Chapter 154. For the relief of citizens of the island of Jamaica
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CHAP. 154.— An Act For the relief of citizens of the island of Jamaica. January 18, 1907. [[H. R. 24478](/us/bill/59/hr/24478).] [[Public, No. 19](/us/pl/59/19).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Jamaica earthquake.Distribution of naval stores among sufferers authorized. That the President of the United States is authorized to use and distribute among the suffering and destitute people of the island of Jamaica, such provisions, clothing, medicines, and other necessary articles belonging to the subsistence and other stores of the naval establishment as may be necessary for the purpose of succoring the people who are in peril and threatened with starvation on said island in consequence of the recent earthquake and attending conflagration.
Approved, January 18, 1907.