...Congress of June 2, 1879, which enlarged its powers and endowed it with means, was entitled "An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States," making no special mention of yellow fever. True, yellow fever was at the moment the most prominent...

...for 1879.) Regulation, by the Secretary of the Treasury, of the fees authorized by act of Congress "to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States," to be collected for the examination of passengers, oflicers, and crews of vessels liable to such diseases....

...circulars issued from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the provisions of " An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States," approved April 29, 1878 (20 Stat., 37). The first section of that act provides : " That no vessel or...

...the act of June 2, 1879, it was directed to ''cooperate with and, so f«r sis it lawfully may, aid State and municipal boards of health in the execution...diseases into the United States from foreign countries and into one State from another." This act also imposed upon the National Board of Health the duty...

...provides that the National Board of Health must co-operate with and, so far as it lawfully may. aid State and municipal boards of health in the execution...prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious dis eases into the United States from foreign countries, and into one State from another; and at such...

...efficiently extending the cooperation and aid of the National Government, through this organization, to " State and municipal boards of health, in the execution...such boards to prevent the introduction of contagious and infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, and into one State from another."...

...2, 1879, which makes it the duty of the Board to "co-operate with and, so ur as it lawfully may, aid State and municipal boards of health in the execution...regulations of such boards to prevent the introduction of contagions or infectious diseases into the United States from foreign countries, and into one State...

...health, and shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, cooperate with and aid said State and municipal boards of health in the execution and enforcement of the rules aud regulations of such boards and in the execution aud enforcement of the rules and regulations made...

...to his government as to the sanitary condition of the ports of departure. " Section '2 of the ' act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States,' provides that — " All vessels sailing from any foreign port where any contagious or infectious disease...

...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 rule« and regulations of such boards and in the execution and enforcement of the rule» and regulations...