Pennsylvania Act 1824-75 — HEALTH OFFICE FOR CITY AND PORT OF PHILADELPHIA

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HEALTH OFFICE FOR CITY AND PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
                  Act of Mar. 29, 1824, P.L. 125, No. 75              Cl. 35
        Section 1.  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
     Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
     Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
     same, That from and after the passing of this act, all ships and
     vessels arriving at the port of Philadelphia, with small pox on
     board, shall be subject to the same rules, restrictions and
     regulations as are provided and directed in the act to which
     this is a supplement, in relation to ships or vessels arriving
     with other malignant or contagious diseases.
        Section 2.  And be it further enacted by the authority
     aforesaid, That no practising physician or other person or
     persons, shall be allowed to communicate the infection of small
     pox by inoculation or otherwise, within the jurisdiction of the
     board of health, unless by special permission of said board; and
     any practising physician, or other person or persons, so
     transgressing, shall be liable to a penalty, not exceeding one
     hundred dollars nor less than seventy, for each person so
     inoculated or infected as aforesaid, to be recovered and
     appropriated as directed by the act to which this is a
     supplement.
        Section 3.  Rules and regulations for prevention of smallpox
        The board of health shall be invested with the same authority
     to make such general rules, orders or regulations, for the
     preservation of the district from the contagion of smallpox, as
     they already possess in relation to other contagious diseases
     dangerous to the health of the community.  1824, March 29, P.L.
     125, Sec. 3.