Annual report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States for the fiscal year ... 1917U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 387 pages |
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Page 87 - Guard, which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and which shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 73 - President of the United States for military and other reservations of the Government of the United States, are hereby placed under the control of the Government of said Islands to be administered for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, except as provided in this Act.
Page 319 - The Public Health Service may study and investigate the diseases of man and conditions influencing the propagation and spread thereof, including sanitation and sewage and the pollution either directly or indirectly of the navigable streams and lakes of the United States...
Page 330 - Columbia authorized by this section of this Act shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, under such rules and regulations as may...
Page 232 - The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels plying between foreign ports on or near the frontiers of the United States and ports of the United States adjacent thereto; but the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, when, in his discretion, it is expedient for the preservation of the public health, to establish regulations governing such vessels.
Page 73 - Act, except such land or other property as has heretofore been designated by the President of the United States for Military and other reservations of the Government of the United States...
Page 72 - States or in other countries, such physical and mental examinations of aliens as are required by the immigration laws, subject to administrative regulations prescribed by the Attorney General and medical regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Page 317 - The Executive Order of October 29, 1912, is hereby revoked,, and for it is substituted the following: Whereas, " An Act to Establish the Flag of the United States," approved on the 4th of April, L818, reading as follows: "Section 1.
Page 3 - An Act To increase the efficiency and change the name of the United States MarineHospital Service.
Page 325 - Annual Conference of State and Territorial Health Officers with the United States Public Health Service.