Section 14

Section 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the health officer, at seasonable and proper hours on each day, (Sundays excepted) to open and keep a public office at such convenient place in the city of Philadelphia, as shall be directed by the board of heath, whereat all masters or captains of ships or vessels shall deliver the certificates or bills of health to them granted by the Lazaretto physician and quarantine master, or port physician as aforesaid. And the board of health shall there assemble and meet as often as they deem needful, for the purpose of executing the duties and trust of their appointment. And the said health officer shall file and preserve in good order all the certificates or bills of health so delivered, and shall keep a register of the ships or vessels, and the names of the captains or masters, owners or consignees, for which the same were respectively granted, the port or ports from which the ship or vessel respectively sailed, or at which they touched during their respective voyages, and the number of persons on board thereof respectively, at the time of their leaving their respective ports of departure, and also at the time of their arrival respectively at the port of Philadelphia. And the said health officer shall attend the health office at the meetings of the board of health, and at such other times as shall be required for discharging the duties of his appointment, and generally enforce and execute the regulations and instructions of the board of health. And it shall be the duty of the said health officer to collect, recover and receive all forfeitures and penalties imposed, and sums of money directed to be paid by this act; and the said health officer shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, give bond with sureties, to the satisfaction of the board of health, conditioned for the faithful execution of the duties of his office, and to account for all monies which may come into his hands in pursuance thereof, and the said bond shall be a lien on the estates of the said health officer and his sureties respectively.