Quarantine Regulations 
Board of Health, 
CITY OF SALEM, MASS. ' 
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 
John P. Peabody, Chairman. 
J. H. Batchelder, Ciias. F. Pousland, 
George A. Collins, Daniel J. O’Brien, 
James Dalrymple, Health Officer and Agt. 
SALEM: 
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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH 
1885, Ett Boarti of 
City of Salem, April 27,1885. 
Ordered, that the following be and the same are hereby adopted 
as quarantine regulations :— 
1. From the 27th day of April, 1885, to the first day of 
January, 1886, all vessels arriving in this harbor from any for- 
eign port, or from any port south of Virginia, and also vessels 
arriving from any place in the United States where they may 
have touched on their way from any foreign port or place above 
named, shall come to and stop at the quarantine ground in said 
harbor. 
2. The health officer, who is hereby made the agent of the 
board of health, shall visit all vessels that may arrive at the 
quarantine ground as soon as practicable after knowledge of such 
arrival has been by any means obtained by him, and shall make 
such examination as to the sanitary condition of said vessel, its 
cargo, officers, seamen, passengers, or other persons who may be 
on board, and such inquiry as to the port from which said vessel 
sailed as may be necessary. He may be assisted in such exami- 
nation by any member or members of the board of health. 
3. Xo vessel arriving in said harbor from the ports aforesaid 
shall leave the quarantine ground until the examination pro- 
vided by said regulation 2 shall have been fully completed, nor 
without a written permit from the board of health or its said 
agent. 
4. In case the board of health shall be of opinion that any 
vessel arriving in said harbor, or the cargo thereof is foul or 
infected so as to endanger the public health, such vessel shall at 
once be removed to the quarantine ground and be thoroughly purified in such manner as said board or its said agent shall 
direct, at the expense of the owners, consignees or persons in 
possession of said vessel, and shall not leave said quarantine 
ground until it shall have received a written permit as provided 
by said regulation 3. 
5. While a vessel remains at the quarantine ground its 
cargo shall not be handled nor shall anything whatsoever be 
removed from such vessel; nor shall any person or persons go on 
board or leave the same without the permission of the board of 
health, or its said agent. Every vessel while at the quarantine 
ground shall constantly keep hoisted a yellow flag, not less than 
three feet in length and two feet in width. 
6. For any permit granted under said regulation 3 or 4, 
the said health officer shall have the right to demand and receive 
from each vessel, her masters or owners, the fee established by 
the board of health. 
By order of the Board of Health, 
JOHN P. PEABODY, Chairman. . 
N. B. The quarantine ground established for the port of 
Salem is that portion of Salem Harbor included within the fol- 
lowing boundaries:—beginning, at Eagle Island, so called, and 
running northwesterly to Coney Island; thence from said Coney 
Island in a more northerly direction to the Great Haste; thence 
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from said Great Haste easterly to. Bowditch’s Ledge and from 
said Ledge southwesterly to said Eagle Island. 
[Extract from the Public Statutes.] 
The board of health in each seaport town may from time to time 
establish the quarantine to be performed by vessels arriving within its 
harbor, and make such quarantine regulations as it judges necessary for 
the health and safety of the inhabitants. 
Whoever violates any such regulation after notice thereof has been 
given in the manner before provided in this chapter shall forfeit not less 
than five nor more than five hundred dollars.