Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-07
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ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance en-
titled an ordinance to establish a quarantine
ground to prescribe the quarantine to be OBJ
served bv all vessels entering at any port or
inlet from OssabaW Sound, Tybee, including
all inlets, rivers and creeks within these
limits, to prescribe the rules and regulations
for said quarantine, and to prescribe pen
alties for breach of the same, passed
June q, 1882.
SECTION /. Be it orddined By tile Mayor and
AIder0ae1 Of tie citV Of Sd0dBndb in Council
assembled, That section 13 of said above
recited ordinance be, and the same is hereby
amended by striking out therefrOm the fol-
lowing words, THAT no pilot or other persons"
and inserting in lieu thereof the following
words ''that no person other than a pilot" so
that said section shall read as follows: That
no person other than pilot shall board, from
May LIST to November LIST of each year, any
vessel arriving at this port or any of the inlets,
rivers and creeks, within the limits of quaran-
tine jurisdiction of the Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Savannah from infected or sus-
pected ATTITUDES, and in the event any person
other than a pilot shall board any such vessel
they will be detained at quarantine for
period of not less than fifteen days in addition
to other penalties prescribed by this ordinance.
SEC. 2. Be ii further 0rddi1ed By the du-
MOrity aforesaid, That section Ii of said above
recited ordinance be, and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: That all
pilots must in every case before boarding any
vessel make inquiry as to sanitary condition
of vessel, and in no case must they board if
the vessel has sickness on board, or has had
any during ner voyage. In such case they
must either direct the vessel to the National
Quarantine Station at SapelO, when the same
is open, lead the vessel in or have their small
boat hauled alongside of the vessel, clear of
the water, and in this way pilot her in, but
nothing herein contained shall be held to
authorize a pilot to bring vessel
into this port that has sickness on
board, or has had during her voyage,
during the time the National Quarantine
Station is open. All vessels from ports subject
to quarantine, whether seeking, awaiting
orders, destined for this port, shall be an
chored by the pilot bringing such vessel in at
the quarantine station, at the earliest time
practicable after having entered the harbOr,
and it shall be the duty of such pilot to remain
with such vessel until she is anchored at quar-
antine station, and as soon as he boards the
same he shall have displayed the quarantine
flag from her masthead and no person shall
communicate with such vessel, nor shall any
person from said vessel communicate with the
shore until she is anchored at quarantine sta
ton, and then only by permission of the Board
of Sanitary Commissioners.
SEC. 3. Be it further Ordained By the AUTHOR
ify Of the same, That all ordinances, or parts
of ordinances, conflicting with this ordinance
be, and the same are hereby, repealed so far
as they so conflict.
Ordinance passed in Council April %, 1888.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: FRANK E. REBARER Clerk of Coun-