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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 39 STAT. · August 9, 1916 · Chapter 308

Chapter 308. To pay Cowden and Cowden, of Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi, for the loss of a horse while being used by the Department of Agriculture

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CHAP. 308.— An Act To pay Cowden and Cowden, of Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi, for the loss of a horse while being used by the Department of Agriculture. August 9, 1916.[[H. R. 1161](/us/bill/64/hr/1161).][[Private, No. 87](/us/pvtl/64/87).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Cowden and Cowden.Payment to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Cowden and Cowden, of Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi, the sum of $135, which amount is hereby appropriated in full payment for a horse that died while in use by employees of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, August 9, 1916.
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