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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 2— SANITATION AND QUARANTINE · § 98

§ 98. Vessels for quarantine officers

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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.
(June 14, 1879, No. 6, 21 Stat. 50; Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, 27 Stat. 449; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
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  • 21 Stat. 50
  • Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114
  • 27 Stat. 449
  • July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1
  • 32 Stat. 712
  • Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1
  • 37 Stat. 309
  • 53 Stat. 1424
  • 67 Stat. 631
  • Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)
  • 93 Stat. 695
  • section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88
  • Act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114
  • act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1313
  • 58 Stat. 714
  • act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5
  • 60 Stat. 1049
  • act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b)
  • 62 Stat. 47
  • act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b)
  • 70 Stat. 721
  • Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b)
  • 78 Stat. 919
  • Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b)
  • 79 Stat. 931
  • Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b)
  • 84 Stat. 1506
  • Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b)
  • 86 Stat. 137
  • Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2)
  • 87 Stat. 604
  • Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b)
  • 87 Stat. 936
  • act July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1
  • act Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1
  • act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114
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§ 98
Vessels for quarantine officers
Stat.21 Stat. 50
ActFeb. 15, 1893, ch. 114
Stat.27 Stat. 449
ActJuly 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1
Stat.32 Stat. 712
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