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 450 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1893. municipal health authorities as may be made in pursuance of, or con- ` P°¤¤l°Y· sistent with, this act; and any such vessel which shall enter, or attempt to enter, a port of the United States in violation thereof shall forfeit to the United States a sum, to be awarded in the discretion of the court, not exceeding five thousand dollars, which shall be a lien upon imewisngp said vessel, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court States; and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United States. , cunmm mn of Sec. 2. That iany vessel at any foreign port clearing ior any port or "°“m‘ "°q“*""'· place in the United States shall be required to obtain from the consul, vice-consul, or other consular officer of the United States at the port of departure, or from the medical officer where such officer has been detailed by the President for that purpose, a bill of health, in duplicate. in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, setting ¤¤¤*¤¤*¤¤· forth the sanitary history and condition of said vessel, and that it has in all respects complied with the rules and regulations in such cases prescribed for seeming the best sanitary condition of the said vessel, its cargo, passengers, and crew; and said consular or medical officer is required, before granting such duplicate bill of health, to be satisfied that the matters and things therein stated are true; and for his services in that behalf he shall be entitled to demand and receive such F¤•=¤· fees as shall by lawful regulation be allowed, to be accounted for as is required in other cases. mmitrmemtaitm- The President, in his discretion, is authorized to detail any medical °“"” °°"°“1“°°‘ officer of the Government to serve in the office of the consul at any foreign port for the purpose of furnishing information and making the _P;:;p¤=y ro: vessel inspection and giving the bills of health hereinbefore mentioned. Any .”° mg` · vessel clearing and sailing irom any such port without such bill of health, and entering any port of the United States, shall forfeit to the United States not more than five thousand dollars, the amount to be determined by the court, which shall be a lien on the same, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court of the United PM<*¤<¤¤z¤- States. In all such proceedings the United States district attorney for such district shall appear on behalf of the United States; and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United States. i Se1:3;;*:gH ¤s¤ Hui Sec. 3. That the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital mlm. t0.$“w°§:. Service shall, immediately after this act takes eiicct, examine the ’°'°° *“*°¤· °“’· quarantine regulations of all State and municipal boards of health, and shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, cooperate with and aid State and municipal boards of health in the execution and enforcement of the rules and regulations of such boards and in the execution and entorcement of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Treasury to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, and into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from another Eplenl m vversw State or Territory or the District of Columbia; and all rules and regum" °"" Y` lations made by the Secretary of the Treasury shall operate uniformly naiisemnnx miss, and in no manner discriminate against any port or place; and at such {QQ  ports and places within the United States as have no quarantine regulogl ¤¤z¤l¤¤·>¤¤ sm latious under State or municipal authority, where such regulations are, "‘ °‘*"““" in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, necessary to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, or into one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and at such ports and places within the United States where quarantine regulations exist imder the authority of the State or municipality which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, are not
 * of the United States. In all such proceedings the United States district attorney for such district shall appear on behalf of the United