Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-10-13
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

~NHE Board of Health upon intor-
E nation received Of the prevalence
ofthe CHOLERA at ST. Peters
burg, and elsewhere in the North of Eu-
rope, have deemed it eXpedient to sub
ject all vessels coming from the Baltic,
the Levant, Gulf of Venice, or any place
in the Mediterranean Sea, or any other
place in the passage from which it is ne
cessary to pass the 9th deg. Of East lon
gitude, as calculated from Greenwich,
and all places known or suspected to be
infected with the above named disease,
to quarantine; and they do hereby order
that all vessels arriving at the port of
Newport, from any Of the places above
mentioned, be ordered by the Health
Officer to the Quarantine ground And
further order, That all vessels arriving
at said port of Newport, coastwise from
any place in the United States, or the
British possessions in America, laden in
whole or in part with articles imported
from the above places, shall also be car
ried to the quarantine ground, there to
remain until further orders from this
Board.
The Health Officer is directed to or
der all vessels subject to quarantine as
above, Immediately to the quarantine
ground, and order color placed IN the
shrouds to be kept there until she be dis
charged from quarantine, without going
on board said vessel, and make report
forthwith to the President Of this Board.
Pilots meeting with vessels coming in
to port from places where cholera is said
to prevail, are directed to pilot them to
the Quarantine ground without going on
board for that purpose; any pilot or pilots
who shall presume to go on board con-
trary to these regulations, he or they will
be kept on board said vessel during her
quarantine.
That no person on board of any vessel
arriving from either of the ports or places
mentioned in the first section of these
regulations, shall leave said vessel after
she enters the harbor Of Newport, on the
penalty prescribed in the fourth section of
"an act appointing the several Town
Councils of this State, Boards of Health
EX ofiicio.
All persons arc hereby forbid going on
board Of any vessel arriving in the har-
Dor of Newport from either of the ports
or places aforementioned, on the penalty
of being kept on board said vessel until
she shall be discharged from quarantine.
That ifthe master or other person hav-
ing the charge of any vessel arriving at
this port, shall cvade or attempt to evade
any law of the State, or any regulation of
the Board Of Health, by making false
representation to the Health Officer, as
may respect the length of the passage, or
the health Of the people on board at the
time of arrival, or at any time during the
voyage, such master or other person
shall pay fine not exceeding three hun
dred dollars, nor less than one hundred
dollars.
1t shall be, and hereby is, made the
duty OF the Health Officer to inform of
all violations of the foregoing regulations
which may come to his knowledge, and
if he shall neglect or violate any of the
duties prescribed to him by the laws of
the State, or by the regulations of this
Board, or permit any other person to Vi
Olaie the same, he snaii pay ihe Oh one
hundred dollars and be dismissed from
office.
Ordered, That the aforegoing rcgu-
iations be published three weeks in all
the papers printed in this town, aud CO.
py of them handed by the Health Off
Ger TO the commanding officer of every
quarantine vessel for his government.
BY order,
B. B. HowLAND, Cierk.