The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-07-11
Quarantine Laws and Regulations.

Healtn oil JACKSON county, as amendet
and adopted for the protection Of til,
citizens of said County.
SECTION l. The quarantine sta
tion shall be situated at Point-aux
Chennes, and all vessels in quaran
tine shall anchor south of salt
point, and as near thereto as the
depth of water will permit. The
quarantine grounds shall be bound
ed by a line running due south from
the supply house, one mile and a
half; thence one mile west to a
line drawn due south from the
/" flag staff" and from the " flag
staff" to the supply house, as
designated by beacons placed for
that purpose; and no vessel shall
approach within one-half mile of "a
vessel subject to quarantine.
SEC. 2. All vessels entering the
port of PascagOula shall come to
anchor at the above named anchor
age, and there remain until relieved
by the quarantine physician. And
it shall be the duty of the quaran
tine physician to notify the pilots,
of all the ports known to be infect
ed, and no pilot shall, at any time,
anchor any vessel except as above
provided.
Sec. 3. A supply boatman shall
be selected by this board to attend
the quarantine physician in the
discharge of his duties, and to
carry supplies to the platform, at
the quarantine station, and said
boatman shall be subject to the
orders of the quarantine physician,
and shall give bond in the sum of
two hundred dollars, with good and
solvent security for the faithful per-
tormance OF his duties rs prescribed
by the regulations of this board.
The said bOatman 80 appointed
shall designate some place
mutually convenient to merchants
sending supplies to the plat
form, at which place all goods
for vessels in quarantine shall be
deposited; after which the boat.
man and his bordSmen above pro-
vided for, shall be responsible for
the safety of all such goods until
they are delivered on the platform
provided for that purpose.
SEC. 4. Whenever it shall be
necessary to discharge the ballast
from vessel for the purpose of
fumigation, and said vessel is in
quarantine, the lighter taking the
ballast from such vessel shall re-
main in quarantine for the same
length of time the vessel from
which the ballast is taken is to re-
main.
SEC. 5. No person on board Of
any vessel in quarantine shall be
allowed to communicate with any
person from on board any other
vessel in quarantine without the
written permission of the quafan-
tine physician.
SEC. 6. All vessels from infected
ports shall be detained in quaran-
tine not less than twenty days |
from the date of their arrival, or
longer if the quarantine physician
deems it necessary and, all YES
sells from infected ports shall be
tumigated according to the most
plans, at the discretion
of the quarantine physician, and
the costs of fumigation, together
with a fee of FIVE ($5) dollars shall
be charged against the vessel so
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Sec. Z. The quarantine physi.
clan, during sickness or absence, ia
to appoint some good
and responsible physician to per
form his duties. ...u... ..t
SEQ. 8. The quarantine ply ysician
IN the discharge of his duties shall
abstain from using his influence to
promote the interest of any mer-
,hant or stevedore, or any person
having business with the shipping,
md shall cOnfine himself to the
delivery of letters or orders to any
person ashore to whom they may
)e directed.
SEC. 9. All vessels loading at
Ship Island harbor, or any other
,lace, and obtaining their cargOes
IT stevedores from this port, shall
Exhibit to the quarantine physician
evidence of the SANTA
y condition of the vessel so load
ng and of the port from which she {
anne; otherwise communication
will not be allowed between this {
'ort and such vessels.
SEC. 10. All ports south of the ,
5th degree of latitude, shall be 4
onsidered infected ports, except I
uch ports as have never been !
nOwn to have such infectious dis |
ases.
Sec. IL. The body Of any person 9
tho has died OF small pox, yellow ]
ever, measles, or any other infec. t
ious or contagious diseases, or the t
lothing or bedding, which has /
cen used in any case of such sick I
ess, shall not be brought or intro a
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