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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 3 STAT. · March 3, 1817 · Chapter XXXIV

Chapter XXXIV. repealing the act, entitled “An act for the safe keeping and accommodation of prisoners of war,” passed July the sixth, one thousand eight hundred and twelve

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Chap. XXXIV.— An Act repealing the act, entitled “An act for the safe keeping and accommodation of prisoners of war,” passed July the sixth, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.March 3, 1817. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That the act, entitled “An act Act of July 6, 1812, ch. 128. The act for the safe keeping of prisoners, &c. repealed. An account to be rendered. for the safe keeping and accommodation of prisoners of war,” passed on the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and the same hereby is, repealed; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to cause an account to be rendered of the fund appropriated by the act hereby repealed, and report the same to Congress at their next session.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
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