The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-25
EPIDEMIC LEGISLATION.
Three Bills Introduced in Congress
Dealing with the Fever.

Three Bills Introduced in Congress
Dealing with the Fever.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-Among the bills
introduced in the Senate to-day were the
following:
By Mr.. Call-For commission of medi-
cal men in Jacksonville. Fla, to observe
and report upon facts relative to yellow
fever and the best method of its cure pre-
vention and suppression.
The text of the bill is as follows:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc. That the Presi-
dent of the United States shall appoint a com
mission of seven physicians of different schools
of medicines far as practicable, who shall Oh
serve and view and make a report of all the
facts on yellow fever in Jacksonville, Fla, so
far as practicable, and shall also observe and
report all facts as to the condition of the city in
respect to sanitation and local causes OF disease
and the greater or less prevalence of disease in
particular localities aud under particular con-
ditions.
SEC. 2. Said commission shall make a report
of these observations to the surgeon general of
the marine hospital service, with their sugges-
tions and conclusions on the subject, and the
surgeon general shall prepare the same for pub
licaton, with his opinions and recommends
tions, and report It to congress.
Senator Plumb introduced bill to-day
offering a reward of 100000 to any per-
sons who shall discover and copyright for
public use any certain remedy or treatment
of yellow fever which will lower death to
less than 2 per cent. of the cases which may
be 30 treated anywhere within the United
States. The bill requests all persons who
have been treated by any copyrighted
remedy and who recovered from the disease
to file sworn statement to that effect with
the surgeon general Of the army. Doctors
and nurses who attend any persons who
have been treatad by a copyrighted remedy
whose death results are also requested to
file statement of the manner in which the
remedy was applied with the surgeon gen
eral of the army. Whenever the surgeon
general shall find 981 recoveries out of 900
cases Of yellow fever which were treated by
| a copyrighted remedy; 100000 shall be
paid 10 the discoverers of the reaedy.
In connection with the two latter bills
Mr.. Harris presented a telegran from
Memphis, Tenn, attributing the existence
of yellow fever in Decatur, Ala, and Jack
son, Miss, to the Unrestricted intercourse
between Cuba aud Florida during the past
two years, and saying that the disease
demonstrated the necessity of perfect sys-
tenn Of seaboard quarantine, and recon-
mending the establishment Of a national
board of health.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Call offered an
amendment to the sundry civil appropria-
| ton bill appropriatlng for the widow of an
internal revenue officer who died at jack
sonville Of yellow fever for the amount of
his years salary. This was agreed to. He
also offered an amendment approprlating
| 800 900 for the purchase of a steam launch
for the use OF the collector at Key West,
Fla, to enforce the quarantine laws and to
prevent smuggling. 1t was agreed to.
In the House to-day. Mr.. Wheeler of Ala
bama introduced a bill to establish a camp
for yellow fever refugees. 1t was referred
The bill recites in the preamble that many
citizens are now fleeing from cities and dis
tricts affected or threatened with yellow
fever or are being Guaranteed, and author
ICES the President to establish camps of
refuge in such localities as may be desig-
mated by bim or by officers he may send to
take charge OF the same.
In the House to-day, Mr.. Dingley Of
Maine presented petition Of citizens Of
Bath, Me, asking congress to pass the bill
Tor the relief OF the yellow fever sufferers
The petition was referred.