1822 - Edocs

XIX
Sec. 2. That there shall be established a Lazaretto at
the Barrancas, or at such point as the Board of Health
mav direct, for the accommodation of the sick, under
such regulations as the Board of Health may from time to
and that until tne. government of the Uni-
time establish ;
ted States shall establish a public warehouse, at such Lazaretto,
the cargoes orsuch part thereof, as 4
officer or Collector of the Port of Pensacola
the Health
may deem
necessary, shall be stored under the»directions of the commanding
officer of the troops at Barrancas.
Sec. 3. That the quarantine limits shall be cannon-shot
range, or two miles, in a direction towards the harbor
from Fort St. Carlos de Barrancas, or at such point as the
Board of Health may dlre&t, and that any person or persons,
belonging to, or having had communication with
any vessel or vessels under quarantine, who shall pass
those limits without permission, hist had" and obtained
from the Resident Physician or Health officer, shall for-
feit and pay a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned in the common jail. for a term not ex-
ceeding six months. «
Sec. 4. That for the more effectually guarding 1 against
the introduction of disease, there shall be established a
Board of Health, whiclvfor the present shall consist of an
officer to be appointed and callfd the Resident Physician,
and the Mayor and Aldermen of Pensacola (over whom
the Resident Physician shall preside) who are by his ordinance
authorized to make, and from time to time alter
such laws and regulations as -they may deem necessary to
ensure the health ofehe city.
Sec. 5. That there shall be a Health officer appointed
and stationed at the Barrancas, or at such other point a$V
the Board of Health may direct, whose duty it shall be to\
board every vessel boundinwards, to see that the provision
of this "ordlTraTfKe, and "Hi 2TTcTr"fegulations as the
Board of Health may make, are strictly complied with,
and report from time to time as occasion may require to
the Board of Health.
Sec. 6. That such allowances shallbe made to the Resident
Physician and Health officer (all their services included)
as shall not exceed One Dollar and one half for
each person on board of each vessel, to be regulated and
determined by the Mayor of Pensacola, who is authorized
to receive from every vessel, the cargo of which it
may become necessary to land and store, such other and
further sums as may be necessary to cover all expenses
incident to the same.
Pensacola, 19th July, 182 1.
[Signed] ANDREW JACKSON.
By the Governor
R. K. CALL, Acting Secretary West Florida.