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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 4 STAT. · March 3, 1803 · Chapter XVIII

Chapter XVIII. *for arming the militia of the District of Columbia.*(*a*)(*a*) Act of March 3, 1803, vol. ii. 215

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Chap. XVIII.— An Act *for arming the militia of the District of Columbia.*(*a*)(*a*) Act of March 3, 1803, vol. ii. 215. March 3, 1825. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Act of April 23, 1808, ch. 55, making provision for arming the militia, extended to the District of Columbia. That the act of the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, entitled “An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States,” be, and the same is hereby, declared to extend to the District of Columbia; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to issue arms and military equipments to the militia of said District, under such regulations for the return thereof as he may deem it proper to prescribe.
Approved, March 3, 1825.
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