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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 40 STAT. · May 6, 1918 · Chapter 68

Chapter 68.

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CHAP. 68.— Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. May 6, 1918.[[H. J. Res. 284](/us/bill/65/hjres/284).][[Pub. Res., No. 28](/us/bill/65/pubres/28).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Appropriation for House of Representatives. That the following sum is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: house of representatives.
Miscellaneous items, and special and select committees.For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, $40,000. Approved, May 6, 1918.
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