SECTION 1. Section 23-9-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-9 entitled "Quarantine of Vessels" is hereby repealed.

23-9-13. Penalty for failure to observe quarantine by vessel carrying disease or arriving from infected place. -- Every commander of any vessel which shall come into any port or harbor of the state and shall have any person on board sick of the smallpox or any other contagious or infectious distemper, or which has had any person sick of the smallpox or any other contagious or infectious distemper during the passage to that port or harbor, or shall come from any port or place usually infected with the smallpox, or where any other contagious or infectious distemper is prevalent, who shall bring that vessel to anchor in any of the ports or harbors of the state within the distance of one mile from any public ferry, pier, or landing place, or permit or allow any person on board that vessel to be landed, or any person to come on board that vessel, without first obtaining a license from the city or town council of the city or town where that vessel shall arrive, shall be fined four hundred dollars ($400).

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.