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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS; Sess. II. Cris. 836-838. 1901. 1087 the boundaries of the quarantine grounds and quarantine anchorages for vessels which are reserved for use at each United States quarantine station; and any vessel or officer of any vessel or other person, f°';*"‘i‘”·_ other than State or municipal health or quarantine officers, trespassinor mp°SSmg°p°°‘ or otherwise entering upon such grounds or anchorages in disregard of the quarantine rules and regulations, or without permission of the officer in charge of such station, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to arrest, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or imprisonment for _ _ not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Any `,g§§f,,,§ffi§“§§,'Y,,§ ,§§§j master or owner of any vessel, or any person violating any provision *¤'=i<>¤S· emof this Act or any rule or regulation made in accordance with this Act, relating to inspection of vessels or relating to the prevention of the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases, or any master,,owner, O1' agent of any vessel making a falsestatement relative to the sanitary con ition of said vessel or its contents or as to the health of any passenger or person thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to arrest, and u on conviction thereof be punished by a iine of not more than five Eundred dollars or imprisonment for not morcé than one gear, or both,1in the discretion offthe court. h " E0. 11. That an vesse said in from any oreivn ort wit out V°S¤°l§f¤°m*°*°i&’¤ the bill of health recgiired by sectibn two ofv this Aiit, Idnd arrivin Koeiiilnvjllilqiiiuinbmiliniilg within the limits of any collection district of the United States, and j§§,€,“§§§3,§*,? ,”§,2f not entering or attempting to enter any port of the United States, shall be subject to such quarantine measures as shall be prescribed by regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the cost of such measures shall be a lien on said vessel, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court of the United States and in the manner set forth above as regards vessels from forei n ports without bills of health ` and entering any port of the United States. " Sec. 12. That the medical officers of the United States, duly ,ug*§A€§g;fa§${*u’g gg clothed with authority to act as quarantine officers at any ort or place cer; may take cemwithin the United States, and when performing the said duties, are m"°“”’°t°‘ hereby authorized to take declarations and administer oaths in matters pertaining to the administration of the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States." Approved, March 3, 1901. CHAP. 837.-An Act To extend the privileges of the seventh section of the imme- March 3.1901. diate transportation Act to Fall River, Massachusetts. ·"—"*""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House { R resentatioes of the United States of America in Congress assemble, Tgtt the privileges of the fg}; dRiyi*§i,e1*;·;¤%, seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred- iiiimweegjtmnsimmand eighty, overning the immediate transportation of dutiable mer- "‘{l‘0‘fj2‘{}‘,§l“{l$lf’g°°°“‘ chandise witiout appraisement be, and they are hereby, extended to the port of Fall River, Massachusetts. Approved, March 3, 1901. CHAP. 838.-An Act To rovide an American register for the barkentine J. C. Much 3*l°°1· Piiuger, of San Francisco, Caliibmia, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatilves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tgat the Commissioner of P§,fg§°¤m°,ag·,°% Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built Amedcim rggnm. barkentine J. C. Piiuger, of San Francisco, California, purchased and ‘ A wholly owned by a citizen of the United States and repaired by him, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1901.