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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 53. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PART III. CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
CHAPTER 60. HEALTH AND SAFETY
ARTICLE IV. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Date:
08/31/2009
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§ 24674. Evading quarantine prohibited; penalty
No person, master, captain or conductor in charge of any boat, vessel, railroad car or public conveyance, shall knowingly bring into any of said cities any person or persons suffering from cholera, smallpox, yellow or ship fever, or any contagious or communicable disease whatsoever, and no vessel, boat, railroad car, or public conveyance, shall at any time pass by any quarantine station or place without stopping, nor shall leave the same without a permit from the bureau of health, and no person stopping in said quarantine or so as aforesaid received therein, shall leave the same without first obtaining permission as aforesaid, nor shall any person aid or abet any master, conductor, or person in charge of any boat, vessel, railroad car, or public conveyance in violating, neglecting or evading any provision or requirement of this act, nor shall any person interfere with, resist, neglect or refuse to obey the orders of any physician, officer, policeman, or other person in authority at any quarantine station or place of quarantine so as aforesaid established, nor do any act or thing in violation of, or in disobedience to any of the provisions, clauses, or sections of this act, nor commit any breaches of the peace, or do any act calculated in any way to defeat or interfere with the provisions or requirements of this act, or of any regulations of the said bureau, physician or officer in charge of any quarantine. Any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall subject the person or persons so offending to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars.
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