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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · May 21, 1872 · Chapter CLXXXI

Chapter CLXXXI. *to authorize the Issue of a Supply of Arms to the Authorities of the Territory of Montana.*May 21, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rifled muskets and cartridges for tire governor of Montana to distribute for def

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CHAP. CLXXXI.— An Act *to authorize the Issue of a Supply of Arms to the Authorities of the Territory of Montana.*May 21, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rifled muskets and cartridges for tire governor of Montana to distribute for defence against Indians;That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, instructed, without delay, to cause one thousand effective breech-loading rifled muskets and two hundred thousand cartridges to be forwarded to and placed at the disposal of the governor of the Territory of Montana, delivered at Virginia city, in said Territory, for distribution among the settlers of the Gallatin valley and other exposed localities in said Territory, for home defence against Indian raids; and the governor to be returned, when, &c.of said Territory, in making said distribution, shall take from the parties to whom they may be distributed good and sufficient security for the return of said arms to the United States after the necessity for their use has ceased.
Approved, May 21, 1872. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 182-186. 1872.139
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