Chapter 9
Quarantine of Vessels

Index of Sections

§ 23-9-1. Appointment of seaport health officers — Duties and compensation.

§ 23-9-2. Publication of city or town quarantine regulations.

§ 23-9-3. Places from which vessels arriving are subject to quarantine.

§ 23-9-4. Designation of time and place of quarantine.

§ 23-9-5. Sentinel to order ships into quarantine.

§ 23-9-6. Penalty for refusal to anchor in quarantine.

§ 23-9-7. Council order to anchor in quarantine.

§ 23-9-8. Unauthorized departure from vessel under quarantine.

§ 23-9-9. Quarantine of vessels bound for Providence.

§ 23-9-10. Enforcement by sheriffs, sergeants, and constables.

§ 23-9-11. Disposition of fines.

§ 23-9-12. Federal quarantine system superseding Providence regulations.

§ 23-9-13. Repealed.

§ 23-9-14. Hoisting of quarantine colors.

§ 23-9-15. Unauthorized departure from infected vessel.

§ 23-9-16. Examination of vessel — Guards to prevent unauthorized communication.

§ 23-9-17. Confinement or removal of persons on board.

§ 23-9-18. Disinfection of imported goods.

§ 23-9-19. Certification and delivery of disinfected goods — Expense of disinfection.

§ 23-9-20. Delivery of goods not infected — Cleansing or destruction of infected goods.

§ 23-9-21. Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods.

§ 23-9-22. Settlement of wages and charges.

§ 23-9-23. Action for recovery of expenses.

§ 23-9-24. Waters under concurrent jurisdiction of Newport.