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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 39 STAT. · April 11, 1916 · Chapter 70

Chapter 70.

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CHAP. 70.— AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to supply tents for temporary use of the sufferers from the recent conflagration in Paris, Texas, and for other purposes. April 11, 1916.[[H. R. 13769](/us/bill/64/hr/13769).][[Public, No. 50](/us/pl/64/50).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War is Paris, Tex. Tents, etc., allowed fire sufferers at.authorized to supply for temporary use, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, a sufficient number of tents to afford shelter for the sufferers from the recent conflagration in Paris, Texas, who are in need of the same, and to furnish such cots, blankets, and supplies as in his judgment are necessary to relieve the destitute persons who may require assistance in said conflagration district.
Approved, April 11, 1916.
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