Section 23-9-19. – Certification and delivery of disinfected goods — Expense of disinfection.
§ 23-9-19. Certification and delivery of disinfected goods — Expense of disinfection. Whenever infected or contagious goods are sufficiently aired and cleansed, those persons described in § 23-9-18 shall give the owners or persons entitled to possession of those goods a certificate to that effect; and the city or town council shall allow and order […]
Section 23-9-20. – Delivery of goods not infected — Cleansing or destruction of infected goods.
§ 23-9-20. Delivery of goods not infected — Cleansing or destruction of infected goods. All goods that are judged by the city or town council not to be infected shall be delivered to the owners without delay and expense of airing and as soon as may be consistent with the safety of the city or […]
Section 23-9-21. – Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods.
§ 23-9-21. Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods. All goods imported in a vessel as described in this chapter that shall be clandestinely landed or brought into any house, shop, or warehouse without a certificate and allowance as provided in § 23-9-19, or that shall be imported by land as provided in § 23-9-20 and not […]
Section 23-9-22. – Settlement of wages and charges.
§ 23-9-22. Settlement of wages and charges. The city and town councils of the respective cities and towns shall fix, settle, and adjust all wages and charges demanded by persons employed by them to secure a vessel, or to air and cleanse those goods, or to attend upon and nurse those persons as provided in […]
Section 23-9-23. – Action for recovery of expenses.
§ 23-9-23. Action for recovery of expenses. If any owner, freighter, mariner, or passenger shall refuse to pay those wages and charges settled, adjusted, and fixed pursuant to § 23-9-22, then the city or town shall sue for and recover those wages and charges, and the court where the action is brought and maintained shall […]
Section 23-9-24. – Waters under concurrent jurisdiction of Newport.
§ 23-9-24. Waters under concurrent jurisdiction of Newport. The health officer of the city of Newport shall, under the direction of the council of that city, have authority concurrent with the city or town councils of the several cities or towns in the county of Newport bordering on the public waters of the state in […]
Section 23-9-18. – Disinfection of imported goods.
§ 23-9-18. Disinfection of imported goods. The city or town council of a city or town where a vessel as described in this chapter arrives shall appoint suitable persons to take effectual care that all goods, wares, and merchandise imported in that vessel which they think may hold and communicate the infection or contagion are […]
Section 23-9-9. – Quarantine of vessels bound for Providence.
§ 23-9-9. Quarantine of vessels bound for Providence. If any vessel shall arrive in the waters of the state bound to the port of Providence at any time while the quarantine regulations of the city of Providence are in force, no person on board that vessel shall leave it until it has been visited and […]
Section 23-9-10. – Enforcement by sheriffs, sergeants, and constables.
§ 23-9-10. Enforcement by sheriffs, sergeants, and constables. Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, town sergeant, and town constable shall carry the rules and regulations of the city or town council within his or her precinct into effect. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § […]
Section 23-9-11. – Disposition of fines.
§ 23-9-11. Disposition of fines. The fines for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be recovered to the use of the city or town where the offense was committed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 12; G.L. […]