New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-07
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tr,u,gr.,, Commission and Quarantine.

tEmIarnnt Commission and Quarantine.
I We call the attention Of cur clli~ens generally
AID especially the mercantile community 70 the Oh
b fire the senate for the amendment Of the Emrsui
Qlarsnine Laws.
Tho pro,ecton Of the health Of this City from de-
s.,e from abroad and tho Avoidance of All Unnecessary
rs,rlctioDs on Commerce and Emigration, subjects
Of mighty confederation and hops will not be- dis
posed Of by hss,y and improper legislation For up
ward ola quarter Of century have KEEP, free under
the present sanitary lave from thst ierribs scourc-
the Yellow Fever and trust Them, under wise al
mnisra,ion 10 escape Us twin sister the ship Fever
Why Do,. then. let well enough slonef
The fret section 1t will be perceived IL very s,rln
gent and difficult to comply with. sgppose person
should como On board under assumed name, either
from motives Of their by the purchase Of pas
ssge ticket from individual prevented from masking
tbs vOysge, that married woman, % 10 frequently
the case should give her maiden name, his; either
should enter false resderces places Of birth or oc
equations would DO just 10 eniorcea hne Of seventy
Eve dollars on the commander Of the vessel
from the subsequent, discovery Of the deception By The
Commissioners Vi Emlgraoni
The second section seems to give very unnecessary
trouble to the master commander 10 compelling him
10 obtsn duplicate receipts and In making it his duty TO
file one with the Commissioners Of Emigration at their
Office under the penalty Of fly dollars, within twenty
our hours alter the payment Of the Communication money
II the Office. is to have check the Chamberlain II
would BE- proper perhaps to select smother Treasurer
at al events tho captain of vessel whose time q
cupsd with other duties should not be made The agent
for that purpose, be required 10 about he City.
attending to the business Of others.
10 the third and fifth sections soe no material Oh.
ctons, provided tho duty Can Do IroDFy performed,
otherwise vessels viii BE- frequently compelled 70
Choir and by osng tide be obliged to remain
cessarily At the Quarantine perhaps for day.
The sixih section dssPprove. We osnnot under
stand the proprcty of transferring La.aToiO to the
guidance Of layn,en, and are somewhat astoushed
they should desire IT, The health ofhe City By the ex
clusioa Of imported diseases s Of too much considers
ton to its citizens DO safely entrusted any other u-
rsdictlon than that Of medical men and the sanitary
laws now vested with their professional adviser the
Mayor and Bosfd OF Health, Of too much mpor
tance to be eighty surrendered to power OF not more
knowledge and Of far essresponsbity than III smssyes
II the object Of the Commissioners Of Emigration In OBJ
taiDg all and exclusive control Of the same Is
tabish poor house at the Quarsuine only sey
that the preci0cts Of Hospital Overlooking with con
tsgious diseases is not the most fitting residence for
those who are well Or if 1t is their desire TO
direct the Medical Department. through ths appoint
ment of physicians, stewards nurses, &c. We ara OF
opinion that Chapter XIV Of the Revised Statutes. very
properly relieves them of thst duty by placing Il in the
hands OF the Commissioners OF Health, who proba
bly, ~ physicians equally as capable of performing IT,
Our convictions are that Quarantine institutions should
DO KEEP, osinc. from every Other establishment and
thOud begOverned by especial officers Oiheir ~hOm
the public hole directly responsible for their
/ tons
Thesesenth section proposes the aboshmen, of the OF
nee o Health Commissioner The motive alleged Of this
IN the Report of the Commissioners Df Emigration 10
the Legislature is tho inUtlity oil the Office and the
| saving OF some oiteen hundred dollars year per
centsge collection of hospital money. by lie future
paymen. directly 10 the Chamberlain. II this the
only duty although II ac.s As check on uthefs there
would be little to object 10 It, especially tho Marine
| Hospital is merged in the establishment Of the Com
nissouers of Emigration; bu, when It IL remembered
that he constitutes important member OF commits
zion OF ,hrUe, with equal aud sometimes the casting
voice Ia the affairs Of the institution that he is the only
one bose vocaiiODs pecunary considerations will
permit the necessary attendance az tie Mayors Office for
the admission OF vessels he- cag0es 20 the whsryes
their direction elsewhere when released from Quar-
anDe without delay 10 the merchant and that his
and al y.pe IL essential IN all questions Of appeal from
decislons of the Health Officer in the Board constituted
by the Mayor the Resident Physician aud himself
cannot perceive how II Can be readily dispensed with
without paying other equally capable person sn
equivalent sum for his services 10 may be said ths the
Resident Physician act and advise with the Mayor
all matters that relate 10 vessels and csrgOos but those
practically acquainted with the dates Of his Office must
oe that he is iabe at auy moment TO b. called
elsewhere that II would lead to delays 10 which the
merchant would never submit and that IL would require
much of his time to destroy his private practice
rendering much larger amount than he receives
necessary Ia order To command the abilities of physi
/ elan equal 10 the responsibilities.
Section eight involves The adjustment of the Office OF
Health Commissioner and has the same objection 70 1t
section two 10 regard 10 duplicate receipts &c The
ninth and tenth sections make masters OF coasters re-
port direct to the Commissioners Of Emigration blends
the hospital money with tie Communication money. and
repesls the power Of the Commissioner of Health to
appoint aud pay chapains of the " Marine Hospital"
Tho eleventh section reposls the Legislative appropr
alton made from the Mariners Fund t. the Society
| Of Juvenile Denquenis in the City Of New York, and
throws IL on the State for future support
! The twelfth section directs the hospital money, now
received under protes, by the Health Commissioner 10
be paid % the Chamberlain from whom isO be drawn
! by tho warrant Of the Commissioners of Emigration
and by them deposited In the Treasury of the Sste
As the Commissioners of Emigration give security
who ID 10 be responsible Tor Il Until the above Is done
The thirteenth section guarantees the Commissioners
of Emigration against suits and costs for the redemption
Of protested moneys Their personal liability, however
no legislation remove 10 the event the salt now
pending against the state is decided against IT,
The fifteenth section gives the Commissioners OF Em
grafton the power to lease docks for the exclusive land
ing of emlgrsnt passengers to gran, licenses and re-
woke them TO steamboats, vessels and IL rue every
other captain one hundred dollars who shall take pas
scnRer from any vcssc Should not these powers be
vested in the .syUri
The ss,esuta section provides for the DhIction Of
hne of Zoo hdrtd dollars every ship master, owner
consienee, who allows any alien emgrants s,eerage
second cabin passengers, In vessels Dot subject %
quarantine 10 land on any other pier either directly OF
indirectly Suppose they should elopet II also gives
them the exclusive power mske regulations Tor the
preservation Of order aud the admission exclusion
trOm said dock of any P0soHs' This 10 power that
should reueln with the Mayor and Comonsiiy OF the
City.
To the Eighteenth section cordially assent. Il
provides Tor the safe keeping OF the properly Of orphans
is benevolent In Its intention and cannot fail to be oene
hci s Ia ts results
The lat and Nineteenth Section hes is merits aud
faults We cannot approve OF tbs payment OF tseDy
hve dollars per Annum for license, and the exscnJn
OF bonds satisfactory, With ono OF more surcties in
the Of i've hundred dollars from Immigrant
boarding house keepers. unless II De shown that
these will be- evidence of honesty, aud will b. ine means
OF not excluding poorer Ofesablshed Integrity irom
the enjoyment of the privilege bat We DO fully
with the proprety Of imposing upou these people
such rules and restrictions will ehectusy protect the
Immigrants from fraud and fhs punishment by hae or
even Imprisonment, vi those who on sny occasion. Al
tempt 10 cheat them. Had the power to take evidence
DC beHt ssst been added II would have procured ies
mOny frequently that csnnot be obtained shy other
way, owing to the impossibiy o. the witness 10 re-
/ mso in tho City.
| The Board OF Health, We are happy to say have Al
resdy moved Ia the matter and appointed comm iitee