National Board erate with State And in all such proceedings the United States district attorney for such district shall appear on behalf of the United States, and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United States. SEC. 3. That the National Board of Health shall co-operate with and, of Health to co-op- so far as it lawfully may, aid State and municipal boards of health in boards, &c., and the execution and enforcement of the rules and regulations of such boards in certain cases to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the may make regula- United States from foreign countries, and into one State from another; tions to prevent And at such ports and places within the United States as have no quarantine regulations under State authority where such regulations are, in the opinion of the National Board of Health, necessary to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, or into one State from another; introduction of ch. 202. 1879, July 1, ch. 61, § 6. -to make regu And at such ports and places within the United States where quarantine regulations exist under the authority of the State, which, in the opinion of the National Board of Health, are not sufficient to prevent the introduction of such diseases into the United States, or into one State from another, the National Board of Health shall report the facts to the President of the United States, who shall, if, in his judgment, it is necessary and proper, order said Board of Health to make such additional rules and regulations as are necessary to prevent the introduction of such diseases into the United States from foreign countries, or into one State from another, which, when so made and approved by the Presi dent, shall be promulgated by the National Board of Health and enforced by the sanitary authorities of the States, where the State authorities will undertake to execute and enforce them; But if the State authorities shall fail or refuse to enforce said rules and regulations the President may detail an officer or appoint a proper person for that purpose. The Board of Health shall make such rules and regulations as are aulations to be ob- thorized by the laws of the United States and necessary to be observed served by vessels at foreign port of by vessels at the port of departure and on the voyage where such vessels departure, &c., sail from any foreign port or place at which contagious or infectious diswhere disease ex- ease exists, to any port or place in the United States, to secure the best sanitary condition of such vessel, her cargo, passengers, and crew, and when said rules and regulations have been approved by the President they shall be published and communicated to, and enforced by, the consular officers of the United States: ists. 1879, March 3, ch. 202. -penalties for vi olating such regulations; when to attach. condition of for Provided, That none of the penalties herein imposed shall attach to any vessel or any owner or officer thereof, till the act and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof shall have been officially promulgated for at least ten days in the port from which said vessel sailed. -to obtain infor- SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the National Board of Health to obtain mation of sanitary information of the sanitary condition of foreign ports and places from eign ports and which contagious and infectious diseases are or may be imported into places, and of the United States, and to this end the consular officers of the United ports, &c., in Uni- States at such ports and places as shall be designated by the National ted States, and to Board of Health shall make to said Board of Health weekly reports of publish and distribute same. the sanitary condition of the ports and places at which they are respectively stationed, according to such forms as said Board of Health may prescribe; 1879, March 3, ch. 202. And the Board of Health shall also obtain, through all sources accessible, including State and municipal sanitary authorities throughout the United States, weekly reports of the sanitary condition of ports and places within the United States; And shall prepare, publish, and transmit to the medical officers of the Marine Hospital Service, to collectors of customs, and to State and municipal health officers and authorities, weekly abstracts of the consular sanitary reports and other pertinent information received by said board; And shall also, as far as it may be able, by means of the voluntary National Board of co-operation of State and municipal authorities, of public associations Health to procure and private persons, procure information relating to the climatic and ing to climate, &c. other conditions affecting the public health; information relat And shall make to the Secretary of the Treasury an annual report of to make report to Congress. its operations, for transmission to Congress, with such recommendations as it may deem important to the public interests; And said report, if ordered to be printed by Congress, shall be done under the direction of the board. SEC. 5. That the National Board of Health shall from time to time to issue to conissue to the consular officers of the United States and to the medical sular officers, &c., officers serving at any foreign port, and otherwise make publicly known, make public its and otherwise the rules and regulations made by it and approved by the President, to regulations, &c. be used and complied with by vessels in foreign ports for securing the best sanitary condition of such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, and crews, before their departure for any port in the United States, and in the course of the voyage; And all such other rules and regulations as shall be observed in the inspection of the same on the arrival thereof at any quarantine station at the port of destination, and for the disinfection and isolation of the same, and the treatment of cargo and persons on board, so as to prevent the introduction of cholera, yellow fever, or other contagious or infectious diseases; Vessels not to And it shall not be lawful for any vessel to enter said port to discharge its cargo or land its passengers except upon a certificate of the enter ports to discharge cargo, &c., health officer at such quarantine station, certifying that said rules and except on certifiregulations have in all respects been observed and complied with, as cate that regulawell on his part as on the part of the said vessel and its master, in re- tions have been spect to the same and to its cargo, passengers and crew; complied with. And the master of every such vessel shall produce and deliver to the collector of customs at said port of entry, together with the other papers of the vessel, the said certificates required to be obtained at the port of departure, and the certificate herein required to be obtained from the health officer at the port of entry. Master to produce certificate, &c. ices under this act SEC. 6. That to pay the necessary expenses of placing vessels in proper Fees to be paid sanitary condition, to be incurred under the provisions of this act, the by vessels for servSecretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to be fixed by Secto make the necessary rules and regulations fixing the amount of fees to retary of Treasury. be paid by vessels for such service, and the manner of collecting the same. SEC. 7. That the President is authorized, when requested by the Na- Detail of officers tional Board of Health, and when the same can be done without preju- by President at refrom departments dice to the public service, to detail officers from the several departments quest of Board of of the government, for temporary duty, to act under the direction of said Health for tempoboard, to carry out the provisions of this act; and such officers shall rary duty under receive no additional compensation except for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. SEC. 8. That to meet the expenses to be incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury on estimates to be made by the National Board of Health, and to be approved by him. Said National Board of Health shall as often as quarterly make a full statement of its operations and expenditures under this act to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall report the same to Congress. said board. Appropriation. 1879, July 1, ch. 61, § 7. Board of Health to report operations and expenditures quarterly. Consular officers General of Marine SEC. 9. That so much of the act entitled "An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States", not required to reapproved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as port to Surgeonrequires consular officers or other representatives of the United States Hospital, who at foreign ports to report the sanitary condition of and the departure of need not make vessels from such ports to the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine rules. Hospital Service; and so much of said act as requires the Surgeon-Gen- Repealing part of 1878, April 29, ch. eral of the Marine Hospital Service to frame rules and regulations, and 66, § 2. Act not to be in to execute said act, and to give notice to Federal and State officers of the approach of infected vessels, and furnish said officers with weekly abstracts of consular sanitary reports, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 10. This act shall not continue in force for a longer period than force after June 1, four years from the date of its approval. [June 2, 1879.] 1883. June 9, 1879. 21 Stat. L., 7. Silver coins of CHAPTER 12. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF SUBSIDIARY COINS FOR LAWFUL MONEY [SECTION 1], That the holder of any of the silver coins of the United less than a dollar States of smaller denominations than one dollar, may, on presentation each may be exchanged for lawful of the same in sums of twenty dollars, or any multiple thereof, at the office of the Treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the United States, receive therefor lawful money of the United States. money. R. S., § 3527. 1876, July 22, Res. No. 17, p. 254. -may be obtained lawful money. SEC. 2. The Treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the United States in exchange for who may receive any coins under the provisions of this act shall exchange the same in sums of twenty dollars, or any multiple thereof, for 1876, July 22, lawful money of the United States, on demand of any holder thereof. Res. No. 17, p. 254. R. S., § 3527. to be legal ten SEC. 3. That the present silver coins of the United States of smaller der to amount of denominations than one dollar shall hereafter be a legal tender in all $10. sums not exceeding ten dollars in full payment of all dues public and private. R. S., § 3586. Repeal. SEC. 4. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. [June 9, 1879.] June 10, 1879. 21 Stat. L., 9. CHAPTER 16. AN ACT TO CONFER UPON THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CER- SECTION 1. Water service in District of Columbia to be Be it enacted, &c. SECTION -taxes to be uniform. Water service in [SECTION 1], That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia District of Colum- shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and limitations bia to be under provided in chapter eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States Commissioners, relating to the District of Columbia, excepting such powers and duties as belong to the Chief of Engineers: Provided, That water-main taxes and water rents shall be uniform in said District: And provided further, That the rate of interest specified in section two hundred and two of said Revised Statutes shall be increased to ten per centum per annum from and after the passage of this act. Taxes in Dist. Col.; interest on, to be at 10 per cent. R. S. (D. C.), § 202. CHAPTER 17. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO ISSUE June 10, 1879. 21 Stat. L., 9. Bonds of District sued to redeem [SECTION 1], That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to prepare, execute, and deposit with Columbia to be isthe Secretary of the Treasury of the United States bonds of the District funded debt, &c. of Columbia, bearing interest not exceeding five per centum per annum, and payable twenty years after date, to the amount of not more than one million two hundred thousand dollars, the proceeds to be used only for the redemption of funded indebtedness of said District or of the late municipal corporations of Washington and Georgetown which became due January first and March first, eighteen hundred and seventynine, or those now existing and payable at pleasure, for the redemption of which the sinking fund of said District may not provide. form, denomina tion of. Said five per centum bonds shall be in such form and denominations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall approve, and shall be numbered tion, and registraconsecutively and registered in the office of the auditor of said District, and also in the office of the Register of the Treasury of the United States, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and shall bear the seal of the District of Columbia: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to make the government of the United States liable for either the principal or interest of said bonds, or any part thereof. &c. Said bonds shall be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury to the high- how to be sold, est bidder upon public tender, but for not less than their par value, after being advertised for one week in two daily newspapers in the city of Washington and two in the city of New York. The bids shall be opened by the Secretary of the Treasury and the awards approved by him. The money realized from the sale of said bonds shall be paid out by the Secretary of the Treasury only for the purposes named in this act. SEC. 2. That the provisions of all acts conflicting herewith, and the Repeal. acts or parts of acts authorizing said Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue bonds to redeem certain bonds of said District falling due January first and March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, no bonds having been issued thereunder, are hereby repealed.(1) [June 10, 1879.] NOTE (1) The parts of act here referred to are in the act of 1878, ch. 359 (20 Stat. L., 208), as amended by act of 1878, ch. 11 (20 Stat. L., 259). They are not printed in this edition because nothing was done under them and they are repealed. June 11, 1879. 21 Stat. L., 10. : CHAPTER 18. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT APPROVED FEBRUARY TWENTY-FOURTH, EIGHTEEN HUN- Jackson County 1. Jackson County transferred from western to 2. Processes returnable at San Antonio instead 3. Transfer of pending cases. 4. Districts in Texas to be part of fifth judicial Be it enacted, &c. Northern district; jurisdiction and terms of circuit courts in. Eastern and western districts; jurisdiction and terms of circuit court in. [SECTION 1], That so much of the act to which this is amendatory as transferred from provides that Jackson County shall be embraced in the western judicial western to eastern district of Texas, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and the said judicial district of Texas. county of Jackson is hereby placed in the eastern judicial district of said State; R. S., § 548. 1879, Feb. 24, ch. 97, §§ 2, 3. Processes return nio instead of And all process issued against defendants residing therein shall be returned to Galveston; And all civil causes of action which have accrued in said county, of which the courts of the United States have jurisdiction, shall be cognizable in the court at Galveston, but all offenses committed in said county against the laws of the United States before the passage of this act shall be cognizable in the court of the western district, as provided in said act of the twenty-fourth of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. SEC. 2. That so much of the act to which this is an amendment as able at San Anto- makes all process against defendants residing in the counties of AranBrowns ville for Sas, Duval, Nueces, La Salle, Zapata, San Patricio, Refugio, Dimmit, Webb, Encinal, and Maverick returnable to Brownsville is hereby repealed, and such process is hereby made returnable to San Antonio; certain counties. 1879, Feb. 24, ch. 97, § 5. Transfer of pending cases. Districts in Tex as to be part of fifth 97. Northern dis trict; jurisdiction and terms of cir cuit courts in. 97, § 4. And all causes of civil action which have accrued in said counties, or either of them, since the passage of the act to which this is an amendment, or which shall hereafter accrue, shall be cognizable in the court at San Antonio. SEC. 3. Civil actions or proceedings now pending against parties residing in either of said counties in the courts named in the first and second sections hereof, as provided in the act to which this is an amendment, may, on the application of either party, be transferred to the proper court of said district under this act; and in case of such transfer, all papers and files therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of such court; and the same shall proceed in all respects as though originally commenced in said court; And civil actions or proceedings now pending in the circuit courts at Brownsville, Austin, Galveston or Tyler which under this act would be cognizable in some other district, may on the application of either party be transferred to the proper court of said district, and in case of such transfer all papers and files therein with copies of all journal-entries, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of such court, and the same shall proceed in all respects as though originally commenced in said court. SEC. 4. The several districts as established in the act to which this is an amendment are hereby declared to be a part of the fifth judicial circuit; and the courts of the said northern district shall have the same jurisdiction as is conferred by law upon the courts of the eastern and western districts of said State; And the circuit court for said northern district shall be held twice a year at Waco on the first Mondays in April and October, at Dallas on the first Mondays in June and December, and at Graham on the first Mondays in February and August, |