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SEVEN TY-FI RST C ONGRESS . SESS. III. CH. 409. 1931 . Regulations govern- " SEC. 14 . The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish b re la- ing hours of service to

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tion the hours during which quarantine service shall be performed at each quarantine station, and, upon application by any interested party, may establish quarantine inspection during the twenty-four hours of the day, or any fraction thereof, at such quarantine stations Restrictions map be as, in his judgment, req imposedr uire such extended service but the Secretary may restrict the performance of quarantine inspection to hours of daylight for such arriving vessels as can not, in his opinion, be inspection after dark- satisfactorily inspected during hours of darkness . Nothing herein ness not required, ex- cept in public interest : contained, however, shall be construed to require a vessel upon arriv- ing at the quara ntine anchora ge to undergo quarantine inspection during the hours of darkness, unless the quarantine officer at such quarantine station shall deem an immediate inspection necessary to laonnottrrequimuued . protect the public health ; nor shall any provision of this Act be c onstrued to r equire unifor mity in the r egulations go verning the hours during which quarantine inspection may be obtained at the variou s ports of the United States . C rcur ates of health . " SEC . 1 5 . The certificate of health req uired by section 5 of this in spec tion .

Act, s hall, upon the arrival of any vessel from foreign ports at the vol.27, p. 451, anchorage or place established for quarantine inspection purposes in any port of the United States, be procurable at any time within whi ch quarantine services are performed at such statio n from the quarantine health officer, following satisfactory inspection . Schedule of charges .


~~ S E C . 10 . The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized a nd directed to prescribe a schedule of charges for quarantine services rendered To be uniform for all to vessels at each of the national quarantine stations, which charges ports'

shall be reasonable and uniform for all ports, including the por t of Payment of: state- ment forwarded .

New York . The quar antine o fficer i n each p ort of e ntry sha ll promp tly forw ard to t he colle ctor of customs at such port an item- ized state ment of the quarantine servic es rendered to each vessel at the prescr ibed charges, which charges s hall be paid to the collector of customs by said vessel prior to clearance or departure from such Accounting for . port . All such collections shall be accounted for by the collector of customs and shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts . Vol. 41, p. 875, re- " The provisions of the Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat . 875), relat- pealed' ing to the schedule of fees and rates of charges to be adopted and promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury at the New York Quarantine Station are hereby repealed . Medical benefits ex- " SEC. 17 . Any officer o r employee of the Public H ealth Service tended to inspectors,

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on duty at any national quarantine station or on a national quaran- tine vessel, or detailed for duty in foreign ports, under the pro- visions of sections 2 and 5 of this Act, who is suffering from sickness, or injury incurred in line of duty, shall be a beneficiary of the Public Health Service and shall be entitled to receive all necessary medical tre atment and o ther b enefit s auth orized to be furni shed t o beneficiaries ." Sum authorized . SEC . 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $100 .000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this amendatory Act . Contributions from SEC. 3. Whenever steamship companies desiring the benefits of ste ams hip com pan ies . such extended quarantin e service at any part, shall offer to advance funds in order to permit the immediate institution of such service at . such port, the Sec retary of the Treasury ma y, in his dis cretion, Repayme nt' rece ive such funds an d expend the sam e Tor suc h purpos e ; a nd the moneys so contributed shall be repaid by the Secretary, without interest, from any funds appropriated under authority of section 2 of this Act . Approved, March 3, 1931 .