The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-19

owners, consignee Or consgnees Of any such ship or
vessel, Tor giving other bond bonds mentioned in
said section shall be twenty four hours instead Of six
days from the making Of the requirement for such
last mentioned bond or bonds
Sec. 2. The said Commissioners Of Emigration arc
and each OF them is hereby vested with the same
powers In regard to the administering oaths of Office
To employees and to the binding out Of children,
with the consent Of parents next Of kim actually
cargeabe upon them and also in regard to per SONS
in the institution or any OF them under the charge
Of said Commissioners, for the prevention punish
ment OF an infraction violation Of the rules or
orders and regulations Of such Commissioners or
their officers in regard to such institutions as are
possessed by the Governors Of the Amshouse in the
city OF New York or any OF them for the same
purposes.
Sec. 8. The Commissioners of Emf grafton shal
annually, or before the first day Of February in
each year report to the Legislature the amount of
moneys received. under the provisions of this act,
during the preceding year, and the manner in which
the same have been appropiia ed; stating particu-
larry in detail the sum of each appropriation, and
the purposes for which the same have been made.
Sec 4. The office OF physician of marine hospital
as constitute by section seventeen OF chapter three
hundred and fifty Of the laws of eighteen hundred
and forty.nine is hereby restored, together with the
duties and compensation of the same, as specified in
sections eighteen and twenty of said chapter three
hundred and fifty Of the laws Of eighteen hundred
| and forty nine.
| Sec. s. The physician Of marine hospital shall have
power to select and appoint subject to the approval
Of the Commissioners of Emigration such and so many
| assistant physicians graduates in medicine, as may
be found necessary for the proper medical treatment
OF the Inmates Of the marine hospital and to suspend
or remove any of the same but the number and rate
oil pay OF said assistant physicians, shall be regulated
and determined by the Commissioners of Emigration.
The physician Of marine hospital shall have power to
select appoint and dismiss ut pleasure, such and
many nurses and orderlics for the departments Of
| such marine hospitals as he may deem requisite for
| the proper care OF the inmates thereof. And the
Commissioners Of Emigration shall regulate and de-
termine the rae OF pay OF the nurses and order!es
| employed ut the marine hospital
Sec 6. All discharges Of patients from the marine
hospital shall be in writing and by the physician Of
the marine hospital who snail be responsible for the
same, and who IS hereby expressly prohibited from
dischargng any patient sent to the marine hospital
and infected with contagious infectious disease,
until such patient be cured Of such disease; and the
said physician OF marine hospital shall receive into
the marine hospital all OF conta gOns infectious
I and presidential diseases which may be sent thithcr
by the health officer, or under the authority Of the
board of health OF the city of New York. except itch
and syphilis which shall not be construed as diseases
emitting those suffering from them to he admitted a.
| patients into the marine hospital
| Fec. z. All officers and employees OF the marine
hospital except chapans shall be reqnired to reside
within the quarantine enclosure and the Commission
eIs OF Emigration are hereby directed to provide
suitable accommodations for the same
| Sec. &. The power granted to a health officer by
All act entitled IAN act relative to the public health
in the city of New York passed April tenth
eighteen hundred and fifty in far as relates to the
arrest and detention OF persons clipping from the
marine hospital or persons invading the quarantine
grounds is hereby granted to the physician Of ma,
rine hospital, for the purpose of enabling him to
maintain marine hospital as a quarantine estab.
shment; and the said physician Of marine hospital
is authorized and required to prescribe rules for egu
ang intercourse with the hospital and its inmates,
and he is expressly prohbite from admitting visers
at all, when, in his Judgment there may be danger
of their disease without the precincts
| of the quarantine grounds.
Sec .. The physician OF marine hospital shall pre-
sent to the Legislature annually before the first
of March, report Of the general condition Of the
hospital under his charge with the statistics of the
institution in detail and such other information and
| suggestions in regard to the same he may deem
advisable, and testify the same by his affidavit he
shall also furnish to the board OF health of the city
OF New York, and to the Commissioners Of Emigra
ton, whenever required by them to do. an official
return OF the numbers and diseases OF the patients
| in the marine hospital.
| Sec. 10 The health officer shall have no authority
or control over the marne hospital, nor any charge
OF care of the sick inmates or employees of the in
sttuton lie shall at all times, however. have free
access to the several wards with the privilege Of
| aiming the condition of the sick inmates or en-
ployes of the institution; he shall at all times, how
ever, have Tree access to the several wards with the
privilege OF examining the condition Of the sick sent
to the hospital under his authority for the purpose
Of enabling him to Judge to the necessity for de-
tanning the vessels from which said sick may have
been LANDED; but nothing in this act shall be con-
strued so aS to interfere with the rights, duties and
power OF the health officer in regard TO existing pre-
visions Of law, in far his control and authority
| over vessels and quarantine regulations upon the
| water may he concerned.
| Sec. H. The Commissioners Of Emigration shall
remove from the marine hospital, and take charge Of
all emigrants whose quarantine has expired and who
| shall have sufficiently recovered from the disease
with which they were admitted on the notification
IN writing Of the physician Of marine hospital that
such removal will not with ordinary care. endanyer
the safety of the individual, or the health Of the COM
| munty.
Sec. r. The physician Of marine hospital shall
discharge the duties Of superintendent OF marine
| hospital under the Commissioners OF Emigration
ana without further pecuniary compensation than
that allowed him rs physician.
| Sec. i3. The amount for which the master, owner
or owners consignce or consigpees of any such ship
| or vessel may commute for any bond or bonds
authorized or required, by or pursuant to the
seventh section of chapter five hundred and
| twenty. three OF the laws of eighteen hun
bred and fifty one, shall from aud after the passage
of this act be two dollars for each and every such
passenger instead Of one dollar and fifty cents, as
now provided by law, and fifty cents of the amount
| COMMITTED for any passenger or passengers, shall be
set aside as separate fund for the benefit of each
and every county in this State except the county of
| New York. The Commissioners of Emigration shall
deposit the moneys of said fund so set apart in any
| bank that the said commissioners may select, and
the same, much Of it as may be necessary, shall
be distributed to the several counties, except the
| county Of New York, once in every three months:
and the balance that may be left after such thre
months payment, shall! be paid over to the Commise
| sioners OF Emigration for general purposes.
Sec. a. All acts and parts Of acts inconsistent with
to the provisions Of this act are hereby
| repealed
Sec Is. This act shall take effect Immediately
The Protection OF Emiyrant Passengers.
| AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION or ENIGRANT rAs-
sESGERs ARRIVING At THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
ADpTV L.