The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-01

JunuS fOppes ANDERSON ". ID.
GOFFIOIALl
Acts Passed at the Late Session of
the Legislature.
AN ACT 10 ESTABLISH QUARANTINE AT
GEORGETOWN, CHARLESTON AND HILL
TON HEAD.
/. Be IL enacted by Tie Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
Of Soul Carolina, noU met and siHino
IN General Assembly. and by the aw-
thority of The same, The anchorage
ground for vessels at quarantine at
the ports of Georgetown, Charleston
and Hilton Head shall be where it
has heretofore been, and shall be de-
slgnated by buoys to. be anchored
under the direction of the health Off
GERS; and every vessel subject to qua
rantine shall, Immediately on her
arrival anchor within them, and
there remain, with all persons arriv-
ing on her, subject to the examina-
tion and regulations imposed by law.
For the purposes Of quarantine the
port at Hilton Head shall be held to
include the port of Beaufort.
III. Vessels arriving at the ports of
Georgetown, Charleston and Hilton
Head shall be subject to quarantine
as follows: 1. All vessels from any
place where pestilential, contagious
or infectious disease existed at the
time of their departure, or which
shall have arrived at such place and
proceeded thence to either of said
ports, or on board Of which, during
the voyage, any case of such disease
shall have occurred, arriving between
the first day of May and the first day
OF November, shall remain at qua
rantine for at least thirty days after
their arrival, and at least twenty days
after their cargo shall have been dis
charged, and shall perform such fur
ther quarantine as the health officers
may prescribe. 2. All vessels from
any place fncluding islands) in Asia,
Africa or the Mediterranean, or from
any of the West Indies, Bahama.
Bermuda or Western Islands, or from
any place in America in the ordinary
passage from which they pass South
of Hilton Head; and all vessels on
board of which, during the voyage.
or while at the port of their depar-
lure, any person shall have been sick.
arriving between the first day of Nav
and the first day. of November, and
all vessels from foreign port, and
not embraced in the first sub division
OF this Section, shall, on arrival at
the quarantine ground, be subject to
visitation by the health officers. but
shall not be detained beyond the
time requisite for due examination
and observation, unless they shall
have had on board during the voyage
some case of infectious, contagious
or pestilential disease, in which case
they shall be Subject to such quaran-
tine regulations as the health officers
may prescribe. 3. All vessels en-
braced in the foregoing provisions.
which are navigated by steam, shall
be subject only to such length of qua
rantine and regulations as the health
officer shall enjoin, unless thev shall
nave had on board during the voyage
some case OF infectious, contagious
or pestilential disease, in which case
they shall be subject to such ouaran-
tine as the health officer shall pre-
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III. All vessels and persons remain
ing at quarantine on the first day of
November shall thereafter be subject
to such quarantine and restrictions as
vessels and persons arriving on and
after that day. ?
~. The health officer, Intendant
and Wardens, or the Mayor and AL
dermen, as the case may be, when
ever in their Judgment the public
health shall require, may order any
vessel at the wharyes of either OF said
ports, or in their vicinity, to the ana
rantine ground or other place of
safety, and may require all persons
articles or things introduced into said
ports from snch vessels, to De seized,
returned on board, or removed to