§ 82. Meetings; report. The commissioners shall hold daily meetings, Sundays and holidays excepted, from May first until November first in each year, and as often in the other months as they may deem necessary. They shall annually report to the legislature at its opening a report of their proceedings and the condition of the quarantine establishment. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) - 83. Custody of quarantine establishment. The commissioners of quarantine shall be the custodians of the quarantine establishment to be held by them in trust for the people of the state. in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. They may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as they shall deem necessary for the care and protection of each portion of the quarantine establishment; for the government of the employes therein; for the regulation of the conduct of all quarantinable persons, provided the same do not interfere with the duties of the health officer. They shall pay all salaries of persons appointed by them from moneys appropriated by the State. They shall collect from the owners, agents or consignees of vessels all bills for the care and maintenance of persons detained in quarantine; and shall have power to enforce such payment by process of law against the vessel upon which such detained persons have arrived, or against the agents, owners or consignees of such vessels, and, in case of an emergency arising, the quarantine commissioners shall, upon the certificate of the health officer that such emergency really exists, use all means conducive to the protection of the public health, except, when such emergency calls for the expenditure of money beyond such amount as may be in the hands of the commissioners, when such expenditure may be made only by and with the approval of the attorney general and comptroller. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 84. Quarantine establishment.- Quarantine for the protection of public health shall be maintained in and for the ports of New York, for all vessels arriving thereat from other ports, and for the crews, passengers, equipage, cargoes and other property on board the same. The quarantine establishment at such port shall consist of: 1. Docks and wharves. 2. Anchorage for vessels. Quarantine of the Port of New York. §§ 85-88 5. Crematory. 6. Residence for officers and men. 7. Such other places and structures as have been or may be authorized by law for quarantine purposes. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 85. Docks and wharves.-The existing docks and wharves with their appurtenances shall be maintained, and if any such additional structures are required, they shall be constructed at such expense and in such place in the lower bay of New York, as the quarantine commissioners and health officer may determine, with the approval of the commissioners of the land office. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 86. Anchorage. — The anchorage for vessels under quarantine shall be within the waters of New York harbor at such place as may be designated by the health officer and commissioners of quarantine. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) 887. Boarding station. The boarding station for vessels from any place where disease subject to quarantine existed at the time of their departure, or which shall have stopped at any such place during their voyage, or on board of which during the voyage any case of such disease shall have occurred, arriving between the first day of April and the first day of November, shall be at such place as the health officer and quarantine commissioners may designate. And all such vessels immediately on their arrival shall anchor where directed and there remain with all persons arriving thereon until discharged by the health officer. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 88. The Swinburne island hospital.-The Swinburne island hospital in the lower bay of New York, with its docks, wharves and appurtenances shall be kept in the best possible condition by the commissioners of quarantine and be in constant readiness for use as a hospital for the reception of persons sick with infectious diseases, arriving in quarantinable vessels, and shall be provided with all necessary furniture, fixtures and other facilities for the care of the sick, and for the prompt and efficient discharge of the duties of the health officer. The expense of the care and the support of every person received into such hospital shall be fixed and determined by the commissioners of quarantine, and shall be paid to the commissioners of quarantine by the master, owner or consignee. of the vessel in which such person shall have arrived, and the pay ment thereof may be enforced by the same remedies as the payment of other quarantine charges. The structures on Hoffman islands now used for that purpose shall continue to be used for the reception and temporary detention of persons under quarantine who have been exposed to infectious diseases and who may be sent there by the health officer pursuant to law. And the commissioners of quarantine shall use every effort to maintain this island and the buildings thereon in the best possible condition for the safe and comfortable occupancy of detained persons, and shall provide such appliances for the cleansing and disinfection of persons, baggage, and other goods as the health officer may require. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 89. Crematory.—The board of commissioners of quarantine shall maintain upon Swinburne island, in the harbor of New York, a crematory of such form and construction as they may deem advisable. The health officer shall cause to be incinerated therein the bodies of persons dying at the quarantine hospital from infectious diseases, except of persons whose religious views as communicated by them while living, or by their friends within twenty-four hours after their decease, are opposed to cremation. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 90. Remains of persons cremated. The remains of persons cremated upon Swinburne island shall be placed in receptacles provided by the commissioners of quarantine for this purpose, and the same shall be properly labelled for identification, and the said commissioners shall deliver such receptacles to the proper claimants, when such appear, and when no such claimant is known, shall place the receptacle in a proper place to be provided for this purpose. (Added by chap. 268 of 1900.) 891. Burying ground. The commissioners of quarantine may make use of such parts of Swinburne island in the harbor of New York, as they may find necessary for the interment of the bodies of persons dying at the quarantine hospital from infectious diseases, which are not authorized to be cremated or which may not be designated for cremation. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900, and renumbered from § 90.) The Health Officer of the Port of New York. §§ 100-101 ARTICLE VII. THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK. SECTION 100. Appointment. 101. Residence and general powers. 102. Appointment of assistants, nurses, boatmen and others em ployed. 103. Examinations; warrants for offenders. 104. Boarding vessels. 105. Bills of health. 106. Effects of deceased persons. 107. Department of health of the city of New York. 108. Power over master, owner or consignee of vessel. 110. Quarantinable vessels and periods of quarantine. 111. Detention for examination of vessels. 112. Sanitary measures; admission to pratique. 113. The yellow flag. 114. Vaccination. 115. Duty of pilots. 116. Removal of vessels, persons and things from the city of New York. 117. Payment of expenses of quarantine. 118. Lien for services and expenses. 119. When master of vessel must provide for passenger. 120. Policemen. 121. Confinement of offenders. 122. Jurisdiction over offenses and in actions. 123. Special port warden. 124. Fees and compensation of health officer. § 100. Appointment. There shall continue to be a health officer for the port of New York appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, whose term of office shall be four years, and who shall be a doctor of medicine of good standing of at least ten years' experience in the practice of his profession and practically familiar with quarantinable diseases. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900,) § 101. Residence and general powers.- The health officer for the port of New York shall reside at quarantine. He shall have the general supervision and control of the quarantine establishment, and the care and treatment of the sick thereat, and shall carry into effect the provisions of this article. He shall, in the presence of immediate danger, of which he shall be the judge, take the responsi bility of applying such additional measures as may be deemed indispensable for the protection of the public health. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 102. Appointment of assistants, nurses, boatmen and others employed. The health officer may appoint and dismiss at pleasure two deputy health officers and a resident physician of the Swinburne island hospital, who may perform, subject to his direction, any duty required of the health officer, and for whose conduct he shall be responsible. He may appoint and dismiss at pleasure as many nurses, boatmen and employes of the boarding station as may be necessary for the proper treatment and care of the inmates thereof, and in conjunction with the quarantine commissioners, license such lightermen, stevedores, laborers and other employes necessary for the care and treatment of vessels, merchandise, baggage, dunnage and other property in quarantine. The compensation of all persons employed under this section, unless established by law, shall be fixed by the health officer. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) 8103. Examinations; warrants for offenders. The health officer may administer oaths in all examinations to be conducted by him, or under his direction, prescribed by this article, and relative to any alleged violation of quarantine law or regulations. He may issue a warrant to any constable or other citizen for the pursuit and arrest of any person violating any quarantine law or regulation, or obstructing the health officer in the performance of his duty, and for the delivery of any person arrested to the health officer, to be detained in quarantine until discharged by him, not exceeding twenty days. Every constable or other citizen to whom any such warrant shall be delivered shall obey the direction thereof. (As amended by chap. 268 of 1900.) § 104. Boarding vessels.-The health officer shall board every quarantinable vessel as soon after her arrival as practicable, between sunrise and sunset; shall ascertain by the inspection of the bill of health, manifest, log book or otherwise, as to the health of all persons on board, and the condition of the vessel and cargo; shall examine on oath as many persons on board or elsewhere as he may deem expedient to enable him to determine the period of quarantine and the regulations to which the vessel and cargo shall be made subject. It shall be the duty of the health officers at the several |