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

SECTION 23-9-5

   § 23-9-5  Sentinel to order ships intoquarantine. – The city or town council may appoint a sentinel, who shall be paid by the cityor town and stationed in some convenient place on shore, or in some properlysituated boat or vessel, to hail all ships or vessels which may arrive in thatriver, bay, or harbor; and if the sentinel shall find that any ship or vesselis subject to quarantine, he or she shall direct the commander of that ship orvessel to come to anchor within the limits of that quarantine ground, andremain there until visited by the health officer, and to place a signal in theshrouds of the vessel in a manner as to be seen at a proper distance.