The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-06-21
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

QUARANTINE T. REGULATIONS.
TIVE Board of'fralsh ftSe town s.f New
8 yors al meeting held the l7,h dsy Of
lsns, $40, for the purpose Of nskins Reg
.ulsipns for the preservation of thh Health of
I, the inkabi,ants Of said ,owo, ordered aud de-
teresd the following Qaarausine Regulations
lss. That evesy vessel arriving,at this ports
kstween The ucn'y s1f,h Of this month and
tho twentieth of October nex,, from any for
ego port or place, lying between the istit-
ndo. Of forty .6ve degrees, nor,h end fory-
6se degrees south aud every vessel afriv.
Ing rom any port In the United States, south
eitE Chesapeake Bsy, Including Norfolk,
: In sse stare Of Virginia, shalt be carlied by
,ns lJsslyh Officer to tho Quarantine Ground,
fSoot Coasie''s Harbor fslsnd: Provided, nev.
erH,less, i hat any vessel bound TO some 9TH
err port, end merely stopping q this port to
1 wAt Tor a Wind, small DO per3ui,tcd TO proceed
or her voyage, provided. she doss not anchor
! sahio m,ie Of the to~tfSor have any CON-
H lnuHicaiion thorewi,b
/ I'd. That whsn ssy vessel has been carried
to tho Qasrsoioe Grousd ty the Hath OF.
6cer, he shalt 80 soon as may be. infor m he
Presidents Of this Board of hsr situation and
circumstances, snd shsil by his advice and di-
rectiou, tske such measures for cleansing
said vessel - are proper aud recessa,y, and
shaIl detain ber on the ossrsotine Ground sc
lcog ssthe rrssidens shall think II expedient.
sis Tha, whenever any vessel shall arrive
: A. MS port, having any psrsso sick on bcaId,
shes tssitcnt, on being informed thereof by
tue teesith Omcer, she'll Immediately send
Phyaie}sn % board To- sxan.ine said person,
who shaH report 10 wsi,ings to. the President.
'Lis uue ssa,e and condition, sod lhe nature of
Dissdissase : and ihc Ptesidcnt. IL IL spppsars
sss him expsdieot, shall order such person TO
'bsesmoyec from said vessel, and carried to-
same .uitsbie place out OF the compact part Of
,fhs tcwn, sod tbsre tskea care of under tbe
hirestion At tho Hssi,h Officer, until sucb
aMs az 10 tsaprepesly cured Of his disorder.
,shich sh,li be aetsrmioed by the attending
Fhyslcisn. VINO shah give such person GER
,i6s,ts, that he is, IN bis opinico, entirely FREQ
fToo any eOn,asiots disease, ProOided al
iways, thai all the expences that may be In
CURED ey The removsl nursiag and st,endance
Of such sick persen shall be ceffsSed BY him
self.
Ih. 'Ttu 20 person shalt be allowed to
visit any sick persoo who Is under the care
OF tho Health 0fiicer, withoul . written pss-
mission from the President Gor ,hst pu pose.
Sth. That 10 person on board any vessel,
q the timalof hor being carried to the Quar-
sussne Ground; shall Le SLOWED 70 go on
shore wishest the wrissen permission Of, tho
Ptesidsnt,' and any person who shall GO on
shore without such pernissions shall be pros.
eeoted for so doing, and brough. back by tho
Health Offi:er, and Scpt on board, so long ss
the vessel shall remain ou the Qaasanline
Ground.
esh. That no boat, except the Health OFF.
GERS, shall be allowed 10 20 along sicc any
vnSsel At Quarantine, nor shall sny person
whatever yo.oo board said vessel, without the
written permission Of the Pfesident and IL
any person shall cooirary to this order, 60 on
board said vessel, ae shall be prosecuted
therefor, and also kept 90 board, untiI the es
pirstion Of the Clarsulinc Of said vessel Snd
II he mskes his escape from ssld vessel, he
shall be srealed ia the same manner - IL he
originally belonged .iolbcr; and that 90 per.
SON may plead iseoe{hse Of ihc copd5iou Of
such vessel. The Health Officer shsil place
. color IN her shsopds, % soon a. size arrives
q the Qusfantinc Ground, and consinue !,
there until the expirasion Of the Qasrsntinc.
7,h. That the President may determine
Wbs, afticles shall be delivered from or board
any sessei al Qiarsotine, snd the times and
places chen and where they shall be landed,
and uo'hing shali De tsken OCT Of such Vessel
without his written p-rmisson.
9Th. That ali che Directors Of the Pfesi-
dent or Health OFFER relative 10 the cleans
Ing of the vesseIs, aud the cIoshfng and other
articles on board, shall DO strictly complied
with By the officers and crew aud the com
msnder shall be soswersbAs for any bseschss
OF ,ioIatocs Of said directors By The people
on board. t <t9s
9th. That the President shall dsiermioe
sswhsf disssace from the Asylum en- Coast
ct's Hafbof Island, the qasssn,insd vessels
shall; be placed, 90 ths, the health Of the
poor, thai msy be lodged Ia the Asysum, may
NOT, ., coy zinc. be. IA the most reDote de-
gree endangered nv such vessel.
io.h. Thai Tie r. lssidenl shall no. permi,