The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-17

effective quarantine during tho prevalence Of
an epidemic, and II II was not enforced he
would enforce H. That ho WIS determined
that yellow fever should DO kept out rs long
NJ IL was possible by tho exercise
Of this power Invested IN MN
by the not, and that this authority applied 70
an anterior quarantine of town against town,
~ we'll Ne " the coast, Speaking parleu-
larry Of Galveston, he said millions OF dollars
was Invested IN property % llls
city, aud being tho principal point
on tho coast II particularly be-
hooyes them 10 display tho utmost vigilance
aud establish such 4 system Of quarantine NJ
10 mako tho introduction Of any contagious
or infectious disease M utter imposslblllly'
In alluding IN the national quarantine by
tho National Board Of Health, the Governor
elniued that BY the display Of
wiso siatesmanshlp AMI u united
determination upon tho part OF Tue poo
pie, that quarantine stations could DO hulll
on tho Consl Of Texas without the aid Of the
National Government and that NJ no iuluTo
day Galveston and all other ooafl towns
would have such quarantine facilities ~
would enable them 10 establish n flexible
quarantine aud bid defiance 10 the fear OF
an epidemic, without creating an embargo
on commerce. lie dsdainod against tho
Acklen and Harris bills now before Congress
placing thu question OF quarantine entirely
under tho control ofthe National authorities,
and virtually making the President tho chief
Health officer Oi the United States that
this attempt 10 cglslate the authority of tho
States 10 establish protective measures for the
preservation Of health and keep out In.
fictitious disease was causing widespread
alarm throughout the South, and especlnllyso
among physicians, While Congress had tho
right TO regulate trad0 and commerce II
clearly transcribed ~ power whom II NJ
tempted 10 logslnto 10 protect
life that this was n quei'
ton purely of State Jurisdiction, md Nat
no would never recognize this power or obey
H. After commenting upon other points ol
minor importance In connection with iho
INN rtant question under consideration, the
Governor closed by hoping that such rcgula,
tons would BIO devised and adopted ~ would
secure n harmonious action and effectively
close leXns against the rayHgos of deadly
disease AT the conclusion of the Governors
remarks, Mr.. Noble moved, "That n com.
miliep of one from each Of the several
places represented in this meeting be mp
pointed TO prepare report upon quarantine
regulations, TO be adopted for the coAsl OF
Texas This was adopted and the Governor
DR.. Watts, Mayor Short, Of lndlanoh, DR..
Burke Of Corpus Christia, Dr. Comb of
of BRACES Santiago, Dr. Ncwson Of Orange,
Judge Wilson of Brazoria, and Dr. Brown OF
Jefferson. On molten, State Health otliccr,
m. D,.,harl ,VI llnl IA tln tnnpliiinn
DR.. Campbell of Galveston was also added,
and q vernon Roberts. DIR. Watts was APP
pointed Chairman and DR.. Campbell Secre-
tary. After instructing the committee 10 re-
port Mt 10 u, m, In the morning, the meeting
adjourned to that hour. The committee was
called to order, and after much desultory dis
cusson, adopted the following rules to govern
the operation Of quarantine in the State;
Rule |. All vessels arriving nj this port
during quarantine season shall come TO an'
chor and not be allowed TO weigh anchor
until boarded by the quarantine officer.
Rule 2. Said vessel shall be detained long
enough for thorough and exhaustive sanitary
inspection by the medical officer boarding
them, and shnll not move from the station
until granted free permission by said officer,
Rule s. 1t shall be the duty OF tho medical
officer to ascertain every possible fact relat-
ing to the sanitary condition of said vessels,
their crews and passengers that might en-
danger the inhabitants of this State, and in
all cases of doubt the vessel be placed in
quarantine twenty days from tho date of in
spection, and in cases OF sickness ofnfectious
or contagious character, said vessel shall be
detained in quarantine for twenty-five
DAYS after all infectious or contagious dis
ease on said vessel has disappeared
Rule 4. That any contemplated modilica-
ton of Rulo by any port of this State
shall be first submitted TO his EYcelency tho
Governor, for his action thereon, which ne
ton shall govern all ports alike. These
rules will be submitted TO the meeting to-
morrow for action. After their adoption DR.,
Brown, of Jefferson, offered the following
resolution: "Ihat we advise the Governor to
request our Representatives in Congress to
oppose the passage of the bill now before
Congress, known rs the Acklen bill on quar-
antine. This was adopted, when the com
mittee adjourned.