Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 97


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 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.



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