The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-10-07
Quarantine Regulations and Rules Adopted
by the Board Of Health. August, 1876.

Section /. No person shall be allowed TO board any vessel
arriving of the ports Of this kingdom, previous to The pilot.
Sec. :. All pilots are hereby instructed, upon boarding YES.
sells, TO make strict enquiries as to The health Of the passengers
and crew. If they are satisfied from the statements made
that no contagious disease exists or has not for a period o
eighteen days previous, they will hoist a white flag, and are at
liberty to bring the vessel 10 anchor or 10 a wharf a. the cap
tain may desire. Should the pilot, upon the statements made,
have reason to suppose that disease exists, or has existed with.
in eighteen days past, he viii cause the yellow flag 20 be hoist
cd, and await the arrival of the port physician, who viii re-
port TO the Board Of Health, and the pilot viii await the orier
of the said Board.
Sec. 3. No person shall leave or visit an uarAntined YES
sci, or any house or enclosure that shall wave been set apart
for quarantine purposes by the Board Of Health, unless by
written permission Of the Board.
Sec. 4. Under no circumstances provided for as above,
shah clothing or personal baggage be allowed TO be put ashore,
before having undergone such disinfecting process as may be
ordered by the Board of Health.
Sec. s. No nail shall be landed from any vessel having
small %x on board or having had smallpox on board during
the passage, except by written permission Of the President Of
the Board of Health.
n. b. Sections I, s., Is, l6 and Is Of Chapter 80 of the Pe-
nal Code of this kingdom, relating TO The public health, read as
follows:
SEC. =. Notice shall be gwen by the Board Of Health Of
all regulations made by it, by publishing the same in some
newspaper of the district, or where there is no such newspaper,
by causing them TO be posted 10 three public places Of the
town or district; and such notice of said regulations shall be
deemed legal notice to all persons" (Ciyil Code, Sec. 2s4.
Ssec. s. Every person who shall violate any regulation Of
the Board Of Health, after the same shall have been published,
as provided in the last preceding section, shall be fined not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars" (Civil Code, Sec. 2s5l
"sec. Is. The Board of Health may from time 10 time
establish the quarantine to be performed by all vessels auiv-
ing at any port of the kingdom; and may make such quaran-
tine regulations as it shall judge necessary for the health aud
safety of the inhabitants" (Civil Code, Sec. 2o2L
"sec. 10. The quarantine regulations so established, shall
extend TO all persons and all goods and effects arriving in such
vessels, and to all persons who may visit or go on board Of the
same" (Civil Code, Sec. 2e3).
"sec. IS. Any vessel which shall refuse TO submit 10 quar-
anime, or which shall leave the quarantine ground before the
expiration Of the quarantine imposed upon her, or which shall
be the means Of clandestinely introducing into this kingdom
any contagious disease, or any disease dangerous TO the public
health, shall be liable to seizure, conhscaion and sale. for the
benefit OF the public treasury" (Cvil Code, Sec. 295).