Show PLAITS PLATTS LEI LEPROSY ROSY BILL IN DETAIL Following are the essential features of Senator T. T C. C Plaits Plait's bill bill- for lepers The appointment or Ta a leprosy commissIoner commissioner commis commis- commis- commis to reside at New York or San Francisco o and g get t a a. yearly salary lary of The setting aside of a mile Ile square for fora a a. national leper home the site to be chosen by a leprosy board The appropriation of to erect suitable buildings b for the the- habitation of lepers In the United States not includIng Incited Incited- Ing ng Hawaii Porto Rico Porto Rico Cuba or the Philippines The transportation of ot lepers who are unable to car for themselves to the national na- na ional leper home I IThe The injunction of steamship companies com com- panics lanies or individual vessels or railroads to o bring to the United States any leper or to accept any emigrant from any of the countries known to be leprous without without without with with- out a a special certificate te The strict supervision for seven years of emigrants of leprous family though they themselves be free of the disease The Te of any leper who despite despite despite de de- de- de spite all aU precautions manages to enter the United States No discrimination to tobe tobe be he made in behalf of Americans who contract the disease in a foreign coun coun- try I IThe IThe The marine hospital service of the Treasury department to have full fuU charge of the National Leper home hom Senator Platt said tonight I 1 Introduced Introduced Introduced Intro Intro- the measure by request of a constituent constituent constituent con con- who thought the United States should take up the question in a thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough systematic manner and discover If possible means for preventing the spread of leprosy in the United States or any of Its possessions Washington dispatch |