New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-01

n,o oor q, soc ,ba. these provisions Of law are com,
piled with and they make 1t ns f OF every vessel
and cargo arriving % IN Congress s declare that the
foreign port and Inc heo laws of states TeIpec
ing vessels hound any port therein ~ Re eren,s Of
rsd K ls G@s, nd thai shall be their duty faith
,y 70 aid in the thereof (aca Oh teo thew
within their rssped, me be directed by the secretary O
sbe Treasury The manifest design OF ae with the
health laws OF ebe several states and not IN conflict wh
them and SUCH am advised nae xsicb have from
time to been given by the o. ,ns m M
Argument to show tina" w0 tse hS Quarantine
laws Of this state should the Secretary Of the Treas
t h5s Health '"S ofoer from making the examine
ton OF vessels and careos required by those laws ee
that ocer 70 Won II literally carried out would produce
that result But apprehend that he only deslgSu ~
SpRy them 70 ee Ne ss1py would not instruct the
revenue officers that where merchandise haa peea en-
placed In their possession for the express PURPOSE vi
eyadng the quarantine laws Of state such possession
exempts the merchandise from examination Dy the SAM
tary authorities Of the State Such instructions wou
defeat instead OF aiding the execution Of the state law
That II not the intention OF the present ape anu
hgent Secretary OF the Treasury 10 aePhs raspect
think is evident from the general tenor OF ms o
cautiously bases his opinion OF my acton that
for sanitary purposes the Heah0icer OF state may
right 70 deta,n in quarantine cesses ana 0ooos
from infected ports"
This is statement Of the law precisely as 1t exists I'M
der
ply TO the Wavelet and Caro- and their cargoes Ihey
arrived in this port from an infected port ana Were
placed under quarantine They left the anchorage with
out permission and went into waters beyond my luIs
dieon They subsequently returned TO waters within
my jurisdiction They had never been released rom
quarantine and had permit TO proceed and they were
therefore still under quarantine. In the exercise OF
power and duty enloined upon me by law, simply
sought 70 detain there until the purposes OF that
law had been answered. II my authority and control
over the vessels and cargoes was lost the mo-
ment they passed into waters under the quaran,
tine jurisdiction OF the State OF New-Jersey, and
could not be regained by their return 10 waters
within my Jurisdiction, then 1t follows that the
vessels now in the Lower Bay infected with yellow fever
have but to into Raritan Bay and be examined b
the Health officer at Perth Amboy where the laws or
NewYork do not control, and they may then with i'm
punity come TO the wharves OF our city SUCH CON
struction would render Quarantine laws nullty,
and place public health in the keeping OF an officer
of another State whose acts our state would nave
no control
In conclusion please accept my assurances that shall
at all times during my official term endeavor 10 80 ad'
the laws of my department that they may be
faithfully carried out without interference with the al-
thorties Of the United States and trust that may be
met by them in that spirit OF harmony which has ever
heretofore controlled the Sanitary and Revenue officers
of the port. Respectfully and truly yours,
j. NJ CARSoCHAS, Health Ohcer