Quarantine Service in the Virgin Islands: Executive Order Placing the Administration of the Quarantine Service under the Public Health Service
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Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World This article is one of nearly 500,000 scholarly works digitized and made freely available to everyone in the world by JSTOR. Known as the Early Journal Content, this set of works include research articles, news, letters, and other writings published in more than 200 of the oldest leading academic journals. The works date from the mid-‐seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. We encourage people to read and share the Early Journal Content openly and to tell others that this resource exists. People may post this content online or redistribute in any way for non-‐commercial purposes. Read more about Early Journal Content at http://about.jstor.org/participate-‐jstor/individuals/early-‐ journal-‐content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-‐for-‐profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS VOL. 32 OCTOBER 12, 1917 No. 41 QUARANTINE SERVICE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EEXECUTSVE ORDER PLACING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUARANTINE SERVICE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. Whereas an act of Congress approved June 19, 1916, provides "that the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the control, direction, and management of all quarantine stations, grounds, and anchorages, established by authority of the United States * * Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, and pursuant to section 1 of the act approved March 3, 1917, entitled "An act to provide a tem- porary government for the West Indies islands, acquired by the United States from Denmark, etc.," do hereby order that the pro- visions of the act of Congress approved February 15, 1893, entitled "An act granting additional quarantine powers and iinposing addi- tional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service," and all rules and regulations heretofore prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under this act are to be given full force and effect in the islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John, West Indies, and all public property of the former government of the Virgin Islands, ceded heretofore to the United States, consisting of quarantine reservations, buildings, wharves, docks connected therewith, and equipment, be, and hereby are, taken for uses and purposes of the United States, and the Secre- tary of the Treasury, through the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, is hereby charged with all administrative duties relating to said quarantine service, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall have estimates prepared by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service and submitted to Congress for an appropriation for the maintenance of said quarantine service, and securement of reser- vations where necessary, and additional facilities for the proper enforcement of quarantine preventive measures. WOODIROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, September 27, 1917. ARE YOU SAVING Your Money to Invest in the SECOND LIBERTY LOAN? 122 (1705)