The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-07
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Afler consultation with the members Of
the Cabinei, President Harrison has issued
the following circnlaT:
TO Collectors Of Customs, Medical Officers
OF the Marine Hospital Service. Foreign
siesmsbip Companies, State and Local
Boards ofHeal,h
Il; having been officially declared that
cholera is prevailing in various portions Of
Russia. Germany and France and at certain
poinis in Great Britain, as vel IS in Asia;
and IT having been made 70 appear that i'm
migrants in large numbers are coming into
the United States from effected districts, and
that they and their personal effects are ia
be 10 introduce cholera into the United
| States, and that vessels conveying them are
a direct menace 10 the public health /; and it
being further shown that under tbe laws Of
The several States quarantine detentions
nav be imposed upon these vessels sufa-
cent length Of tine 10 insure against intro
duction OF contagious disease, it is hereby
ordered that no vessel from any foreign port
OF Immigrants shall be admitted to enter at
any port OF the United States until said yes-
SCI has undergone a quarantine detention Of
% dars (unless such detsntion is forbidden
by the laws OF the State or regulations there
under. and OF such greater number Of days
as nay be fixed in each special case by the
State authorities.
This circular to take Immediate effect
exert in case of vessels afloat this date,
which viii be made the subject Of special
consideration upon due application to the
department.
@WA1TKR WYxAE.
Supervising Surgeon General Marine Hospi-
tai Service
'CHAELEs FosTEE,
Secretary Of State"
Auproved BEsJAslIS HAEREoS.
Attorney General Miller this afternoon
il response to 3 request from the President,
submitted to him an opinion as to tie su-
thority Of the executive in matters Of quar-
antine regulations. After quoting the laws
On The subject. the attorney general oonclud-
ed as follows:
The policy Of Congress has apparently
been 70 merely leave this branch Of the pub
lie service with the Sistes, and most Of the
ssaboard States have statutes more OF less
elaborate on the subject. The State statutes
and regulations, however, may be supple
men;ed by the national executive. Nv con-
clusion, therefore, is that the surgeon gener-
a. Of the marine hospital service and the
secretary Of the treasury, with your APPROX
a, have authority TO make needful rules
and regulations, not inconsistent with the
safe laws and regulations for the qusrantin-
ing Of ships coming into our harbors, with
view to the protection Of the health and
lives OF our people"
The postmaster general has issued the fol-
lowing order;
The superintendent Of foreign mails Is
hereby instructed to Immediately take such
steps as may be necessary and practicable
TO thoroughly dis;nfect the mails reaching
the United States from foreign ports at
which contagious diseases are said to be
prevailing, and to facilitate safe mail CON-
munication between vessels undergoing
/ quarantine snd the nearest United States
/ Postoficen
Measures have accordingly been taken to
procure the thorough disinfection Of iDoom-
! ing mails from infected ports. Telegram s
! have also been sent with direstiOn Of Post
master General Wanamsker TO postmasters
at Detroit Buffalo, Cleveland, Port Huron,
Suspension Bridge, Burlington, Vt, and all
/ other important points on the Canadian
/ frontier, directing them to consult with the
! local health officers and ascertain whether
there's any necessity existing at present for
the fumigation of Canadian mails crossing
I the border into the United States. An order
has been issued by the postmaster general
extending mail facilities to ships at quaran-
tine, and limited number Of collections
and deliveries viii accordingly be made
each day.