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RULES
TO BE OBSERVED BY
_MASTERS AND PILOTS OF VESSELS_,
ARRIVING AT THE
_PORT OF PHILADELPHIA_,
ESTABLISHED BY
THE HEALTH LAW,
AND
_REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH_.
TO WHICH IS ANNEXED,
_The Supplement to the Health Law_,
Passed on the 2d day of April, 1821.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED BY JACOB FRICK & CO.
No. 22, Walnut Street.
1821.
RULES, &c.
I. From the first of June to the first of October, in every year,
vessels arriving at the port of Philadelphia, from any foreign port or
place, and every vessel arriving from any port or place within the
United States, at which port or place the said vessel had only called in
or touched upon her arrival from a foreign port, and vessels sailing
under coasting documents, having on board goods, persons, baggage, or
clothing from any foreign port or place, or any diseased person, before
any of the cargo or baggage be landed, or any person who came in such
vessel shall leave her, or any person, except the pilot, is suffered to
come on board, (unless imminent danger of the loss of the vessel or
lives of the crew shall render assistance necessary) shall stop at the
Lazaretto, and there submit to the examination of the Lazaretto
Physician and Quarantine Master.
Every vessel of the above description, under one hundred and fifty tons
burthen, will come to anchor as near the Lazaretto as their draught of
water and the weather will allow; and if of one hundred and fifty tons
or upwards, may either come to anchor near the Lazaretto or in the outer
channel, as near the west end of the island of Tinicum, opposite the
Lazaretto, as her draught of water and the weather will permit—those
preferring to be visited in the outer channel, will hoist a whiff at the
topgallant-mast head, as a signal for the same.
A neglect or refusal to comply with the above, will subject the person
so neglecting or refusing, to a fine of five hundred dollars.
II. From the first of October in every year, to the first of June in the
succeeding year, every vessel arriving at the port of Philadelphia,
either directly or indirectly from any foreign port or place, shall come
to anchor in the stream, opposite the city; and before any of the
passengers, crew, cargo, or baggage are landed, shall receive the visit
and submit to the examination of the Port Physician; and as a signal for
the visit of the said physician, shall hoist a whiff at the
foretopgallant mast head; vessels that arrive in the day time, will
hoist the signal before they arrive at the lower part of the city, and
those that come up in the night, will hoist the signal before sunrise
next morning. _Every captain, pilot, or other person, hauling any vessel
to the wharf, on her arrival as above, and before she is visited by the
port physician, shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay the sum
of two hundred dollars_, unless it shall be made to appear, that there
was at the time, imminent danger of the loss of such vessel, or of the
passengers or crew thereof.
III. Any master, or other person, on board any vessel, who shall
knowingly deceive, or attempt to deceive the Lazaretto or Port
Physician, or shall make false answers to their official inquiries, will
be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars, and imprisonment at hard
labour for five years.
IV. The certificates of health, granted by the Lazaretto or Port
Physician, are to be presented at the health office, within twenty-four
hours after the arrival and safe mooring of the vessel at the city under
a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars.
V. Masters of vessels, on presenting their certificates at the health
office, shall pay to the health officer, the following sums, viz:
All coasting vessels, from any port or place in the United $2 50
States, between the river St. Croix, and the river St. Mary,
(except from between Sandy Hook and Cape Charles) for each
arrival, during quarantine months,
All coasting vessels, from between Sandy Hook and Cape Charles, 2 50
including the Bay and river Delaware, having on board foreign
goods, for each arrival, during quarantine months,
All American vessels, from any port or place in New Brunswick, 5 00
Nova Scotia, Canada, or the islands or ports adjacent; the
river St. Mary; the coast of Florida, bay of Mexico, including
New Orleans, and parts adjacent, and from thence along the bay
of Honduras, and coast of Terra Firma, as far as the river
Amazon, including all the islands, generally denominated West
India, Bahamas, or Bermudas, shall pay on arrival,
All American vessels arriving from any place in Europe, Western, 10 00
Canary, or Cape de Verd Islands, and west coast of Africa as
far as latitude 34 deg. S. and from any place in the
Mediterranean, or from any place, from the river Amazon,
inclusive, and round the coast of Brazil, as far as latitude 34
deg. S.
All American vessels, from any place beyond latitude 34 deg. S. 20 00
or round cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope,
Foreign vessels shall pay twenty-five per cent. additional,
unless otherwise regulated by any treaty.