Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-26
QUARANTINELAWS
OF THE
Taxing District.

infectious disease. it shall be the duty Of said
Board of Health TO recommend to the Presi-
dent Of the Board of Fire and Police Gem
missioners the establishment Of a quarantine
at such place or places. as the Board Of Pub
lie Works may select.
Sec. S6l. Immediately after such recon-
mendation Is m.de, the President of the
Board Of Pie and Police Com q issioners shall
cqnyene The 6oaid Of Rphhc Works. who
1 shall. II deemed advisable, at once procure,
BY lease or purchase suitable quarantine
grounds and buildings; and the legislative
Council shall declare By resolution what
boats and persons, and from what points,
shall be subjected 10 quarRutine' regulations.
Sec. 262 Immediately thereafter, the Pres
ident Of tho Board Of Fire and Police Com
missioners shall publish his proclamation set
ting forth the action Of the Board of Health
ana that Of the Board of Public Works, aud
requiring all persons and boats coming from
i any named injected points, cities or places
10 be subjected TO said quarantine regulations,
under the pena ty provided BY this ordinance.
See. 1853. No boat subject TO quarantine, as
above stated. shall be permitted to land Al, or
in the District, Of. at any point within he
/ distance 10 be specified in the President of the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioner
proclamation, except az the quarantine
grounds established as Aforesaid; nor shall
any passenger or any freight be landed except
/ as herein directed.
Sec. 264. The quarantine grounds, build
ings, and hospitalsshall be under the control
Of some one or more physicians. selected by
the President Of the Board Of I ife and Po-,
lice Commissioners and the Board of Health.
and of such other assistants as the same may
appoint. ~ 80,
subject to quarantine as abeve, shall first
land at said quarantine grounds, and shall
undergo inspection and examination by
physician appointed for that purpose; and
| if found to be in healthy condition, and
free from disease, shall receive certificate
I -. Il. =
aud be then permitted to land at the District
wharf In no case shall boats receive said
permission to land at the District wharf I'M
\ til all danger Of contagion or infection shall
have passed. For such inspection and GER
tiicate, each boat shall pay the sum Of ten
SEQ 266. The officers of boats may put of
and land any sick person at said quarantine
hospital, upon the payment by said officers
OF ten dollars for each one so landed; and said
said hospital, and shall pay the sum of two
and one half dollars (s2 5U) per day for such
care and attention.
Sec. 267 If any boat shall be so infected as
to require it. the inspecting physician shall
| have power to cause any freight on such boat
intended for the District to be frss landed
at the quarantine, to be there kept by such
assistants and police as shall be appointed
until all danger. Of infection or contagion
shall have ceased. For landing. inspecting
i anu hc0pluk rhiu llClbnbI uO budIl Do
made; but when reshpped or removed to | 8
destination, IL shalt be at the expense of the
owner. The phvsici ms In attendance at
QuaraA tine grounds shall receive each q sal
airy. to be fAed by the Legislative Council;
and all fees for inspection aRd for other
services, except attendance on the sick, shall
be paid to the Trustee,
Sec. 26S The President Of the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners shall have
power, and II shall be his duts, upon the
recommendation of the Board of Health, to
remove to the quarantine grounds or hos
pital, any and all boats lyins at the District
wharf, or to some point not within FIVE mi es
of the District.
Sec. $50 While. quarantine regulations are
enforced, no dead body, nor any sicK person,
shall be put off from any boat in the District
or at any point wi hin five miles thereof, ex-
| cept at the qua aptine grounds or hospital
without the permission of the President of
the Board of Fire and Police Comm ssioners,
and some one member Of the 30 and of Health,
under penalty OF fifty dollars for each Of
| feose; and for each and all other viola ions
of this article, fine shall be imposed of not
more than fifty dollars. to be recovered BY
seizure of the boat, arrest of persons, or by
of Fire and Poll 'e Commissioners, as in other
cases of m sdemeanor.
QUARANTINE STATION AUTHORIZED, AND REG
ULATlONs THkREF0R PROVIDED.
Sec. go. That there shall be established
quarantine station on the Mississippi river, |
az such point as may be found most oOnve. |
nient for the purpose, not more than ten QOl |
miles sSuh Of the District, and nearer, i'll
possible; and TO that purpose, the President |
| Of the Board Of ire and Police Commits |
si9ners, and the President of the Board of |
| Health, aud the Engineer, are hereby en-
powered to select and lease or purchase, in |
accordance with the provisions of tho act es-
tablishing this District, not more than ten
acres Of land, and TO contract TOR and have
erected suitable buildings, with necessary
furniture, etc., for the purpose Of a quar-
antine station; the whole not to exceed FIVE
| thousand dollars in co I.
| Sec I'll. When said grounds are purchased
and the BUILDINGS are erected and furnished,
they shall be under the direction aud con-
troll of the Board of Health, and whenever
the said Board Of Health may be satisfied
that yetnw fever or other contagious or in.
| fectiOu seases are prevailing at any point
and likely to be spread OF disseminated in
the District, they shall so inform the Presi.
dent of the Board of Fire and Police Com.
missioners, giving the name, Of places and Of
the diseases requiring the establishment OF
shall be the duty of the President of the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to
Immediately issue his proclamation egtab-
fishing quarantine of all boa or persons
and freight coming from tho infected local..
ties,
Sec. 272 Whenever. by direction of tile
Board Of Health AID the procls nation Of the
President OF the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners quarantine of all boats,
passengers and freight from infected districts
Is declared, It shall be the duty Of the Beard
OF Health To Immediately place n competent
physician or medical officer at the quarantine
station to examine all boat 3, their passengers
or cargoes, and 10 decide according 10 the
rules and instru 'tions Of tho said Board Of
Health, whether Or not such boats, passen
| rar ar "a uh all ha -
the District; and IL not so permitted to come
to the District, such pa sengers as are To be- re.
tanned shall be provided with quarters at the
quarantine station until such time as they
are permitted to 90 into the District; but
may be charged for board and medic atten-
ton By the District Tor the time they are de.
tanned at the station.
Sec. 27s 1t lhall be the duty of the physi-
clan IN charge of the quarantine station, to
grant permits to persons who have been de-
lained at the quarantine ct ,tion to come into
the District as soon as the public sa ely will
admit. and in no case shall persons who are
not actually sick be detained.lopge. than ten
days. Aud cargoes Of freight which may be
un oaded or detained at 9para ntlne shan be
disinfected. and forwarded as soon as posi-
BILE. And Whenever It may DO considered
necessary 10 do so, permits may be granted
: TO steamboats, 70 pass up the river without
landing or communicating with the District
In any way.
| 0Nos avs AhAS OnheOlt ouFAOyo VI Otu per-
son on any steamboat that may be subject TO
quarantine, under the provisions Of this ar
ticle, who shall refuse to obey the orders of
the quarantine physician, or shall evade In
/ any way the orders or regulations Of theBcs
, Of Health IN relation to quarantine readlaS
! tlons, shall be guilty Of a mi deth6snor, and
shall be arrested and brought before the
President Of the Board Of FIRE and Police
CQmmissioners, and, upon conviction, shall
be fined not more than fifty dollars for each
+ Ohense; and any sleam boat passing the quar-.
antine station, without landing i0r inapsc-
ton, OF that comes to the Dit lot Without A
! permit from the qparAptine' physician In
A charge ofthe station, during the existence Of
such Quarantine, shalt be deemed guilty Of
resisting an llcer and violating this Article
Q and tho captain, mate, engineers, pilots and
a clerks shall DO deemed guilty, and thfll ke
arrested, and unless they Q9n show 81 COM
petent proof that they We're not guilty Of
bitheT aiding or hbettIpg Ii suah Violation AZ
:. this article, by ASST ting Ia the nayieation ~
I ehcb boat, they chs u to 6ned not more than
:. Pity dollars each. fjr each otenls, 70 be col.
!, looted as other zines.
hec, H5. II shall be the duty of the Chief