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RULES, REGULATIONS
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ORDERS
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH OF BOSTON,
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THE POLICE OF SAID TOWtf.
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    Internal Health  Regulations.



              IN BOARD OF HEALTH,
                          Bojlon, April 26, A. JD, 1819.

      ORDERED,  That the following  RULES and
REGULATIONS appear to this Board to be neceffary,
to remove and prevent NUISANCES and Sources of
Filth in the Town of BOSTON, and the fame Rules and
Regulations are hereby Ordered by faid Board of Health
to have effect, within the limits of faid Town of Boiton,
and have the force  of  law, from  and after  Monday,
the twenty-fixth of April, A. D. 1819.
                   Houfi.  Dirt, &c.
  Article 1.  No perfon or perfons (hall be ajtfowed to throw
or bring into any ftreet, fquare, lane or alley, any houfe dirt,
filth, or fweepings of any  kind, or any decayed vegetables or
dead animal fubftance.  But all fuch houfe vdirt, fityh>  fweep-
ings, or vegetable or animal  fubftance, (hall  be depofited in
fuch veflels as will not contain liquids, and kept in fome con-
venient fituation for the drivers or the Scavengers! carts  to tafee
away.  And no perfon lhall be allowed  to  caft any dead ani-
mals, vegetable fubftances, or fweepings of any veflel,  into any
of the docks,  the milUpond,  or any other place between the
channel and the (hore ; nor to land the fame, or any foul and
infected baUaft, or other fubftance, on any  wharf, »r landing
place, within the town.   And any  dead animal thrown into
the channel fhall have a fufEcient weight  affixed to it,  to pre-
vent its floating to the lhore.
                 Removal of Dirt, iffc.
  Art.  2.  When any quantity of dirt, faw-duft, foot,  (hav-
ings, ftraw, hair, animal or vegetable fubftance,  or filth of any
kind, (hall be found in any cellar,  yard, or other premifes, or
be thrown into any ftreet, fquare, lane or alley»  the owner or
occupier of fuch cellar,  yard or other  premifes, where found ;
or the owner or occupier of the premifes from  whence fuch
dirt, faw-dust, &c. had been removed, (hall  caufe  the fame 
4             Internal Health Regulations.

to be carried away, at his, or her ex^>erife, Wrtbiri  four kours
after notification, in writing, from  this Board.—And  all carts
or waggons employed in the carting earth,  clay, fand  or dirt
of any kind, (hall have and  ufe  good and  fufficient fore and
hind boards, and] btherways fuffijqien/l^ tight to prevent the
faid earthy fand,  clay, or dirt,  from dropping  in the ftreets
through Wnidh they may <pafs.r

baiy   1 ;;i -       Waste W^teA  A'     ■ IiiO
  "Art.  &.  ;^fhe owners  or occupiers of houfesi burl dings or
lands, '(hall c'aiife all  Wafle  Wtiter from their premifes to be
fc&ttveyed from their cellars, yards, finks, pumps and  vacant
lands, through drains under  ground to common (ewers ;  or to
fuch  refervoirs funk  under  ground  to, receive  the  fame, a? a
coHimittfee off this  Board (hall approbate?
                   Vaults, Privies, &c.
   Art.  4:  The owners of vaults or privies, and the occupi-
 ers of the houfe or houfes, (lore  or  buildings, to which they
 belong or are attached, (hall not  permh  the  contents^ of fuch
vaults or  privies to rife within two feet of the  furface of the
'eartfh-^-atnd every owner, occupier or perfon who improves any
Vault or privy,  in the town Bofton,  (hall constantly keep the
lame" vault or privy boxed or made tight,  fo that the  contents
"thereof fhall riot efcape from fuch vault or privy  into  the  cel-
lar or  on  to  the land of any other  perfon, or into or on any
'ftreet, lane or alley in the town of Bofton, or  on any land be-
longing to faid  town  of Bofton, or any corporation ;   and no
vault or  privy  fhall  be  emptied without a permit from this
Board, arid by perfons authorized  by  this Board  for that pur-
pose, from and after, the firft of  April,  and  until the firft of
November next; at which time,  the Inhabitants may employ,
from the'firft of November, to the firft of April next fucceeding,
any  perfon they  fhall fee fit, to empty their neceffary vaults be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock in the evening, and the sun's rifing,
on fuch terms, and by fuch perfons as they may elect, the own-
ers of fuch vaults being accountable  to the Board in removing
any  nuifance that fhall happen in  fo doing.

               Stables, and Stable  Manure.
   Art. 5.  The owners or occupiers of  livery and other (ta-
bles fhall not permit  more than  two cart loads  of manure to
accumulate and remain in or near  their (tables, at any one timp,
between the firft day of May and the  firft day  of  November*
and fhall keep their ftahtes and ftahle yards clean and decent. 
iMtriibl Health Rtgulations.               r>
                      Market  Stalls.
   Art.  G.  Perfons occupying  (falls in Faneuil Hall, Boylfton
or l'arkman's Market-houfes, or the Market-place, and Dock-
fquare, lhall daily, in the morning, during the months of June,
July,  AJUgfUjft, September and October, wafh or cleanfe. their
respective (tails-—They (hall not  permit any heads,  feet or of-
fals ot'.dead animals, or  vegetables of any  kind to  remain in
or.about, their (tails  over night.    They  lhall take  up  arid
remove-the platforms of  their refpective (tails, on the firft clay
of June,  and lhall not replace them until  the firft day of No--
vember enfuing ;  during  which period, meats of any kind rtull
not be expofed in the markets, or  any other place within' the
town, excepting in the  ftalls, carts, or ether vehicles,  which
(hall  be covered from the rays of the fun ; nor expofe for faU:
any mutton or lamb with the fee', on the fame.  ■

             Damaged Grain,  Rice and Coffee.'-*i
   Art.  7.  No perfon  fhall be  allowed to land on any  wrnrr,
or put on (hore, from any boat or  veffel, or bring into town by
land,  any damaged grain, rice, or coffee, Without a permit from
this Board.                                      ,
                     Swine  and  Goats.
  Art.  8.  Swine and Goats fhall  not  be kept within the
limits of this town by any perfon, without a  licenfe from this
Board, and  in fuch place  and manner as  the Board (hall ap-
prove.

                       Fresh Fish.
  Art. 9.  All Fish, before brought  into this town, fhall firfi
be  gutted, and  the filh made clean.   Frejb  Fijh, (excepting
fuch as are named in the fucceeding article) lhall not be offer-
ed for fale between the 1ft day of June, and the 1 ft day of Oc-
tober, unlefs kept in covered ftalls, rifh-boxes, or other houfes
fituated over the fait water.—And  Frefh Fifh offered for fale in
the ftreets before the firft day  of June, and after the fiift day of
October, fhall be kept clean in covered carts, barrows, &c.

                 Salmon  and Small Fish.
  Art.  10.  Salmon, Shad, Bafs,  Mackarel, Tautog,  Eels,
Flounders, Tomcods, Smelts, and other fmali Fifh, may be fold
at all times, in any part of the town, provided they  be kepi
fecure from  the  rays of the fun •,  but venders  thereof will be
held refponfible  for any nuifance created thereby.  Provided,
however, that Salmon and  Bafs, brought to town by fea, may
be fold, and landed therein, when cleanfed  of their entrails;
which entrails are to be kept on board in tight vefTels,  and  re-
  .... j i-----a i— ,„^*^ ^o-i-j at every time of high water— 
t>              Internal Health Regulations,

And that no perfon take a ftand in or near  the  Faneuil-Hall
Market for the fale of fuch Fifh as are allowed by this article,
but at the north fide of faid Market-Houfe, at  the place pro-
vided by the Clerk of faid market for that purpofe.
   And whereas fick perfons are much diftreffed  by the prac-
tice of blowing horns,  trumpets, and other wind  inftruments,
by fiftiermen  and others, to call the attention of the people
to their occupations and bufinefs, and the  fame is injurious to
the health of the inhabitants; therefore, Ordered,  That horns,
trumpets, or other wind inftruments, fhall not be  blown or
founded, by any Fifherman  or other perfon,  to the  injury or
Lfifturbance of any  fick perfon.

                         Oysters.
   Art  11.   Oyfters (hall not be offered for fale within the
limits of the town, between the 5th day of July  and the 1 ft
day of September.   '■>

                   Feathers, Rags,  &c.
   Art.  1.2.  Feathers,  old or new,  fhall not  be landed, or
brought within the limits of the town, between the ift day of
May, and the  i ft day of November, without a permit from this
Office after a previous examination by the perfon authorized by
thifr Board-  And  feather and other beds, bedding, clothing,
or rags,  fhall not be landed, or brought into  this  town from
any place where any contagious difeafe doth, or hath recently
prevailed, onlefs by fpecial permifiion of this Board.  Nor  fhall
any clothing or other article,  which contains or is affected with
any difeafe which may communicate any diforder to any per-
fon, be landed  or brought within the town of Bofton  without
a fpecial permit from this Board.
  Thefe Regulations  in addition to thofe enumerated by the
Act empowering the town  of Bofton to choofe a  Board of
Health, and .other laws relating to faid Board, being effential
to the preservation of  the health of the Town, it is  the deter-
mination of  the Board of Health moft rigidly to enforce their
execution, and  to profecute all violators.   And, as heavy pen-
alties  are by law attached to the breach of any or  either x>f
ihem, the faid  Board  requeft their constituents to caufe thefe
Regulations  to be made known to all  perfons under their di-
rection,  and read to their domeftics;  and alfo to  aflift  the
Board in theirf due execution.   Cornjplaints  of any breaches
thereof, or any  neglect or inattention,  in any  perfon employed
or licenfed by the Board, are folicited •, and thofe who complain
may rely on all proper fecrecy.
                    BENJAMIN WHITMAN,  President.
       A tr   copy of Record—James Robinson, Sec'ry. 
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    Police of Burying-G rounds.



             IN BOARD OF HEALTH,

                          Bofion April 26, A. D. 1819;

       ORDERED,  That the following RULES and
REGULATIONS for the Interment of the Dead in the
Town of BOSTON,  for Funerals and Funeral Proces-
sions in said Town, for the Police of Burying-Grounds
in said Town,  and the following Penalties  and Fees
respecting the same, be and the same are hereby fixed
and eftablished by the  Board of Health of the Town  of
Boston, and that the  same  commence and  have effect
from and after the first day of June next.

                      article  i.

     Police of the Burying Grounds an d CcmeUries.

  Sect. 1.   To execute the Police of the Burying Grounds
and Cemeteries, there fhall be one Superintendant  elected by
ballot,  who on acceptance of  the truft shall  give fatisfaetery
bonds for the faithful performance of the duties required, and
whose jur if diction fhall extend  to all the Burying Grounds and
Cemeteries within the town, and his Office fhall be kept in the
eaft corner of Faneuil Hall, Market-Houfe.' It fhall be the duty
of the Superintendant to keep the fences, walls and gates of the
refpective Grounds and Cemeteries in complete repair, and pro-
perly fecured by locks and bolts ; to point out the place, depth
and width of every grave to be dug therein ; to caufe the graves
to be dug in exact ranges parallel with, and as near to each
other as may be ; and to fee that the graves be fo filled and ele-
vated, and the turf replaced, that water may not stagnate there-
on :—To caufe the tombs opened in the refpective Cemeteries,
between the 1 ft of July, and the SOth of September, to be do-
fed and pointed with lime within  twenty-four  hours after  the
depofit of bodies therein ;  and to direct the Wardens of  the
 feveral Churches to which Cemeteries belong, to caufe at lead.
 three bufhels of good  stone lime to be flacked therein on  the
 1ft and 16th  days of July, August and September;—To record
 in a.book to be kept for that purpofe, the name, age and lex of
 each perfon interred ;  the family to which thedeceafed belong- 
S              Police of Burying-Grounds.
ed \  the difeafe or caufe  or  death;  and whether citizen or
stranger ;  the time when interred ;  the number of the grave,
and the number of the range, where buried, or the tomb,where
depofited.

  SecT. 2.  The Superintendant fhall permit the family of any
 Serfbn hereafter buried in  any grave in the North and South
  arial  Grounds, t6 place within  12  months after the burial  of
fuch perfon, a ftone of the following dimenfions, viz.—length
44 feet, breadth 1 foot 10 inches, thicknefs 3| inches,  having
the perfon's name and age, the  number  of the grave and the
number of the range cut  thereon, placed perpendicular 6 inches
from the head of the grave, and  fettled in the earth 18 inches
from a level furface ; which, being recorded by the Superintend).
ant,  fuch grave fhall be referved for the ufe of the fame family
for 20 years ;  and graves may be re-opened for members of the
fame family, provided the  top of any coffin, put therein be not
within three feet of the furface of the ground.  The bottom of
the firft coffin buried in any grave in the North Burying Ground
fhall be at leaft eight feet from the furface of the ground *, and
the bottom of the  firft coffin  buried in any grave in the bouth
Burying Ground, fhall be at leaft fix feet  fix  inches from the
furface of the ground.

   Sect. S.  A new range  of graves fhall riot be commenced un-
til the preceding range is entirely taken up by the depofit of a
body or bodies in each grave.

   Sect. 4.   A corpfe fhall not be depofited  for a  temporary
purpofe in any of the Public Vaults, without the licenfe of this
Board.

   Sect. 5.  When a corpfe fhall be depofited in any of the
Public Vaults, the fame  fhall be afterwards removed and inter-
red,  agreeably to the regulations  of the Board, and in the man-
ner and <i,me expreffed in a licenfe of the Board for fai|d depofit.
And for a faithful execution of the fame, every perfon concern-
ed in  f*id depofit, removal and interment, fhall fevexally  be
refponfible.

   Sect. 6.  When a corpfe is depofited in a Public Vault,  in
addition to the Superintendant's fees, there fhall be paid to the
ufe of the Town one dollar for each adult, and fifty cents for each
child,  to be collected by the Superintendant*

   Sect. 7.   'j.he Superintendant fhall, on the Monday of each
week, make a return to the Health-Office of the perfons inter-
red in the Grounds and Cemeteries  in his care ;  which return
fhall comprife a'copy of all the particulars required to be reeordv 
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                                    ■
ed by the firft fedtion of thefe Regulations;  that  fromtfuch
returns this Board, from time to time, may publifh'Bills of Mor-
tality for the town.

  Sect. 6.  That if any perfon fhould  be defirous to remove
out of town  the body of a deceafed  friend for interment,  it
may  be  lawful  fo to do,' on application to the Superintendant
of Burial Grounds, he to attend the time and place of removal;
provided no caufe fhould appear^ to withhold the permiffion :•—
The  applicant  fubject to pay the Superintendant twenty five cents
for his attendance.

                        Article  it.

                       Funeral Cars.

   Sect. 1.  The Funeral Cars fhall be under  the care of the
Superintendant, and fhall be depofited  for fafe keeping in pla-
ces provided therefor.  It fhall be the duty of the Superintend-
ant, to  keep them clean and in good repair, he having the  ap-
probation of the Burying Ground Committee ; and only permit
Funeral Undertakersj licenfed by this Board,  to ufe the fame,
on the payment of the fee eftablished by thefe Regulations.  Thfe
Superintendant to  account  monthly to the Treafurer of this
Board for fuch fees.

                        ARTICLE  III.

                   Funeral  Undertakers,

   Sect. i.  A fufficient number of Funeral Undertakers fhall
 be appointed  and  licenfed by this Board, who fhall be refponfi-
 ble for the  decent, orderly and faithful management of the Fu-
 nerals undertaken by them \  and for a ftrict  compliance with
 thefe Regulations.  Each Undertaker may employ fober and dif-
 creet Porters  to affift him ;  and  fhall  be accountable  to*Vhis
 Board for their conduct.—Perfons not licenfed as Undertakers,
 are  forbid the undertaking of any  funeral,  under penalty of
 twenty dollars for each offence.

                        ARTICLE IV.

                       Funerals, &c.

   Sect. i.  All Funerals fhall be between fun-rifiilg  and furi-
 fetting, except  when otherwife ordered by this  Board, in cafes
 of the prevalence of contagious and malignant difeafes, and fhaU
 pafs  through  or into  at leaft one principal ftreet.  There (halt
 be but  one bell tolled at any funeral; which bell fhall be tolled
            B 
10'
Polios of Burying-Grounds.
 ubilfoagettthatf one hour,  and no flfteijer than two flrokes ?n a
 muTOte, and the bells oftjie NortjvChurcl} (hall not be chim.-
 ed more than fifteen minutes for one funeral proceffipn.  The
 corpfe of every perfon over ten years of age, fhall be conveyed
 to'the grave or tomb in a Funeral par, to be'drawn  by not
 afore1 than-two horfes:  Provided howereer^.That on an extraor-
 dinary occafion per mifllon may b,e obtained of this Board, dn re-
 gular application1;1 to difpenfe with any of the rules contained i»
 this article.         -r  ■        '   : r   '•         ■  r uojj.  .....
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   Sect. 2.  The Superintendant fhall defignate fuitable places
 in the North and South Burying Grounds, for the burial  of peo-
 ple of colour, under  the direction of this Board.

                          ARTICLE v.

                          Fines, &c..

   Sect. I.  If the Superintendant {hall violate any or either of
 thefe  Regulations., he. (hall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a fine
 of fifty dollars.  If an Undertaker flaall violate any or either of
 fhefe  kegulfttiops, he fhall, on conviction, forfeit ancj pay a £ne
 of thirty, dollars j  afjd if any other perfon or perfons (hall violate
 or tranfgrefjs. them, .fee. or they (hall, on conviction, forfeit  and
 pay a fine of twenty  dollars.
   Sect.  2.   The Superintendant, Funeral Undertakers  and
 Porters fhall at all times be removable at the pleafure of this
 Board.

                        ARTICLE VI.

                         Fees,  &c.

   Sect. 1.   There fhall be collected and paid for fexvices in the
 exqfutfon of thefe Regulations, the following fees, viz.

   For the Superintendent.—For each grave dug, fifty-five ce-njg,
 except for (rich,  perfons as are buried at the expenfe  of the
 town.   For each tomb or public vault opeiie4, 75 cenjts.  For
 the record of each perfon buried or entombed, twenty-five cents.
 For the  ufe of the car at  each funeral, two dollars ;  and the
 fame with the fees for graves, tombs and public vaults, to be col-
 lected  from the families of the perfons interred.   The recording
 fees to be paid quarterly by. the Board of Health.

   Feesfdr Undertakers.  For digging a grave  8 feet deep*  and
 covering the fame, twp dollars and fifty cents •,  for one 6 feet 6
 inches deep, orie dollar and fifty-cents ; for.orie-5 feet deep, one
dollar and twenty-five cents,  and for 4- feet deep  one xlollar.
For opening and clofing  a  tomb,  feventy-five cents.  For  fer- 
                Police of Burying-Grounds.              11

vice at the houfe of a perfon deceafed, in collecting and return-
ing chairs and other attendance, one dollar , for every family
notified by requeft, five cents,  for tolling a bell, fifty cents ; for
placing a corpfe in coffin when requefted, and removing down
flairs, one dollar; for the ufe  of one horfe in  the  car, and
leader, one dollar and fifty cents; for two i orfes, feventy five
cents each ; for carrying a corpfe from the houfe to the car, and
from the car to the grave, torrnVor vault, and removal of the
fame ffom the Public Vault to the place of interment; including
the affiftance of funeral porters, and the leader or leaders of the
Funeral Car, three dollars,   . j}.  ,rT   (.-.,;, \\q ci f,

   Sect. 2.  When & corpfe is  carried into a cnuJrfcf^fteltoie^
ral Undertaker Jmay make'an aatiitionahdiargle ofikwo dollars, i.
and whenever the ground fhall  be frozen, the charge of digging,
graves may be; augmented at the difcretion of this Board.     ; _,

   Sect. 3.   For burial of children under ten years of age, vii.J
Digging a grave 3| feet deep, feventy five cents •, for fervice at
the houfe, one dollar ;  tolling bell/ fifty eefots;   carrying the.
corpfe to the carriage, and from the carriage to the place of de-
pofit, fifty cents , for the uffe of a pall, twenty-five cents.

   Sect. 4.  It fhall be the duty of the feveral Undertakers and
each of them to fettle with* and r«y^over.nionthlyno.thei$u,pfcr-
intenda#it, the fees provided for.in the firii feftionofthisartitle*

       ,. it,             , ARTICLE  VU»  ..'.;Il ,•■'-■;<•>.' ^ -Im-■ :ry.
          . ' r   . .-,     ■.;.■■■'.  ''V    "vxal :o it. )-:1 v.r: fi^i-iw
         "ail.    ^Burying Grounds.    ■-,-'}■■->      ■■•• oih

   Sect,  fl  The  Central,  Chapel and   Granary  Burying
Grounds are clofed fo far, that no graves fhall  be opened or
dug, nor tombs  built therein, until  the further order of this
Board.   ^ ,          ,.jur    -:ub^ix      ,o.  .o.:   :tt fo
   Sect. 2.  The old pait  of the* North  Burying  Ground  is
 aHo*-clofed fo far, that  no graves fhall be opened or dug therein,
excepting in the places appropriated for the interment of people
of colour, under the direction of this Board.  Perfons may have
leave to erect tombs in the new  part  of the  North Burying
Ground, and the South?Burying Ground, under the direction,
and on the conditions prefcribed by this Board.            r

          By order of the Board of Health,

                    •   BENJAMIN  WHITMAN, Prefideiit.

     *L  >    ■ Attest— James Robinson, Sec\y.■'
  ' J\ no. 
Quarantine Regulationsfor 1819*



              IN  BOARD OF HEALTH,

                          Bojkn, April 26, A. D. 1819,

       ORDERED, That the following Rules, Regu-
lations, Reftrictions, Qualifications and Directions., {hall
conftitiite the  Quarantine Regulations of this Board,
on all Veffels, &c. which- fhall arrive within  the Har-
oour of Bofton, from any port or placfc,  until the fur-
ther order of this Board ;  and that the  fame be, pub-
lUhed in Uie Newfpapers employed by this Board, fo£
general information, viz^

                       ARTICLE I,. ...  v x

                  Quarantine of Veffels.

  Sect. 1.  On and after the twentieth day of May annually,
and until the twentieth day of October,  in each year, a quar-
antine fhall be had  of all veffels, their officers, crews,  pafTen-
gers and  cargoes, that come within the Harbour  of Bofton,
 which are from or have  touched at any port  or place within
the tropics, or from any  of the  Weft India Iflands, or from
any of the Britifh. provinces in North_ America, haviqg  arrived
there from any of the places herein mentioned, pr any port or(
place where contagious ficknefs doth or hath recently prevail-
 ed—of all VefTels on board of which any  perfori fhall have died
 of any difeafe, or been fick during their  homeward pafTage, ex-
 cepting, vefTels coming from- places beyond the  Cape  of Good
 Hope, where no contagious or malignant  difeafe was known to.
 be prevalent previous to their departure—or from,  the  Iflands
 of St. ifffcnaf or Afeenfton.
   Sect. 2.  The quarantine above directed* fhall be had near
 Rainsford Island, under the direction of  the Principal or Affif-
 tant Phyfician, and other officers of this  Board, and (hall con-
 tinue on every vefTel.which has had, twqitty-two. or a  lefs num-
 ber of days pafiage, until die' fhall have made up twenty-Jive
 days from the day fhe left her  laft port;  and on each vefiel
 which has had twenty three or  more days pafTage, feventy-two
 hours, in addition to fuch pauage.   And on  every  vefTel,  on
 board which, during her homeward pafTage,  any perfon fliall 
Quarantine. Regulations,                13
have died* (excepting from accident or cafualty) the quarantine
(hall be extended to twenty-five days from the laft death. Afld no
veffel fhall be confiderjed as, having commenced quarantine, un-
til (he fhall have anchpred in her proper ftation on quarantine
ground, as directed by,the Principal  or Affiftant Phyficjanj or,
■other pfficers of this Board-                       ';1i  ,r  ■ jtii
   Sect. 3.   The mafters, officers, crews and pafTengersf'of all
vefTels when on quarantine, (hall be fubject to the Regulations
•of this Board, and fuch others as may be adopted by the Princi-
pal or Affiftant Phyfician :  an.' the  matter of each vefTel fhall
be, accountable for  the appearance on  board  his vefTel,  at the«
time fhe fhaU b$ difcharged from quarantine,  of all and every
perfon who arrived in her, or who, may have been landed from
her in any port of the  United States, or put on hoard any vef-v
fel, during her homeward  pafTage, cafes of death, excepted*
   Sect. 4.  In extraordinary cafes, the Committee of the Week
is authorized to direct  the  above period of  quarantine td be
 prolonged.             •■          '--.■■■
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   Sect. 5.   VefTels not otherwife fubject  to quarantine, havr
 ing only Small Pox on board, rnay be difcharged whenever the
 Principal or Affiftant  Phyfician (hall confider ^them  free from
 infection.           '   •     -
   SjEot. 6.   Every mafter of a veffel fhall, within twenty-four
 hours after being  difcharged from  quarantine, deliver  at ,the
 Health-Oftlce in Faneuil Hall, the certificates and flags he (hall
 have  received from  the,  Principal  or Affiftant Phyfician, or
 Ifland peeper, and fhall, on paying the fum of ten dollars, re-
 ceive a counter certificate from the Secretary  of this Board, to
 entitle his vefTel tcr entry at the Cuftom-Houfe.
    Sect. 7.  When any vefTel has heen  quarantined, examin-
 ed  and attended,  and  the  matter  is  defirous of leaving  the
 ground, with his vefTel, for  any other port,  he fhall, previous
 to his receiving his certificate of difcharge,  pay to the  Princi-
 pal or Affiftant Phyfician the establifhed fees.
    Sect.  8.  During the time a vefTel fhall  be on quarantine,
 on application made to this Board to permit the unloading and
 conveyance to town of any wine, rum, fpirits, fait, fugar, mo-
 lafTes, mahogany, dye.woqds, tobacco,  preferved or other fruits,
 and fuch other articles as fhall be declared incapable of receiv-
 ing or conveying infection,  and when  pemiiffion to unload the
 fame fhall  have  been  obtained from the Cufto.m-Houfe;   it
 fhall be lawful for the Committee  for the week to authorize
 the, Principal or Affiftant Phyfician of this Board,  to  permit
 fuch articles to be unladen from any vefTel on quarantine, and
 the fame to be conveyed to town by Lightermen  duly licenfed
 by this Board for  that purpofe—And the Principal or Affiftam 
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Phyfician fhall grant a certificate thereof,  to  be depofited in
t&0 HealthOffice, for which 25 cents fhall be paid.   And the
lrgfrtefs^ttt be employed in the tranfportation of fuch unihfect-
ed'ttrfkle^fhall, when unemployed, be anchored off the fouth-
eWft part of Raintfdrd IJland;  arid the lightermen  erripVoyed
therein,  fhall not  be permitted to land in town, Without the
permiflion of the Principal or Affiftant Phyfician.
 BlK-.'^Ji/a-...:   .         ARTICLE  41.
  ''fuVI sdj Vo '   k Mediterranean Vtffth.
  'Sect. I.  Every riiafter of a vefTel who, on  arid after the
twentieth day of May annually,  arid before the twentieth day
o£ October, in the fime year, fhall  arrive from Gibraltar, Or  at
any port or place Within  the  Streights,  fhall  carry and  anchor
his VefTel on quarantine ground, where  fhe fhall  retnain until
fhe be'examined by the Principal or Affiftant Phyfician, who^
ift.<GCttfouf>€nee. with. the  Committee  for the week, may  permit
her to pafs-if it appears to them that the public health will not
be endangered  thereby.—And the mafter of fuch vefTel fhaU
receive a counter certificate from the Secretary of this Boards
to entitle his vefTel to entry at the  Cuftom Houfe pn his paying
fedm the fum of five dollars,                   '
                        ARTICLE  III."
                    Veffels to be Reported.
 'Sect.  1.  The mafters of all vefTels, which,  on  and after;
the twentieth dayof May annually,  arid before the twentieth
day of October, in the fame year, fhall arrive from any port  of1
placerhot fubject to quarantine* (hall, previous to entry  at the
Cuftpm-Houfe* rriake report at the Health-Office, in FaneuM-
Ffatt, of the (tare arid condition of their crews, paffengers arid
cargoes, and of all other  circrimftarices which rnay concern the
public health.   If found  to be from a port free  of contagious
difeafe, the mafter of each  vefTel  fhall deceive a certificate  to
permit the entry of fuchvefTel at the Guftom*Houfe,for which
25 cents fhall be paid j if otherwife, the vefTel,  crew and paf-
fengers (halt be fent to Rainsford Ifland, oh quarantine.
   :'        ' l           ARTICLE  IV.    ;»"l>.,j(i
                    Veffilsfnm Out-Ports-, .!             . -o
  Sect. 1.  Every veflel which fhali arrive, and  enter  at any
outsort from any of the ports or places mentioned in the firft
article of thefe Regulations, and fhjdl- afterwards, come  to this
port/fhall be fubject to quarantine^ unlefs the msfter produces
a correct certificate from  the Bbard of Health, or  Selectmenj
of fuch out-port * that fuch veflel has been at  leaft twenty^ five
days from fuch ports or places ; that during that time no per*
fon has died, (excepting by accident  Or cafualty)  or been fick
on board j  and  that fuch vefTel has been  duly examined, and
thoroughly purified or cleanfed. 
Quarantine Regulations.              15
                        article v.
                       Infetled Veffels.
  Sect.  1.  All veffels from any port or place whatever, hav-
ing on their homeward pafi^ge had one or more perfons ftch  on,
board, (hall) at allfeafons of the year, be liable to perform quar-
antine,, if, in the opinion of the Principal or Affiftant Phyfician,
it fhall be neceffary.
                        ARTICLE VI.
The Duty and{ Poit/er of the Principal Phyfvwn, and. AJjtfiant Phy-
                          fician.
  Sect.  1.  It fhall be the duty of the Principal Phyfician  of
this Board, (when no  Affiftant  Phyfician  refides on Rainsford
Ijland) to vifit Rainsford I/land every day when there are three
or more vefTels on quarantine ;  and, when lefs than three,  as
often as the Committee for the week fhall prefcribe.   He fhall
direct in  what manner veffels are to be clea-nfed ; what articles
fhall be landed,  wafhed, buried,  or deftroyed.  He fhall  or-
der the fick to be landed, if neceffary j (hall attend all the fick
at faid lfland, prefcribe according to his beft (kill and judg-
ment to their relief, and find all medicine.  He fhall be allow-
ed to charge each  fick  perfon for  fuch  attendance, provided
hJs charge does not exceed three  dollars for common cafes;
but he may increafe the charge for extraordinary cafes;  deem-
ed fuch by the Committee  for the week;   and he  (hall report,
at leaft once a week, the  number of fuch fick  perfons under
his" care at the lfland, the length of time  they have been con-
fined there •,  and, when difcharged, fhall immediately prefent
his account for attendance  to the  Comtriittee  for the  week, a
record of which fhall be entered on  the  Journal kept by  that
Committee.  He fhall  direct the Pilots  where  to anchor vef-
fels ;  and they are hereby required  to obey  his direct ons.
He fhall deliver to the mafter of each vefTel arriving on quar-
antine, a  copy  of the  Quarantine Regulations of this  Board.
He may eftablifli rules and regulations for  the prefervation of
godd order on the lfland, to promote the defigns of quarantine,
finch  rules and  regulations being under  the  control  of  this
Board-  He fhall from time to time  report to the Committee
for the week, the  date  of vefTels  on  quarantine  He fhall
grant a certificate of difcharge to each vefTel  having duly per-
formed quarantine •, and  generally,  it fhaU  be hi  duty to do
and perform all things neceffary  to  carry the "Regulations of
Quarantine into complete effect.  And when an Affiftant Phy-
fician fhatl reGde on faid  Rainsford lfland, all the duties and
powers of the Principal Phyfician contained in this article ihaU.
devolve upon,  and may be executed by fuch Aififtant Phy-
fician. 
16                Quarantine Regulation's.
                       ARRTICLE VII.
               The Secretary's Quarantine Duty.
  Sect. 1.  The Secretary of  thi^ Board fhall receive  the
Principal or Affiftant'Phyficiari's certificates of difcharge ; fhall
give counter certificates to entitle  fuch  vefTels to entry at  the
Cuftom-Houfe; receive the fees  required for fuch certificate,
arid all  Other fees, and the fame pay to  the Treafirrer.   He
fhall make  the  neceffary inquiries of all matters  of vefTels," re-
porting at this  Office ;  fhall  note the fame •, and fhall receive
and communicate at every meeting of this  Board, the report*
received from the lfland.
                       ARTICLE VIII.
                  The  lfland Keeper's Duty.  .      ,
  Sect. . 1., The lfland Keeper or his Affiftants fhall attend
the purification of all  vefTels, clothing, bedding, perfons,  &c.
at quarantine, agreeably to the directions  of the  Principal or
Affiftant Phyfician;  fhall  board and attend the fick,  and find
nurfes ;  and fhall be allowed five dollars  each week for 'the
board and nurfing each fick  perfon  at the  lfland;. to be  col-
lected as the fees of the Principal or Affiftant Phyfician are by
law collected or afTumed; and fhall employ  two perfons to ply
the lfland boat, during the time a general quarantine is requir-
ed, who fhall  be  fubject to the orders of the Committee of
the Quarantine; and (hall communicate to the Health-Office, in-
formation of the arrival of vefTels at the lfland,  as they occur y,
and of any event which may require  the  attendance of ttfie
Principal or Affiftant Phyfician at the lfland ;  fhall carry fup-
plies to vefTels on quarantine,  when delivered on board the
boat, and fhall be held to conform to all the directions of  this
Board.
   Sect. 2.  In the  abfence  of the Principal and  Affiftant
Phyfician, the  lfland Keeper or^ his Affiftant are charged with
the police of the lfland, agreeably to* the laws and rules thereof.
                        ARTICLE IX.
   No perfon not on quarantine fhall be allowed to vifit Rainf-
ford lfland during the time of quarantine,  without producing
a permit from  the Secretary  of this Board, for which 25 cents
fhall be paid for each perfon; but no certificates fhall  be valid,
Unlefs prefented within twenty-four hours from the date thereof.
                        ARTICLE x.
   Sect. 1.  The Board of Health may difpenfe with any or
all the aforefaid Orders,  Rules and Regulations relative to
Quarantine, upon fuch conditions and  under fuch  circurri-
ftances as faid Board or its Committee, in  any particular case,
may think proper, confident with the publick fafety.
          By order of the  Board,
                        BENJAMIN WHITMAN,  Preftdertt. 
 
 
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