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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · March 3, 1864 · Chapter XVIII

Chapter XVIII. *to provide for the Protection of Overland Emigration to the States and Territories of the Pacific.* March 3, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Appropriation for protection of overland emigrants

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Chap. XVIII.— An Act *to provide for the Protection of Overland Emigration to the States and Territories of the Pacific.* March 3, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Appropriation for protection of overland emigrants. That, for the protection of emigrants by the overland route to the states and territories of the Pacific, the sum of forty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be ex-pended under the direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That ten thousand dollars of said appropriation shall be applied to the protection of Routes.emigrants on the route from Fort Abercrombie by Fort Benton, and the further sum of ten thousand dollars of said appropriation shall be applied to the protection of emigrants on the route from Niobrarah, on the Missouri River, by the valley of the Niobrarah and Gallatin, in Idaho.
Approved, March 3, 1864. Chapter XX: to increase the Internal Revenue, and for other Purposes. 13 Stat. 14 1864-03-07 Chapter XX Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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