49th CONGRESS, 
1st Session. 
S. 1730 
| Report No. 2914. ] 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
.June 10, 1880. 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. 
June 22, 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state ot the Union, and ordered to be printed. 
Oniil the pints struck through and insert the parts printed in italics, 
Aim ACT 
Pioviding lor the appointment of a to investigate the 
truth of alleged dhcoveries of the specific cause of yellow 
fever, and of a method of preventing that disease by inocula- 
tion, and to obtain all information possible as to the cause 
and prevention of that disease. 
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represents 
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
3 'that the President be, and is hereby, authorized, by and with 
4 the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a commission 
5 which shall proceed to Mexico and, if necessary, to the Cen- 
6 tral American states, Havana, and Brazil, and there make a 
7 careful and complete investigation of, and report, after thor- 
b ough examination, the methods of inoculation pursued and 
9 their effectiveness in protecting against yellow fever, together 
10 with all other information relative to that disease which may 
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1 Sec. 2. That the said commission dhall consist of two 
2 persons, who shall he officers of the Governme t, medical men 
3 oj known ability and special attainment in biological i\search, 
4 particularly in the department of microscopic investigation 
5 and methods of culture of the essential germs causative of the 
6 infectious and contagious diseases. 
1 Sec. 3. Tkat the commission be authorized to employ 
2 such skilled assistants as it may deem necessary, and ta fix 
3 the rate of their compensation: Provided, That the entire 4 expenses of the commission shall he limited to the amount of 
5 the appropriation herein named. 
1 Sec. 4. That the commission shall make, within twelve 
2 months of its appointment, a detailed report of its labors to 
3 the President of the United States, to be submitted by him to 
4 Congress; but, if necessary for the accomplishment of its 
5 work, it may continue its labors two years, making also a final 
6 report: Provided, That that portion of the report covering 
7 the expenses of the commission shall be made under oath. 
1 Sec. 5. That the sum of twenty-five ten thousand dollars, 
2 or so much thereof as may be actually required to pay the 
3 necessary traveling and other expenses, and-the-salary-ef-tbe 
5 frem-eivil4ife7-and its employees, be, and is hereby, appro- 
6 priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- 
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Passed the Senate June 8, 1886. 
Attest: ANSON G. McCOOK, Secretary, 
Bv CFTAS. W. JOHNSON, Chief Clerk, l&ra CONGRESS, 
1st Session. 
June 10, Irish.—Read twice and referred to the Commit- 
tee on Commerce. 
June 22, ldrtd.—Reported with amendments, eommitted 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union, and ordered to he printed. 
Providing for the appointment of a commission 
to investigate the truth of alleged discoveries 
of the specific cause of yellow fever, and of a 
method of preventing that disease by inocu- 
lation, and to obtain all information possible 
as to the cause and prevention of that disease. 
AN ACT 
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