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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3431-3433. 1906. 299 ton, in the State of Rhode Island; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to provide for such establishment and supply the same with the necessary life-saving crew and furnishings as provided by law in like cases. Approved, June 19, 1906. CHAP. 3432.-An Act For the relief of Nicola Masino, of the District of Columbia. Jim; Be it enacted by the Senate and I[0use of Representatives of the United “[P¤b1ic. N0. 242.] States of America in Congress assembled, That all real estate lyin in Nicol, Mmm, the District of Columbia. heretofore purchased by and conveyed to R¢¤1¤¤$¤¢évw— Nicola Masino, of said District, prior to the passage of this Act, be giliudiiiiitiidrglgilgd relieved and exempted from the operation of an Act entitled “An Act ""{,’{§]”§f“p";‘,{$""'“· to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American f ` citizens," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said Act are in respect of such real estate hereby remitted. Approved, June 19, 1906. CHAP. 3433.-An Act To further protect the public health and make more -T¤¤¤19.1906· effective the national quarantine.[B· um-] — Public, N0. 243. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United [1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m§Q“'·*°”°·’ ‘1“°'°“· Treasury shall have the control, direction, and management of all quar— Géntrcl of mucus. antine stations, grounds, and anchorages established by authority of the  XF°·mq$°°r°` United States, and as soon as 'practicable after the approval of this ycmbléxfgaiionji Act shall select and designate such suitable places for them and ` establish the same at such points on or near the coast line of the United States or the border of the United States and a foreign country, as in his judgment are best suited for the same and necessary to prevent the , introduction of yellow fever into the United States, and, in his discretion, he may also establish at the grogp of islands known as the Dry d8lQ,fl{,,:{g’:;;{?j;`_°*°-· Tortugas, at the western end of the orida reef, and at such other ' point or points on or near the coast line of the United States (not to exceed four in the aggregate) as he deems necessary, quarantine grounds, stations, and anchorages, whereat or whereto infected vesse s bound for any port in the United States may be detained or sent for the purpose of being disinfected, having their cargoes disinfected and discharged, if necessary, and their sick treated in hospitals until all danger of infection or contagion from such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, or crews has been removed. Sm:. 2. That in cases in which the title to the land and water so f Tmmfer _¤f une selected and designated is in the United States it shall be the duty of £iil§)Jt2_" d°p°n` the department. bureau. or official of the United States having custody or possession of such land and water, or any part thereof, not used by ' the Government for other purposes designated by law, or possession of said Dry Tortugas Islands, on demand of the Secretary of the Treasury, to deliver the same into his custody and possession for the use of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, evidencing such delivery by a suitable instrument in writing to be delivered to the Secretary of the Treasury. That in cases in which the title to m§’;°h¤·*° 0* P*i*’¤*¤ such land and water, or any part thereof, is in any other owner than the [`nited States it shall be the duty of the Secretar of the Treasury to secure the title and possession of the same to the United States for the use of the Public Health and Marine—Hospital Service of the