever signalled to do so.