The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-09-09
QUARINT4NE REGrL47YONs.

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eld on the 2lsi das OF July I for Inc nn,,o,e r ,g
Regulations o' tie presery tte IIea Of he niians
o sad Town orcefed and decreed Ike follow, ne
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS
ls ai every Vessel arriving at tins Port between the d
days OF July aud tie 10Th day Of October from any po,r
place known o! suspected 10 be infected tie CIoI F
or from any foreign Pom place lyg between line Ian
10 deg North and 10 degrees SOUTH every vessel aiyi
from any Fort IN the United Suites south o the Chesane
Bay, including Norfolk (lr aud places on the James @
not'' Outstanding said vessel may stoppe. or touched atap
intermediate Port or ports during IL. bo,a,,I ,,.ssooe G
De carried 10y the Health officer the quarantine ground near
Coasters harbor isundfTOridc Tint vessels arryn a In
port from North Carolina, Virginia Mar, land from places
not injected with Cholera, with lumber stores provisions
fl or vegetables board and had ay sickness
ON board during the voyage shall be permitted by the Iea
oGf 10 come immediately INTO any wharf in the and ui
oau hsf cargo Tree OF any e1peise-1f prOrdcd also THAT
any vessel boInd other port liable to our quara
'he regulations merely stopping this port for wind
% DC permitted to proceed on her voyage she does an
choF WITHIN hall nile OF the have any communica
!oh herewith except through the Health officer
ID nat when vessel has carried to the Quarantine
~ ue Health officer he shall as NAV be- inform
e fresdcut oi this board OF her situation and
and shall by his advice and direction take sncI n,ea,r :
sd vessel az are proper and necessary and shall de-
m her on ue quarantine ground so long the President s!
think It eXpedIent.
3d.-That whenever any vessel shah arr,o ,, III, D.. l.,
ing any person sick on board the President on being nfI
thereof by the Health officer shall Immediately send pbysician
on board to examine said person. who shall report in writing n
o ms u'e state anu condition, and the MS
disease and the President if appears 10 him eden, h
ouef Sc person 10 be removed from said vessel and carr
10 So sdpe pace out OF the compact part of the town and
there hen care OF under the direction of the Health officer
III such time he Is properly cured of his disorder which L
be determined by the attending physician who shall oiva
person certificate that he his opinion entirely free fo
any contagious dsease pr0rded acas that all the expese
that may be incurred by the removal nursing and aendnc
SIch person. small be betrayed by himself, by the owner
or master OF such vessel
-Iha no person shall be allowed to visit any sick person
VINO Is uef lhe care of the Health occr except physicians
without neutrality-suspicious. from the President for ta
o-l m no person on board any vessel at the time Of her
beng carried to the quarantine ground shall be olove IN m
s"e pefisoh shall be prosecuted for so DO
ing, and brought back by the Health officer and kent an
so long as the vessel shall remain the quarantine ground
6t-Ihat no person shall be allowed TO 90 aong.sda r any
Nc:sc SUBJECT To the quarantine regulations, except tie Health
officer and no shall any person from on board
such vessel TO land within the limits OF the town of a,
when entering this harbor after said shall have passed
Castle Hill that boat except the Health officers shall he
aoWeu 10 go along side vessel at the quarantine ground
nor shall any person whatever, except the ean officer 20 o.,
board said vessel without the permission from ae Pres
ldcn and any person SHALL contrary Tins order 20 on
board SAID vessel he shall be prosecuted therefore and also
Nept on board ni the expiration OF the quarantine OF said
sci he shall be treated IN the II he originally be
osea 10 hcr ana lat no person may plead ignorance Of tho
condition OF such vessel the Health officer shall order color
be placed IN her srouds he ascerai she she
to the quarantine regulations and continued there u the ox
pTaOn OF the quarantine. The Health officer permitted
TO 70 en- board any vessel infected with the CIIO lRA an,
thing IN these regulations the contrary Notwithstanding
7th-hat the President may determine what articles shol
be delivered from board vessel at the quarantine ground
and the time and places where they sae landed and nohn.
shall be taken out of such vessel without his permission
Sth1ha all the directions Of the President Health off
Ger relative 10 the cleansing of the vessels and the clothing
other articles board shall be strictly complied with by te OF
HCcrS and the shall be
any breaches or violations OF said directions by the people
board
9tTha the President shall determine at what lsanc
from the Asylum on Goastcrs Iarbor-isand the Quaann
vessels shall be placed that the health of the poor luy
lodged III the Asylum may not at amy time be III the
degree endangered by such vessel.
l0tIhat the President shall permit saed or re
hides or horns that in putrd state, to be landed in th
compact part OF the town
llth-lhat all orders and instructions of the President 70
carrying these Regulations into effect hal be in writing
returned by the iieaoice to the clerk of this board to
by him placed on file in his office.
I2t'rhat vessel arriving tis port with merchandis
taken on board at Stacnisand from board auy
OH the quarantine ground at NewIok, shall be permitted
enter the harlor of Newport but shall be taken the qaraI
tine ground by the health officer and shall be detained not 10,
than II days until discharged by order ofhis board
I3hiha any person violating any of the aforesaid egu;
tons refusing neglccng TO comply with written IL
sucon given by the President by othe aforesaid
ulonS shall on conviction teeobeore any competent Cour
be fined not exceeding $3.50 less than TO- or be in
pISOned not exceeding months the discretion OF the Cour
1ith-That if the other person having charge
any vessel arriving this port shall evade attempt to evad
law of the State any regulations of the Board of eat
in relation quarantine vessels, by making false represent
said board the President thereof may respect III
length of the passage from the last poror respects ii
health of the people board at the time of arrival or at an
time during the voyage, such other person shall pa
4. fine not exceeding $3.50 nor less than $50
A. i5h shall be the duty o! the health officer TO cause u
matches of all vessels detained at the quarantine ground win
they remain there to be kept open from sunrise to sunset
= promote free circulation of the air.
ID I6hThat shall be and hereby is made the duty OF u
" heatocer inform of all violations of the foregoing reg
tons, which may his knowedge-and he shall ne
cc violate any of the duties prescribed to him by the laws
the State, by the Regulations of this Board or shall perm
any other person to violate the he shall pay e OF
IN Eth.That the foregoing Regulations be published th
weeks in the Rhode Island Republican, and copy oil them nan
ed by the Health Officer the Master ofeyery quaannes We
of sci for his government.
10 y. B. ROWLAND, Clerk.