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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 30 STAT. · March 2, 1899 · Chapter 349

Chapter 349. For the investigation of leprosy

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CHAP. 349.— An Act For the investigation of leprosy. March 2, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Leprosy.Commission to investigate. That the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint a commission of medical officers of the Marine-Hospital Service to investigate the origin and prevalence of leprosy in the United States, and to report upon what legislation is necessary for the prevention of the spread of this disease; the expenses of this investigation, not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid from the fund for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases.
Approved, March 2, 1899.
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