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 Trrm Lvm.—THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 931 T I T L E L V I I I. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. S60, Sec. 4792. State_health-laws tobeobserved by 4797. Removal of revenue officers from United States officers, &c. port when contagious disease, 4793. Discharge of cargo of vessel in quar- &c. antine. 4798. Removal of public offices from the 4794. Erection of quarantine warehouses. capital. 4795. Deposit of goods in warehouses. 4799. Adjournment of courts. 4796. Extending time for entry of vessels 4800. Removal of prisoners. subject to quarantine. Sec. 4792. The quarantines and other restraints established by the State health-laws health-laws of any State, respecting any vessels arrivin in, or bound *9 be observed by to, any port or district thereof, shall be duly observed Ty the officers L’“‘“’g States OH"' of the customs revenue of the United States, by the masters and crews of the several revenue-cutters, and by the military officers commanding 23 Feb-, 1799, <‘- in any fort or station upon the sea·coast; and all such officers of the T S'1’V‘1;E§l9‘ United States shall faithfully aid in the execution of such quarantines Gibbons r. Ogand health-laws, according to their respective powers and within their d""»9Wh·· 19 1)***; respective precincts. and as they shall be directed, from time to time, ;?£,§°;Q6CaB°6’ ' by the Secretary of the Treasury. But nothing in this Title shall enable " ° any State to collect a duty of tonnage or impost without the consent of Congress. Sec. 4793. Whenever, by the health-laws of any State, or by the reg- Dischargeofcarulations made ursuant thereto, any vessel arriving within a collection- S09i V0¤S€li¤q¤¤P· district of such) State is prohibited from coming to the port of entry or “"h“"· delivery by law established for such district, and such health-laws re- Ibid., s. 2. qnire or permit the cargo of the vessel to be unladen at some othe1· place within or near to such district, the collector, after due report to im of the whole of such cargo, may grant his warrant or permit for the unlading and discharge thereof, under the care of the surveyor, or of one or more inspectors, at some other place where such health-laws permit, and upon the conditions and restrictions which shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or which such collector may, for the time, deem ex edient for the security of the public revenue. Sec. 4794. There shall be purchased or erected, under the orders of Erection oiquarthe President, suitable warehouses, with wharves and inclosures, where ¤¤fi¤€W’¤F€h¤11S€S· merchandise may be unladen and deposited, from any vessel which shall Ibid_, S_ 3,pT@n_ be subject to a quarantine, or other restraint, pursuant to the health-laws of any State, at such convenient places therein as the safety of the public revenue and the observance of such health-laws may require. Sec. 4795. Whenew*er the cargo of a vessel is unladen at some other Dopositof goods place than the port of entry or delivery under the foregoing provisions, in warehouses. all the articles of such car o shall be de osited, at therisk of the parties Ibid_,,, 2, p_ 6]9_ concerned therein, in sucii public or other warehouses or inclosures as the collector shall designate, there to remain under the joint custody of such collector and of the owner, or master, or other person having charge of such vessel. until the same are entirely unladen or discharged, and until the articles so deposited may be safely removed without contravening such health-laws. And when such removal is allowed, the collector having charge of such articles may grant permits to the respective owners or consignees, their factors or agents, to receive all merchandise which has been entered, and the duties accruing upon which have been paid. upon the payment by them of a reasonable rate of storage; which shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury for all public warehouses and inclosures. Sec. 4796. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, whenever a Extending' time conformity to such quarantmes and health-laws requires it, and in respect for entry of vessels