Chapter 267.
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CHAP. 267.— Joint Resolution Appropriating $540,000 for the relief of flood sufferers in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and for other purposes. August 3, 1916[[S. J. Res. 160](href=/us/bill/64/sjres/160)][[Pub. Res., No. 28](/us/bill/64/pubres/28)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Floods in Southern States.Appropriation for relief of sufferers by.*Post*, p. 534.
That the sum of $540,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of persons suffering and in destitu-435tion by reason of recent floods in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, and Mississippi; and the Secretary of War under such regulations as he may prescribe is authorized to expend so much of the aforesaid sum as he may deem necessary in supplying such seeds as may be suitable to produce quick growing crops to provide food for the population and animals of the flood areas; and to supply the destitute with some form of employment at a moderate rate of pay, said employment to be under the supervision of Army officers and in cooperation with local officials; and the Secretary of War is also authorized to furnish such suppliesIssue of Army supplies. of the Quartermaster and Medical Departments as he may deem proper, to those who are destitute and unable to work, but for a period not exceeding ninety days from the passage of this resolution.
Approved, August 3, 1916.