Chapter XVII. *for the temporary Relief of the poor and destitute People in the District of Columbia*
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CHAP. XVII.— An Act *for the temporary Relief of the poor and destitute People in the District of Columbia*. Feb. 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War to relieve temporarily the poor of Washington and Georgetown.Appropriation. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, instructed to make such orders as may be necessary for the temporary relief, in cases of absolute necessity, of the poor of the cities of Washington and Georgetown until otherwise ordered by the President of the United States ; and that the amount thus to be expended shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars; which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, That relief shall be afforded byRelief to be given only upon recommendation of, &c. the Secretary of War under this resolution only upon the recommendation of the Washington Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, or the National Freedmen’s Relief Association, or the Industrial Horae School.
That the Secretary of War may agree with the benevolentSecretary of War may make agreements to furnish necessary supplies; associations aforesaid, or with other persons, to furnish the supplies necessary to carry this act into effect, whenever, in his opinion, the same can be furnished at a cheaper rate than the same can be done otherwise. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of War be, andmay furnish condemned clothing, &c. he is hereby, authorized to furnish, upon the recommendation of the Washington Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, or the National Freedmen’s Relief Association, or the Industrial Home School, condemned clothing and other articles, not suited for army purposes, for distribution by them among the poor and destitute in the District of Columbia, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, and the personsLabor and materials to be provided as far as practicable. charged with the expenditure of the aforesaid appropriation shall, so far as may be practicable, provide labor and materials for labor, so as to promote and improve the condition of the poor.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the use of the buildings in JudiciaryUse of certain buildings in Judiciary Square. Square, occupied as storehouses by the medical department of the army, be granted, until otherwise ordered by the President, to the Women’s Christian Association of Washington, for the purpose of enabling said association to give employment to indigent women. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the parties hereinbefore namedReport to Congress. to whom the distribution of the said fund is intrusted shall make report to Congress on the first Monday in December next of their action, when the sum hereby appropriated shall have been expended.
Approved, February 15, 1870.