First Annual Report of the Supervising Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States

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Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Supervising Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States: For the Year 1879, Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Service From the Date of Its Organization in 1798In the year 17 98 a law was enacted by Congress imposing a tax of twenty cents per month on seamen employed on American vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trades, to be collected by the sev eral collectors of customs, and out of the fund thus created the Presi dent of the United States was authorized to provide for the temporary relief and maintenance of sick and disabled seamen in hospitals, or in such other manner as he should direct provided, however, that the moneys collected in each district should be expended therein.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.