tion, unless she shall have had on board during the voyage some case of small-pox, typhus, or other infectious or contagious disease, in which case she shall be subject to such quarantine as the Health Officer or his deputies shall prescribe. And it shall be the duty of the Health Officer or his deputies, whenever necessary for the public health, to cause the persons on board of any vessel to be vaccinated. Ves-els wharves, at with passengers and ordered to querantine ground. 1868, XIV,113. SEC. 7. The Health Officers, Intendant and Wardens, or the Mayor and Aldermen, as the case may be, whenever, in their judgment, the public health shall require, may order any vessel at the cargo, may be wharves of either of said ports, or in their vicinity, to the quarantine ground or other place of safety, and may require all persons, 24 articles or things introduced into said ports from such vessels to be seized, returned on board, or removed to the quarantine ground or other place. If the master, owner or consignee of the vessel cannot be found, or shall refuse or neglect to obey the order of removal, the Health Officer, Intendant and Wardens, or Mayor and Aldermen, as the case may be, shall have power to cause such removal, at the expense of such master, owner or consignee, and such vessel or person shall not return to the port without the written permission of the Health Officer. SEC. 8. If any vessel arriving at the quarantine ground, subject to quarantine, shall be bound to some port north of either of said ports, the Health Officer, after having duly visited and examined her, may permit her to pass on her voyage, but no such vessel shall be brought to anchor off of either of said ports, nor shall any of her crew or passengers land in or hold any communication with either of said ports, or any person therefrom. Vessels bourd North may ps Ib., 5. on their voyage. Vessels releas mit. SEC. 9. The master of every vessel released from quarantine and arriving at a wharf in either of said ports shall, within twenty-four ed to deliver perhours after such release, deliver the permit of the Health Officer at the office of the Mayor or Intendant, as the case may be. SEC. 10. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent any vessel arriving at quarantine from again going to sea before breaking bulk. SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of each pilot belonging to either of the said ports to use his utmost endeavors to hail every vessel he shall discover entering the port, and to interrogate the master of such vessel in reference to all matters necessary to enable such pilot to determine whether, according to the provisions of the preceding Sections, such vessel is subject to quarantine or examination by the Health Officer. Ib., & 6. Vessels arriving may return to sea. lb., 7. Pilots to ascer tain whether in con ing vessels are subject to ex am nation. Ib., ¿ 8. To notify ves sels so subject to antine anchor Ib., § 9. SEC. 12. If, from the answers obtained to such inquiries, it shall proceed to quar: appear that such vessel is subject to quarantine or examination by the Health Officer, according to the preceding Sections, the pilot shall immediately give notice to the master of the vessel that he, his vessel, his cargo, crew and passengers, are subject to such examination, and that he must proceed and anchor said vessel at the quarantine anchorage, there to await the further directions of the Health Officer. Duties of pilots in relation to SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of every pilot, who shall conduct vesels under into port a vessel subject to quarantine or examination by the their charge and subject to quar- Health Officer : antine. Ib., 10. Health Officer to board vessels, tion, and report 1. To bring such vessel to anchor within the buoys marking the quarantine anchorage. 2. To prevent any vessel or boat from coming alongside of the vessel under his charge, and to prevent anything on board from being transferred to or thrown into any other vessel or boat. 3. To present to the master of the vessel a printed copy of this Chapter, when such copy shall have been delivered to him for that purpose. 4. To take care that no violations of this Chapter be committed by any person, and to report such as shall be committed, as soon as may be, to the Health Officer. 5. To subject himself to such detention and delay, and cleansing and purification, as to his person and clothing, as shall be prescribed by the Health Officer after having boarded or brought to the quarantine ground any vessel subject to quarantine. SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to board every ascertain condi vessel subject to quarantine or visitation by him immediately on her to municipau- arrival, between sunrise and sunset; to inquire as to the health of 1b., 114, 11. all persons on board, and the condition of the vessel and cargo, thor ties. To reside near quarantine grounds. Powers. Ib., § 12. by inspection of the bill of health, manifest, log-book, or otherwise; to examine, on oath, as many and such persons on board as he may judge expedient to enable him to determine the period of quarantine and the regulations to which such vessel shall be made subject, and report the facts and his conclusions, and especially to report the number of persons sick, and the nature of the disease with which they are afflicted, to the Mayor or Intendant, in writing. SEC. 15. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to reside within or near the quarantine ground, and he shall have power: 1. To remove from the quarantine anchorage ground any vessel he may deem dangerous to the public health, to any place south or east of the quarantine ground inside the bar. 2. To cause any vessel under quarantine, when he shall judge it necessary for the purification of the vessel or her cargo, passengers or crew, or either of them, to discharge or land the same at the quarantine ground. 3. To cause any such vessel or cargo, bedding, and the clothing of persons on board, to be ventilated, cleansed and purified in such manner, and during such time as he shall direct, and if he shall judge necessary to prevent infection or contagion, to destroy any portion of such bedding or clothing, and, with the concurrence of the Mayor or Intendant, any portion of such cargo which may be deemed incapable of purification. 4. To prohibit and prevent all persons arriving in vessels subject to quarantine from leaving quarantine, or removing their goods or baggage therefrom, until fifteen days after the last case of pestilential, cotagious or infectious disease shall have occurred on board, and ten days after her arrival at quarantine, unless sooner discharged by him. 5. To permit the cargo of any vessel under quarantine, or any portion thereof, when he shall judge the same free from infection and contagion, to be conveyed to the landing. 6. To cause all persons under quarantine to be vaccinated, when he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public health. 7. To administer oaths and take affidavits in all examinations. prescribed by this Chapter, and in relation to any alleged violation of quarantine law or regulation; such oath to have the like validity and effect as oaths administered by a Trial Justice. late SEC. 16. The Health Officer may direct in writing any Sheriff, Constable, or other citizen, to pursue and apprehend any person, not discharged, who shall elope from quarantine, or who shall vioany quarantine law or regulation, or who shall obstruct the Health Officer in the performance of his duty, and to deliver him. to said officer to be detained at quarantine until discharged by said officer, but such confinement shall in no case exceed ten days. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff, Constable, or other citizen, so directed, to obey such direction; and every such person so eloping or violating quarantine law or regulations, or obstructing the Health Officer, shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable with fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. SEC. 17. Every vessel during her quarantine shall be designated by colors to be fixed in a conspicuous part of her main shrouds. SEC. 18. No vessel or boat shall pass through the range of vessels lying at quarantine, or land at the quarantine grounds, without the permission of the Health Officer. Lighters rot to unload querattiaed vessels. be Ib., 16. Passengers to SEC. 19. No lighter shall be employed to load or unload vessels at quarantine without permission of the Health Officer, and subject to such restrictions and regulations as he shall impose. SEC. 20. All persons being on board of vessels under quarantine maintained shall be provided for by the master of the vessel in which they vessel during shall have arrived; and if the master shall omit or refuse to provide by master of quarantine. 10., g 17. Criminal pas sengers may be shore; expense during quaran. tine. Ib., 18. for them, or they shall have been sent on shore by the Health Officer, they shall be maintained at the expense of such vessel, her owners, consignees, and each and every one of them; and the Health Of ficer shall not permit such vessel to leave quarantine until such expenses shall have been repaid or secured; and the said Health Officer shall have an action against such vessel, her owners and consignees, and each and every one of them, for such expenses, which shall be a lien on such vessel, and as such may be enforced as other liens on vessels. SEC. 21. The Health Officer, upon the application of the master confined oa of any vessel under quarantine, may confine in any suitable place of maintenance on shore any person on board of such vessel charged with having committed an offense punishable by the laws of this State or the United States, and who cannot be secured on board of such vessel; and such confinement may continue during the quarantine of such person, or until he shall be proceeded against in due course of law; and the expense thereof shall be charged and collected as in the last preceding Section. Appeal lies from Ib., 19. SEC. 22. Any person aggrieved by any decision, order or direcBoard of Appeal. tion of the Health Officer, may appeal therefrom to the Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller General, who shall constitute a Board of Appeal; the said Board shall have power to affirm, reverse, or modify the decision, order, or direction appealed from, and the decision of the Board thereon shall be final. How made and prosecuted. 1b., 20. SEC. 23. An appeal to the Board of Appeal must be made by serving upon the Health Officer a written notice of such appeal, within twelve hours after (Sundays excepted) the appellant receives notice of the order, decision or direction complained of. Within twelve hours after the Health Officer receives such notice (Sundays excepted) he shall make a return, in writing, including the facts on which his order, decision or direction was founded, to the Governor, who shall immediately call a meeting of the Board of Appeal, and shall be President of said Board; and said appeal shall be heard and decided within twenty-four hours thereafter (Sundays excepted); and until such decision is made, the order, decision or direction complained of, except it refer to the detention of a vessel, her cargo or passengers at quarantine, shall be suspended. may enforce or be a lien upon Ib., 116, § 21. SEC. 24. Whenever the said Health Officer, in the performance Health Officer of the duties and in the execution of the powers imposed and con- ders; expense to ferred upon him by law, shall order or direct the master, owner or vessel. consignee of any vessel under quarantine to remove such vessel from her anchorage, or to do any act or thing, or comply with any regulation relative to said vessel, or to any person or thing on board thereof, or which shall have been brought to said ports therein, and said master, owner, or consignee shall neglect or refuse to comply with such order or direction, the said Health Officer shall have power to employ such persons and assistants as may be necessary to carry out and enforce such order or direction, and the persons so employed shall have a lien on such vessel, her tackle, apparel and furniture, for their services and expenses. Misdemeanor to Violate quaran Ib., 22. SEC. 25. Every person who shall oppose or obstruct the Health Officers in performing the duties required of them by law, and every time regulations. person who shall go on board, or have any communication, intercourse or dealing with any vessel under quarantine, or with any of her crew or passengers, without the permission of the Health Officer, or who shall, without such permission, invade the quarantine grounds or anchorage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not less than three, nor more than six months in the Penitentiary. Governor may declare places infeted. SEC. 26. The Governor may issue his proclamation declaring any place where there shall be reason to believe a pestilential, contagious or infectious disease exists, or may exist, to be an infected place, Ib., 23. within the meaning of this Chapter. SEC. 27. Such proclamation shall fix the period when it shall rease to have effect; but such period, if he shall judge the public health require it, may from time to time be extended, and notice of the same shall be published in all the newspapers of said port. Duration of pestilence. Ib., 24. Vessels from infected places quarantine. Ib.. 225. SEC. 28. After such proclamation shall have been issued, all vessels arriving in either of the said ports from such infected place shall to be subject to be subject to the same quarantine laws and regulations as the vessels embraced in the first sub-division of the second Section of this Chapter, and shall, together with their officers, crews, passengers and cargoes, be subject to all the provisions, regulations and penalties of this Chapter, in relation to vessels subject to quarantine; but such quarantine shall not extend beyond the period when such proclamation shall cease to have effect, as provided by the last preceding Section. SEC. 29. Every master of a vessel subject to quarantine or visitation of the Health Officer, arriving in either of the said ports, who shall refuse or neglect either— Masters neglect ing or refusing to obey certain regulations to be guilty of misde meanor. Ib., 226. |