Farrar. whose splendid address at Mobile some years ago on this XI294 very -question has been of great value -to me. the conclusion of which I quote: The Congress. under the power to regulate commerte. can pass laws preventing the imTigration of paupers. convicts. idiots. and insane persons. It is its duty to exercise all of its powers beneficially. But it can not put its stamp on any such immigrant and say that no State. under its police power. shall prevent his landing and determine for itself whether he is a pauper. a convict. an idiot. or an insane person. Under the same power the Congress may legislate to prevent the vehicles and objects of commerce from being the vehicles of pestilence. and may establish Federal quarantine stations for infected persons and ships. just as it establishes marine hospitals for sick and injured mariners. But It can issue no bill of health to ship. passenger. crew. or cargo that will pass them through a state quarantine.
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