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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · March 11, 1808 · Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXI. *for procuring an additional number of Arms, and far the purchase of saltpetre and sulphur.* March 11, 1808. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a sum of money not Appropriation.exceeding three hundred tho

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Chap. XXXI.— An Act *for procuring an additional number of Arms, and far the purchase of saltpetre and sulphur.* March 11, 1808. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a sum of money not Appropriation.exceeding three hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of procuring by purchase, or causing to be manufactured within the United States, and under the direction of the President of the United States, an additional number of stands of arms to be deposited in safe and suitable places.
And for the purchase of Appropriation.saltpetre and sulphur, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved, March 11, 1808. Chapter XXXIII: in addition to the act, intituled “An act supplementary to the act, intituled An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors if the United States.” 2 Stat. 473 1808-03-12 Chapter XXXIII Charles C. Little and James Brown 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.
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