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On the recordAugust 13, 1914
The quarantine officer, after his inspection of the vessel and its documents, shall decide whether said vessel, or its personnel or passengers, or any article aboard said vessel is liable to convey any of the following diseases: plague, yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, typhus fever or leprosy.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 2020—To Amend the Executive Order of April 15, 1913, Entitled: Executive Order to Provide Maritime...

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