discharge its cargo, or land its passengers, except upon a permit from the health officer at such quarantine station, certifying that said rules and regulations have in all respects been observed and complied with, as well on his part as on the part of the said vessel and its master, in respect to the same, and to its cargo, passengers, and crew; 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 permit and certificate herein required to be obtained from the health officer at the port of entry. In case the health officer at any such port appointed by local authority shall refuse to adopt and observe the rules and regulations prescribed by the Bureau of Health for the inspection, disinfection, and treatment of vessels, their cargoes, passengers, and crews, or, in the opinion of the Board of Health, shall neglect or fail so to do, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a health officer of the United States for said port, who shall perform the duties thereof, as prescribed by said Bureau of Health, according to the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Board of Health, as provided by the second section of this act; and to provide for the salary of such health officer and the necessary expenses of his office, the collector of customs at said port shall demand and collect from every such vessel a fee of six dollars and fifty cents; but it shall be the duty of the medical officers of the Marine Hospital Service and of custom officers to aid in the enforcement of the rules and regulations authorized by this act, without additional compensation, except for actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of such duties.

SEC. 7. That rules and regulations framed and approved as herein before authorized shall be promulgated, so that when cholera, yellow fever, or other similar contagious or infectious disease shall be ascertained by the DirectorGeneral of Health to exist in any port or place within any one of the United States, in such form as threatens its spread, as to prevent, as far as practicable, the communication of the same to other ports and places within other States, by means of vessels and vehicles engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers between two or more States, whether by land or water; and in that case the Director-General of Health shall select suitable localities for establishing quarantine stations on the rivers and other lines of inter-State commerce and travel by railroads, and may cause to be erected necessary temporary buildings for the disinfection of passengers, baggage, cargoes, vessels and vehicles, and may enforce such rules and regulations relating thereto as may have been prescribed therefor.

SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of the Director-General of Health and of the Board of Health, so far as they lawfully may, in the execution of their powers conferred upon them by law, to correspond and co-operate with similar local officers, boards, and authorities acting under laws of the States in sanitary measures, to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious and infectious diseases from foreign countries into the United States, and from one State into any other State, by means of commercial intercourse, or upon and

along the lines of inter-State trade and travel; and to that end it shall be lawful for said Board of Health and Director-General of Health to confer upon any such local officer or board within or near the locality where his or its authority is exercised, power also to enforce the provisions of this act and any rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof.

THE MCGOWAN BILL.

An Act to prevent the introduction of infectious or contagious diseases into the United States, and to establish a National Board of Health; with the omitted clauses in italics.

Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be established a National Board of Health, to consist of seven members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than one of whom shall be appointed from any one State, whose compensation, during the time when actually engaged in the performance of their duties under this act, shall be $10 per diem each and reasonable expenses, and of one medical officer of the army, one medical officer of the navy, one medical officer of the Marine Hospital service, and one officer from the Department of Justice, to be detailed by the Secretaries of the several departments and the Attorney General, respectively, and the officers so detailed shall receive no compensation. Said board shall meet in Washington within thirty days after the passage of this act, and in Washington or elsewhere from time to time upon notice from the President of the board, who is to be chosen by the members thereof, or upon its own adjournments, and shall frame all rules and regulations authorized or required by this act, and shall make, or cause to be made, such special examinations and investigations, at any place or places within the United States, or at foreign ports, as they may deem best to aid in the execution of this act and the promotion of its objects.

SEC. 2. The duties of the National Board of Health shall be to obtain information upon all matters affecting the public health, to advise the several departments of the government, the executives of the several States, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on all questions submitted by them, or whenever, in the opinion of the board, such advice may tend to the preservation and improvement of the public health. [It shall also aid in the work of State boards of health, and of State or municipal quarantine authorities, by such means and to such extent as may seem to it necessary and desirable. And for this purpose, it is authorized to pay a certain portion of the expenses of such State boards of health or quarantine authorities, at its discretion; Provided, That the amount so paid shall in no case exceed one-half the total expenses for any such board

or authority; And provided further, That such reports and information as may be required by the National Board of Health shall be furnished by the State boards and quarantine authorities thus aided.]

SEC. 3. That the Board of Health, with the assistance of the Academy of Science, which is hereby requested and directed to co-operate with them for that purpose, shall report to Congress at its next session a full statement of its transactions, together with a plan for a national public health organization, which plan shall be prepared after consultation with the principal sanitary organizations and the sanitarians of the several States of the United States, special attention being given to the subject of quarantine, both maratime and inland, and especially as to regulations which should be established between State or local systems of quarantine and a national quarantine system.

SEC. 4. The sum of [thirty] fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the salaries and expenses of said board [and the further sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary], to carry out the purposes of this act.

THE QUARANTINE BILL OF THE NATIONAL

BOARD OF HEALTH.

[PUBLIC-No. 10.]

An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any merchant ship or vessel from any foreign port where any contagious or infectious disease exists, to enter any port of the United States except in accordance with the provisions of this act, and all rules and regulations of State boards of health, and all rules and regulations made in pursuance of this act; and any such vessel which shall enter, or attempt to enter, a port of the United States, in violation thereof, shall forfeit to the United States a sum, to be awarded in the discretion of the court, not exceeding one thousand dollars, which shall be a lien upon said vessel, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court of the United States. 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. 2. All such vessels shall be required to obtain from the consul, viceconsul or other consular officer of the United States at the port of departure, or from the medical officer, where such officer has been detailed by the President for that purpose, a certificate in duplicate, setting forth the sanitary history of said vessel, and that it has in all respects complied with the rules and regulations in such cases prescribed for securing the best sanitary condition of the said vessel, its cargo, passengers, and crew; and said consular or medical officer is required, before granting such certificate, to be satisfied the matters and things therein stated are true; and for his services in that behalf he shall be entitled to demand and receive such fees as shall by lawful regulation be allowed, to be accounted for as is required in other cases.

That upon the request of the National Board of Health, the President is authorized to detail a medical officer to serve in the office of the consul at any