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Section 22-12-9 – Duty of Vessel Master Ordered to Perform Quarantine.

Section 22-12-9 Duty of vessel master ordered to perform quarantine. The master of any vessel, ordered to perform quarantine, must deliver, to the officer appointed to see it performed, his bill of health and manifest, logbook and journal; if he fails to do, or to repair, in proper time after notice, to the quarantine ground […]

Section 22-12-26 – Arrests Without Warrants.

Section 22-12-26 Arrests without warrants. Any legal quarantine officer or guard may, without warrant, arrest a person who attempts to violate a quarantine regulation and carry such person either to a designated place of detention or before an officer having jurisdiction of such offense. (Code 1907, §7070; Code 1923, §4372; Code 1940, T. 22, §170.)

Section 22-12-10 – Unauthorized Removal of Vessel From Quarantine.

Section 22-12-10 Unauthorized removal of vessel from quarantine. Any master or other person in charge of a vessel in quarantine who shall remove or take, or who shall aid or procure to be removed or taken, such vessel from quarantine before she is given pratique is guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be […]

Section 22-12-11 – Violation of Regulations as to Arriving Vessels.

Section 22-12-11 Violation of regulations as to arriving vessels. Any person who violates the regulations prescribed by the corporate authorities of any town or city or by the county commissioner of any county in relation to vessels arriving in the harbor or in the vicinity of such town or city, after notice thereof has been […]

Section 22-12-12 – Proclamation of Quarantine in County, City, or Town.

Section 22-12-12 Proclamation of quarantine in county, city, or town. Upon the recommendation of the board of health of a county, and subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, quarantine may be proclaimed for a county by the probate judge thereof or, in case of his inability to act, then, by the […]

Section 22-12-13 – Enforcement of Local Quarantine.

Section 22-12-13 Enforcement of local quarantine. When quarantine has been proclaimed for a county, incorporated city or town in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, its enforcement shall be entrusted to the health officer of the county, city or town, respectively, the administration of any one or all of whom shall be subject to […]

Section 22-12-14 – Quarantine of Infected Portions of County – Establishment.

Section 22-12-14 Quarantine of infected portions of county – Establishment. When a contagious or infectious disease of quarantinable nature exists in a part of a county, the remainder of the county, and any incorporated city or town therein, may establish quarantine against the infected portion or portions of the county in accordance with the following […]

Section 22-12-15 – Quarantine of Infected Portions of County – Enforcement.

Section 22-12-15 Quarantine of infected portions of county – Enforcement. A proclamation of quarantine issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-12-14 by the judge of probate, the presiding officer or any two members of the county commission for the protection of a portion of a county shall be enforced by the health officer […]

Section 22-12-16 – Expense of Enforcing Local Quarantine.

Section 22-12-16 Expense of enforcing local quarantine. The expense of enforcing any quarantine for a county, or for a portion thereof, as provided for in Sections 22-12-12 through 22-12-15, shall be defrayed by the county commission of the county; that incurred in conducting a quarantine for an incorporated city or town shall be defrayed by […]