Arizona silver belt., 1893-03-04
National Quarantine
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tspriug6eld Republioan.)
 The bill which both Senate aBd House have passed gives the Secretary of the Treasury full power to enforce such quarantine regulations as he, ad- vised by the Marine Hospital Sarylce, shall deem necessary. As soon as the act takes effect the Supervising Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service must examine the quarantine regula- tions of all the States aRd municipal boards of health. If they are found to be sufficient this marine service must cooperate in every possible way with the local authorities in enforcing them If these State Lnd local regulations are unsatisfactory, rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Treasury must be substituted for the local ones, and enforced Where there is no quar- antine provided the Secretary of the Treasury must establish one, and where the State or local authorities shall fail or refuse to enforce the rules pre- scribed by the Secretary "the Presi. dent shall execute and enforce the same. He shall also "adopt such measures as in his judgment shall be necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of diseases, and may detail or appoint officers for that purpose. {" There is chance for a conflict of authority at such port as New York, for instance, but the bill makes the duty of the President clear in such an event He must enforce tho regula tions which the Secretary of the Treas. ury makes. The consequence is that quarantine at New York the coming summer will probably be under the charge of President Cleveland and Sec. retary Carlisle.
 The bill further provides for cousu lar inspection of ships and passengers bound for this country at their ports of departure. The Secretary of the Treas my must furnish to all cousuls at these ports blank bills of health, which either the consul or medical officer of the United States, detailed for tLepurposa, must fill out before tue ship can clear. No ship can land either cargo or pms. seugers unless her captain produces such bll of health Any medical of- icer of the Government may be de- tailed to aid any consul ina foreign port in this duty of inspection It is further provided that the President may prohibit in whole or in part, in. migration or the incoming of persons or merchandise from any foreign port, for such length of time as may be ad- visable, whenever in his judgment such a step is necessary for the protection of the public health. The sum of S350, O02, which is little enough, is included among the appropriations in the Sun dry Civil bill, for carrying this law into effect The original bill carried an appropriation of Sl, ,OOO, 900.
 It is an objection to the bill that it does not go furthel and provide more completely for quarantine on the Dor. ders. Canada has no quarantine worthy the name and neither the Dominion Parliament nor the Provincial legisla. lures have taken any steps to establish one. In the event of any restrictions being imposed on direct immigration to our ports, we must expectit to come indirectly through Canada. It is to the border States, therefore, that we mnst look for protection from this dan ger. The bill gives the Secretary of the Treasury supervision over all quar- antine, including that on the border, but it does not provide for any such rigid inspection of incomers from the north, as from foreign ports.