C.. of Milwaukee. Wisconsin. and is the latest proposed legislation that the writer has been able to obtain. It is proposed to examine the provisions of this bill. which has for its object the amelioration of the conditions surrounding the emigrant during his passage over the ocean. from a sanitary position. leaving those points involving the jurisprudence mnd commer. cial intecA:sts afinetnd bythe carriage of living human freight fothe consideration of the merchant and the lecislator. This act proposed will ofcourse repeal the act of 1855. and. as stated in tis outset. marks the progress in nautical sanitation. and. in consequence. is an index of the general sanitary advance of the country. Apart from the dangers to public health that may occur from the introduction of contagious or infeetious diseases into the United States by the avenue of immigration. it is a matter of serious interest to the prosperity of the country that the health and lives of emigrants should be protected during their transportation by sea. The magnitude of the interests involved may hero be presented : thus. there arrived at the port of New York during the last ton years (from 1871 to 1879 inclusive) 1.61.126 emigrants. with 2.518 deaths. with a mean seavoyage of thirteen and onehalf days. This bill has been very carefully drawn. and is approved by the officials most conversant with the needs and requirements of the ease. at the port which has offered the best opportunities for ascertaining them. namely. at New York. The first section changes the method of determining the amount of space to be allowed to each passenger from superficial to cubic measurement. in order to conorm to the universal method of admeasurement of vessels for their tonnage.
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