Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-29
A NATIONAL QUARANTINE.

The House subcommittee Agrees Upon q
| Report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The house
subcommittee having charge of the
subject of establishing national quar-
antine, Mr.. Isadore Rayner, of Mary
land, chairman, have agreed upon bill
which they will report to the full com
mittee at its next regular meeting after
recess on Friday week.
The bill agreed upon is combination
of Senator Harris senate bill and of the
measure introduced in the house by Mr.
Rayner. 1t puts the national quaran-
tine system into the hands of the hos
pital service of the revenue marine. Its
leading provisions are:
First-That wherever state quaran-
tine regulations exist the hospital serv-
ice of the revenue marine, under the
direction of the treasury department,
shall have the power to enforce the
laws and regulations of the different
states
Second-Where there are no state
quarantine regulations, or where in the
opinion of the marine hospital service
the quarantine regulations of the states
are not sufficient to prevent the intro
duction of contagious diseases into the
United States the marine hospital serv-
ice shall report the facts to the secre-
tary Of the treasury who, if in his judg-
ment it is necessary or proper, shall
order the marine hospital service to
make such additional rules and regula-
lions as are necessary to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of such diseases into the
United States from foreign countries, OF
into one state from another state. If in
such event the state or municipal au-
thorities shall fail to enforce such rules
and regulations, then the president may
detail officers for that purpose.
Third-That the hospital service of
the revenue marine shall obtain and
publish statistical information of the
sanitary condition of foreign countries
from which contagious and infectious
diseases are, or may be imported into
the United States, and shall publish
weekly accounts thereof in the different
ports of the United States.
Fourth-The bill further provides
for consular inspection at foreign ports
by sanitary experts in consular offices
who are to supervise the inspection and
disinfection of all vessels leaving in
fected ports. The details as to the COM
pellsdtiOH anu appointment OI tHe SAM
tary experts are left to be provided for
in the sundry civil bill.
Fifth--The bill provides that when
ever an infected vessel arrives at any
port of entry in the United States the
marine hospital service may remand
said vessel at its (the vessel's) own ex-
pense to the nearest national or other
quarantine station and treat and disin-
feet the same, and said vessel shall not
be permitted to enter any port of the
United States until it is pronounced
free from infectious disease or danger
of conveying the same.
Sixth-Whereve it shall be shown to
the satisfaction of the president that by
reason of the existence Of any infec-
tious diseasein foreign country there is
serious danger of the introduction of
the same into the United States, then
in such case the president may for the
time being suspend immigration until
all danger from infection has passed.
Rebels Victorious.
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