The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-16

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| ~ San Francisco to send one of its
Iy lepers here, will take steps to
erect a barrier against sufferers
with infectious or contagious diseases
that it is hoped will effectually prevent
| their landing. The Legislature will
| consider a bill to be drawn at once
which will cover the matter thoroughly
and which will create penalties SO great
for attempts to evade the law that
there will be few bold enough to take
| the risk.
Attorney General Dole, DR.. Raymond
and DR.. Cooper, all members of the
Board of Health, constitute commit
tee to draw up the bill and vigorous
efforts will be made by the Board of
Health and the physicians of Hawaii
to secure its passage.
| Yesterday Attorney General Dole
submitted the following recommended
tion to the Board and it's reading was
carefully heard by the members of the
Board:
| The Board of Health, or any agent
! thereof duly authorized thereto, may de-
/ tain and segregate any person coming
into this Territory who is suspected of
| having contagious or infectious dis
ease endangering the public health, un-
/ til proper medical examination can be
made under direction of the Board of
! Health; and, If 1t appears upon such
| examination that such person has a con-
! tagious or infectious disease endanger-
ing the public health and is not resi-
dent of the Territory, the Board of
| Health shall order him to depart from
! the Territory as soon as the cfrcum-
| stances of the case and the facilities
| for doing so will admit, meanwhile re-
| tanning him in custody. l, he refuses
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| able to obey the same and not being a
/ resident of the Territory, he is guilty of
| a misdemeanor, punishable by imprison-
ment at hard labor not exceeding .-.....
months, by fine not exceeding .....
/ hundred dollars. The Board of Health
| shall also have power to deport such
person to the place from whence he
| came.
| If any person aids, abets, counsels or
/! procures another. not resident of this
Territory, who is afflicted with con-
/ tagious or infectious disease, endanger-
ing the public health, to come into this
Territory, knowing or believing that such
afflicted person is so afflicted, such per-
son so aiding, abetting, counSeling or
/ procuring aforesaid, is guilty OF a
] misdemeanor and shall be punished by
Imprisonment at hard labor not exceed
ing one year, or by fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars.
| If any person having a contagious or
infectious disease endangering the pub
lie health shall come into this Territory
not being resident thereof, the captain
or commanding officer of the vessel
bringing such person to this Territory,
+ If guilty of negligence in the premises
| (of which negligence the bringing Of
such person shall be prima facie evil
dence), shall be liable to the Territory
for all expenses properly incurred by
| the Territory on account Of the bring
ing of such person into the Territory:
and the vessel in which such person
comes, and the owners thereof shall al
so be liable for said expenses; said La
bility of captain or commanding officer
and liability of vessel and Of owners
being both joint and several
Attorney General Dole said that h:s
desire was that the Board offer the
above to the Legislature and endeavor
to have it made law. Dole had stud
led the matter and had come to the
conclusion that it was imperative that
immediate efforts be made to safeguard
the Territory against the influx of dis
ieased persons who sought the climate
of Hawaii for their ills
Dole reminded the Board of the case
tof George Pratt, or Peepelow, who
came here several months ago from Sar
Francisco and who when he landed here
from the China stated that he was
ileper and that he had come here with
the knowledge of the San Francisco
Board of Health Pratt was confined
ion Quarantine Island and attempts
made to send him back.
Dole told of these. The captain of
the City of Peking had refused to take
Pratt. When the China returned CAP
tin Seabury absolutely refused to re-
turn the leper unless the Board Of
Health gave him bond against deten
ton or loss by quarantine. Despite the
work of Dole, High Sheriff Brown and
d. P. Isenberg, the China left without
4 Pratt. as it was considered too risky
TO put up bond. Finally, said Dole,
Pratt was sent on steamship which
halted outside the harbor and to which
the leper was sent in a boat from Quar-
lantine Island. The steamship was paid
1890 and the Board of Health was ex-#
tpected to settle the bill. Dole did not
say so, but the boat that took the leper
was the Albion.
Dwelling on the case OF Pratt, Dole
Esaid that DIR. Carmichael had done all
that was possible to assist the Board