States with such officer, seaman, or marine; and in like manner when any officer, seaman, or marine entitled to a pension shall be admitted into a Navy hospital such pension during his continuance therein shall be paid to the commissioners of the Navy hospitals and deducted from the account of such pensioner. (Act February 26, 1811, ch. 26, 2 Stat. 650.)

An act to encourage vaccination.

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint an agent to preserve the genuine vaccine matter, and to furnish the same to any citizen of the United States, whenever it may be applied for, through the medium of the post office; and such agent shall, previous to his entering upon the execution of the duties assigned to him by this act, and before he shall be entitled to the privilege of franking any letter or package as herein allowed, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation before some magistrate and cause a certificate thereof to be filed in the general post office: "I, A. B., do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will faithfully use my best exertions to preserve the genuine vaccine matter, and to furnish the same to the citizens of the United States, and also that I will abstain from everything prohibited in relation to the establishment of the post office of the United States." And it shall be the duty of the said agent to transmit to the several postmasters in the United States a copy of this act, and he shall also forward to them a public notice directing how and where all application shall be made to him for vaccine matter.

SEC. 2. That all letters or packages not exceeding half an ounce in weight, containing vaccine matter or relating to the subject of vaccination, and that alone, shall be carried by the United States mail free of any postage, either to or from the agent who may be appointed to carry the provisions of this act into effect: Provided always, That the said agent before he delivers any letter for transmission by the mail shall in his own proper handwriting, on the outside thereof, indorse the word " Vaccination" and thereto subscribe his name, and shall previously furnish the postmaster of the office where he shall deposit the same with a specimen of his signature; and if said agent shall frank any letter or package, in which shall be contained anything relative to any subject other than vaccination, he shall, on conviction of every such offense, forfeit and pay a fine of $50, to be recovered in the same manner as other fines or violations of law establishing the post office: Provided also, That the discharge of any agent and the appointment, of another in his stead, be at the discretion of the President of the United States. (Act February 27, 1813, ch. 37, 2 Stat. 806.)

An act to repeal the act, entitled "An act to encourage vaccination."

That the act passed the 27th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1813, entitled "An act to encourage vaccination " be, and the same is hereby, repealed. (Act May 4, 1822, ch. 50, 3 Stat. 677.)

An act to enforce quarantine regulations.

That if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the revenue cutters, revenue boats, or revenue officers, employed or authorized to be employed for the purposes of the revenue, should be insufficient to aid in the execution of the

quarantine and health laws of any State, or the regulations made pursuant thereto, the said Secretary may cause to be employed such additional revenue boats and revenue officers as he may deem necessary for that purpose, the said revenue boats to be of such size and description as he may see proper. This act to continue in force until the 4th of March, 1833. (Act July 13, 1832, ch. 204, 4 Stat. 577.)

An act to provide for the collection of hospital dues from vessels of the United States sold or transferred in foreign ports or waters.

That in case of the sale or transfer of any vessel of the United States in a foreign port or water, the consul, vice consul, commercial agent, or vice commercial agent of the United States within whose consulate or district such sale or transfer shall have been made, or in whose hands the papers of such vessel shall be, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to collect of the master or agent of such vessel all moneys that shall have become due to the United States under and by virtue of the act entitled An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," approved July 16, 1798, and shall remain unpaid at the time of such sale or transfer; and that the said consul, vice consul, commercial agent, or vice commercial agent (as the case may be) be, and he is hereby, instructed and required to retain possession of the papers of such vessel until such money shall have been paid as herein provided; and in default of which such sale or transfer shall be void, excepting as against the vendor: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the expiration of 60 days from and after its passage. (Act Apr. 29, 1864, ch. 70, 13 Stat. 61.)

An act in addition to the "Act respecting quarantines and health laws," approved February 25, 1799, and for the better execution of the third section thereof.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase or erect suitable warehouses and other conveniences for the storage of goods and merchandise imported in any vessel subject to quarantine or other restraint, pursuant to the health laws of the State of New York, at such convenient place or places within or near the port of New York as the safety of the public revenue and the observance of such health laws may require; and the sum of $20,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense thereof. (Act Dec. 15, 1864, ch. 1, 13 Stat. 419.)

Joint resolution respecting quarantine and health laws.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to inake and carry into effect such orders and regulations of quarantine as, in his opinion, may be deemed necessary and proper, in aid of State or municipal authorities, to guard against the introduction of the cholera into the ports of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized to direct the revenue officers and the officers commanding revenue cutters to aid in the execution of such quarantine, and also in the execution of the health laws of the States respectively in such manner as may to him seem necessary. And such an amount of money as may be necessary to carry into effect this joint resolution is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; provided the authority hereby granted shall expire on the first Monday in January, anno Domini 1867. (Res. May 26, 1866, No. 42, 14 Stat. 357.)

An act to reorganize the Marine-Hospital Service, and to provide for the relief of sick and disabled seamen.

That from and after the 1st day of August, 1870, there shall be assessed and collected by the collectors of customs at the ports of the United States from the masters or owners of every vessel of the United States arriving from a foreign port, or of registered vessels employed in the coasting trade, the sum of 40 cents per month for each and every seaman who shall have been employed on said vessel since she was last entered at any port of the United States, which sum said master or owner is hereby authorized to collect and retain from the wages of said employees.

SEC. 2. That from and after the 1st day of August no collector shall grant to any vessel whose enrollment or license for carrying on the coasting trade has expired a new enrollment or license unless the master of such vessel shall have first rendered a true account to the collector of the number of seamen and the time they have been employed on such vessel during the continuance of the license which has so expired, and shall have paid to such collector 40 cents per month for every such seaman who shall have been employed as aforesaid, which sum the said master is hereby authorized to retain out of the wages of such seaman; and if the master of any registered, enrolled, or licensed vessel of the United States shall render a false account of the number of seamen so employed or of the length of time they have severally been employed as is herein required he shall forfeit and pay $50, which shall be applied to and shall make a part of the general fund created by this act, and all needful regulations for the mode of collecting the sums hereinbefore mentioned shall be prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, by such person as by him may be designated.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the several collectors to deposit the sums collected by them respectively under the provisions of this act in the nearest United States depositary, to the credit of "the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," making returns of the same with proper vouchers monthly on forms to be furnished by the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 4. That all moneys received or collected by virtue of this act shall be paid into the Treasury like other public moneys, without abatement or reduction; and all moneys so received are hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Marine-Hospital Service, and shall be credited to the marine-hospital fund, of which separate accounts shall be kept.

SEC. 5. That the fund thus obtained shall be employed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the care and relief of sick and disabled seamen employed in registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels of the United States.

SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint a surgeon to act as Supervising Surgeon of Marine-Hospital Service, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the Secretary, to supervise all matters connected with the Marine-Hospital Service, and with the disbursement of the fund provided by this act, at a salary not exceeding the rate of $2,000 per annum and his necessary traveling expenses, who shall be required to make monthly reports to the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 7. That for the purposes of this act the term "vessel" herein used shall be held to include every description of water craft, raft, vehicle, and contrivance used or capable of being used as a means or auxiliary of transportation on or by water. And all acts and parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. (Act June 29, 1870, ch. 169, 16 Stat. 169.)

SEC. 4804. No person employed in or connected with the navigation, management, or use of canal-boats engaged in the coasting trade shall by reason thereof be entitled to any benefit or relief from the marine-hospital fund. (R. S., res. Feb. 10, 1871, No. 27, sec. 1, 16 Stat. 595.)

SEC. 3. The word vessel includes every description of water-craft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. (R. S.)

SEC. 3618. All proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, except the proceeds of the sale or leasing of marine hospitals, shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts on account of "proceeds of Government property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law.

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SEC. 3692. All moneys received from the leasing or sale of marine hospitals, shall respectively revert to that appropriation out of which they were originally expended, and shall be applied to the purposes for which they are appropriated by law. (R. S.)

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SEC. 3657. The collectors of customs in the several collection districts are required to act as disbursing agents for the payment of all moneys that are or may hereafter be appropriated for the construction of * marine hospitals; with such compensation, not exceeding one-quarter of 1 per centum, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem equitable and just.

SEC. 3658. Where there is no collector at the place of location of any public work specified in the preceding section, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint a disbursing agent for the payment of all moneys appropriated for the construction of any such public work, with such compensation as he may deem equitable and just. (R. S.)

SEC. 3689. There are appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes hereinafter specified, such sums as may be necessary for the same respectively; and such appropriations shall be deemed permanent annual appropriations.

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Of the proceeds of leases and sales of marine-hospital buildings, and lands appertaining thereto, for the marine-hospital establishment. (R. S.)

SEC. 4801. The President is authorized to receive donations of real or personal property, in the name of the United States, for the erection or support of hospitals for sick and disabled seamen. (R. S.)

SEC. 4805. Sick foreign seamen may be admitted to the marine hospitals within the United States, if it can with convenience be done, on the application of the master of any foreign vessel to which any such seaman may belong. Each sea

man so admitted shall be subject to a charge of 75 cents per day for each day he may remain in the hospital, which shall be paid by the master of such foreign vessel to the collector of the collection district in which such hospital is situated. And the collector shall not grant a clearance to any foreign vessel until the money so due from her master shall be paid. The officer in charge of each hospital is hereby directed, under penalty of $50, to make out the accounts against each foreign seaman that may be placed in the hospital under his direction, and render the same to the collector. (R. S.)

SEC. 4806. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to lease, or to sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, after due notice in the public newspapers, such marine-hospital buildings and lands appertaining thereto as he may deem it advisable to sell, and to make, execute, and deliver all needful conveyances to the lessees or purchasers thereof respectively; and the proceeds of such leases and sales are hereby appropriated for the marine-hospital establishment. But the hospitals at Cleveland in Ohio, and Portland in Maine, shall not be sold or leased. And this section shall not be construed to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to lease or sell any such hospital where the relief furnished to sick mariners shall show an extent of relief equal to 20 cases a day on an average for the last preceding four years, or where no other suitable and sufficient hospital accommodations can be procured upon reasonable terms for the comfort and convenience of the patients. (R. S.)

That hereafter the salary of the Supervising Surgeon General of the United States Marine-Hospital Service shall be paid out of the marinehospital fund, at the rate of $4,000 per year; and the Supervising Surgeon General shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Sundry civil appropriation act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, 18 Stat. 377.)

An act to promote economy and efficiency in the Marine-Hospital Service. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be prepared a schedule of the average number of seamen required in the safe and ordinary navigation of registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels of the United States, basing such schedule upon the differences in rig, tonnage, and kind of traffic. And from and after the completion and publication of said schedule, hospital dues, at the rate and for the periods prescribed in sections 4585 and 4587 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall be assessed and collected, from the master or owner of each vessel subject to such dues, upon the average number of seamen as set forth in said schedule: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be held to debar masters or owners of vessels from deducting such dues from each seaman's wages, as by law now authorized.

SEC. 2. That from and after May 1, 1875, every vessel subject to hospital tax, except vessels required by law to carry crew lists, shall have and keep on board, subject to inspection and verification at all times by any offcer of the customs, a seaman's time book, which shall be furnished by the Treasury Department, and in which time book shall be entered the name, date of shipment, and date of discharge of every seaman employed on board such vessel; and the master or owner of any vessel subject to hospital tax, vessels carrying crew lists as