Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-05
NATIONAL QUARANTINE.

Provisions OF Bill Establishing a Ma
tional Quarantine TO be Introduced
when Congress Reassembles-The Marine
Hospital Service to Have Charge OF the
Work OF Shutting Out Contaeion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The house
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
the recess on Friday week.
The bill agreed upon is a combina-
ton of Senator Harris senate bill and
the measure introduced in the house by
Mr.. Raynor. 1t puts the national quar-
'antine system into the hands of the
hospital service of the revenue ma
rine. Its leading provisions are:
/. That wherever quarantine regulations
exist the hospital ssrvic, OF the revenue ma
rine, under tho direction OF the treasury de-
partment, shall have the power to enforce the
laws and regulations OF the different states.
2. Where there are NO state quarantine regu-
lations or where In tho opinion Of the marine
hospital service the quarantine regulations Of
the states are not SUFFICIENT to prevent tbs in.
PRODUCTION Of contagious diseases into tbs
United States. tho marine hospital service shall
report the facts to the secretary Of the treasur.
who. II in his Judgment It Is necessary or
proper, shall order ths marine hospital services
to make such additional rules AMI regulations
rs are necessary to prevent the introduction OF
such diseases into tn, United States from for.
eiRn countries, or into one stats from another
state II in such event the state or municipal
authorities shall fail to enforcs such rules and
regulations, then the president may dstail ON
GERS for that purpose.
8. That the hospital s,rvics OF tn, revenu3
marine shall obtain AMI publish statistical in.
formation Of the sanitary condition OF foreign
countries from which the contagious or fnfec.
tious diseases are or may bs imported into tbs
United States. and shall publish weekly ac-
counts thereof in tn, different ports OF tbs
United States.
4. The bill further provid IS for consular in
spection at foreign ports by sanitary expsrts
in consular Offices, who ara to supervise tbs
inspection and disinfection OF all vessels leav-
ing infected ports. Tbs details ~ to the COM
pensatiou and appointment Of thess sanitary
experts are left to be provided for In the sun
dry civil bill.
S The bill provides that whenever An in.
fected vessel arrives at any port OF entry in
the United Statss the marine hospital service
may remand said vessel tat its, the vessels
own expense.) to the nsarest national or Its
quarantine station. and treat and disinfect the
same. and said vessel shall not BIS permitted to
enter any port OF the United Statss until IL
Is pronounced free from Infectious disease Or
danger Of conveying the sams.
9. Whenever It shall b. shown to tbs salts.
faction Of the pre- sident that by reason OF tho
existence OF any Infectious diseass IN . foreign
country there IS serious danger OF the intro.
duction of tho sams into the Uniten States,
then in such case the president may for the
time being suspend immigration until all dam
ger from infection has passed.