TITLE 42 - US CODE - CHAPTER 2 - SANITATION AND QUARANTINE

81 to 87. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 81, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 1, 27 Stat. 449, provided penalties for entry of vessels in violation of quarantine laws. See section 271 of this title. Section 82, acts Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 2, 27 Stat. 450; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 300, 28 Stat. 372; Feb. 27, 1921, ch. 80, 41 Stat. 1149; Feb. 7, 1925, ch. 146, 43 Stat. 809; July 10, 1940, ch. 566, 54 Stat. 747, provided for bills of health. See section 269 of this title. Section 82a, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 13, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, 1, 46 Stat. 1491, provided for duplicate bills of health. See section 269 of this title. Section 83, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 11, as added Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 836, 31 Stat. 1087, provided that vessels from foreign ports without bill of health not entering the United States were subject to quarantine regulations. Section 84, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 6, 27 Stat. 452, provided for disposition of infected vessels. Section 85, act June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, 4, 34 Stat. 300, provided penalties for infractions of quarantine. See section 271 of this title. Section 86, act Apr. 29, 1878, ch. 66, 1, 20 Stat. 37, prohibited entry of vessels and vehicles contrary to State quarantine laws. See sections 264 to 272 of this title. Compliance with State laws, see section 97 of this title. Section 87, act Apr. 17, 1917, ch. 3, 40 Stat. 6, provided for payment of cost of fumigation and disinfection of foreign vessels.

42 USC 88 - Discharge of cargo of vessel in quarantine

Whenever, by the health laws of any State, or by the regulations made pursuant thereto, any vessel arriving within a collection district of such State is prohibited from coming to the port of entry by law established for such district, and such health laws require or permit the cargo of the vessel to be unladen at some other place within or near to such district, the collector, after due report to him of the whole of such cargo, may grant his warrant or permit for the unlading and discharge thereof, under the care of the surveyor, or of one or more inspectors, at some other place where such health laws permit, and upon the conditions and restrictions which shall be directed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or which such collector may, for the time, deem expedient for the security of the public revenue.

42 USC 89 - Quarantine warehouses; erection

There shall be purchased or erected, under the orders of the President, suitable warehouses, with wharves and inclosures, where merchandise may be unladen and deposited, from any vessel which shall be subject to a quarantine, or other restraint, pursuant to the health laws of any State, at such convenient places therein as the safety of the public revenue and the observance of such health laws may require.

42 USC 90 - Deposit of goods in warehouses

Whenever the cargo of a vessel is unladen at some other place than the port of entry under sections 88 and 89 of this title, all the articles of such cargo shall be deposited, at the risk of the parties concerned therein, in such public or other warehouses or inclosures as the collector shall designate, there to remain under the joint custody of such collector and of the owner, or master, or other person having charge of such vessel, until the same are entirely unladen or discharged, and until the articles so deposited may be safely removed without contravening such health laws. And when such removal is allowed, the collector having charge of such articles may grant permits to the respective owners or consignees, their factors or agents, to receive all merchandise which has been entered, and the duties accruing upon which have been paid, upon the payment by them of a reasonable rate of storage; which shall be fixed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for all public warehouses and inclosures.

42 USC 91 - Extending time for entry of vessels subject to quarantine

The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized, whenever a conformity to such quarantines and health laws requires it, and in respect to vessels subject thereto, to prolong the terms limited for the entry of the same, and the report or entry of their cargoes, and to vary or dispense with any other regulations applicable to such reports or entries. No part of the cargo of any vessel shall, however, in any case, be taken out or unladen therefrom, otherwise than is allowed by law, or according to the regulations established by sections 88 and 90 of this title.

92 to 96. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 92, acts Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 3, 27 Stat. 450; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for enforcement of quarantine regulations. See sections 264 to 267 of this title. Section 92a, acts Apr. 29, 1878, ch. 66, 5, 20 Stat. 38; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for a national quarantine system. See sections 264 to 267 of this title. Section 93, acts Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 4, 27 Stat. 451; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for duties of Surgeon General relating to quarantine. See sections 264 to 270 of this title. Section 94, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 5, 27 Stat. 451, provided for regulations to secure sanitary conditions of vessels. See section 269 of this title. Section 94a, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 14, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for hours of inspection at quarantine stations. See section 267 of this title. Section 94b, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 16, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for schedule of charges and payment of them. See section 269 of this title. Section 94c, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 15, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for procurement of health certificates. See section 269 of this title. Section 94d, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 17, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided medical and hospital benefits to officers and employees of national quarantine service. See section 253 of this title. Section 94e, act Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, 3, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for extended quarantine service. See section 267 of this title. Section 95, acts Mar. 27, 1890, ch. 51, 1, 26 Stat. 31; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, 1, 37 Stat. 309, related to regulations to prevent spread of communicable diseases. See section 264 of this title. Section 96, act June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, 6, 34 Stat. 301, provided that jurisdiction over established station acquired by the United States be ceded before payment of compensation.

42 USC 97 - State health laws observed by United States officers

The quarantines and other restraints established by the health laws of any State, respecting any vessels arriving in, or bound to, any port or district thereof, shall be duly observed by the officers of the customs revenue of the United States, by the masters and crews of the several Coast Guard vessels, and by the military officers commanding in any fort or station upon the seacoast; and all such officers of the United States shall faithfully aid in the execution of such quarantines and health laws, according to their respective powers and within their respective precincts, and as they shall be directed, from time to time, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. But nothing in title 58 of the Revised Statutes shall enable any State to collect a duty of tonnage or impost without the consent of Congress.

42 USC 98 - Vessels for quarantine officers

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, at the request of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to place gratuitously, at the disposal of the proper quarantine authorities, at any of the ports of the United States, to be used temporarily for quarantine purposes, such vessels or hulks belonging to the United States as are not required for other uses of the national government, subject to such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary to impose for the preservation thereof.

99 to 108. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 99, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 12, as added Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 836, 31 Stat. 1087, authorized medical officers performing duties as quarantine officers to administer oaths. See section 272 of this title. Section 100, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 8, 27 Stat. 452, provided compensation for use of State buildings for quarantine purposes. Section 101, act June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, 5, 34 Stat. 301, provided for acquisition of quarantine stations. See section 267 of this title. Section 102, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 10, as added Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 836, 31 Stat. 1086; amended July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, 1, 32 Stat. 712, provided for establishment of quarantine grounds. See sections 267 and 271 of this title. Section 103, act June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, 1, 34 Stat. 299, provided for control and management of quarantine grounds. See section 267 of this title. Section 104, acts June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, 2, 34 Stat. 299; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for transferal of title of land and water from other departments to Service for its use. Section 105, act June 19, 1906, ch. 3433, 3, 34 Stat. 300, provided for notice of selection of places for quarantine stations and anchorages. Section 106, acts Aug. 1, 1888, ch. 727, 25 Stat. 355; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided penalties for trespass on quarantine stations. See section 271 of this title. Section 107, act Mar. 27, 1890, ch. 51, 2, 26 Stat. 31, provided penalties for the violation of quarantine laws by officers of Service. See section 271 of this title. Section 108, act Mar. 27, 1890, ch. 51, 3, 26 Stat. 32, provided penalties for the violation of quarantine laws by common carriers. See section 271 of this title.

42 USC 109 - Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, 1(24), 45 Stat. 986, 988

Section, acts June 12, 1917, ch. 27, 40 Stat. 121; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, 41 Stat. 885; Feb. 17, 1922, ch. 55, 42 Stat. 380; Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 22, 42 Stat. 1102; Apr. 4, 1924, ch. 84, title I, 43 Stat. 76; Jan. 20, 1925, ch. 85, 43 Stat. 757; Jan. 22, 1925, ch. 87, title I, 43 Stat. 775, required a detailed report to be made to Congress of expenditures to prevent epidemics.

110, 111. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 110, acts June 5, 1920, ch. 235, 41 Stat. 875; June 16, 1921, ch. 23, 42 Stat. 38, provided for a schedule of charges for vessels at New York quarantine station. See section 269 of this title. Section 111, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 7, 27 Stat. 452, provided for suspension of immigration. See section 265 of this title.

42 USC 112 - Removal of revenue officers from port during epidemic

Whenever, by the prevalence of any contagious or epidemic disease in or near the place by law established as the port of entry for any collection district, it becomes dangerous or inconvenient for the officers of the revenue employed therein to continue the discharge of their respective offices at such port, the Secretary of the Treasury, or, in his absence, the Undersecretary of the Treasury, may direct the removal of the officers of the revenue from such port to any other more convenient place, within, or as near as may be to, such collection district. And at such place such officers may exercise the same powers, and shall be liable to the same duties, according to existing circumstances, as in the port or district established by law. Public notice of any such removal shall be given as soon as may be.

42 USC 113 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948

Section, R.S. 4799, act Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, 291, 36 Stat. 1167, related to adjournment of courts during an epidemic.

42 USC 114 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948

Section, R.S. 4800, related to removal of prisoners during an epidemic.