Chapter 17.
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CHAP. 17.— Joint Resolution For the relief of sufferers in Colorado from the flood due to the overflow of the Arkansas River and its tributaries. June 8, 1921.[[H. J. Res. 148](/us/bill/67/hjres/148).][[Pub. Res, No. 5](/us/bill/67/pubres/5).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarArkansas River floods in Colorado.Army supplies to be furnished sufferers from.*Post*, p. 456. is hereby authorized and directed to take such temporary sanitary measures as he may deem necessary and to furnish subsistence and quartermaster supplies belonging to the Military Establishment and available, and issue the same to such destitute persons in Colorado as 20have been rendered homeless or are in needy circumstances as the result of the recent flood due to the overflow of the Arkansas River and its tributaries, and in executing this joint resolution, the Secretary of War is directed so far as possible to cooperate with the authorities of the State of Colorado, and the mayors of such cities on the Arkansas River or its tributaries as may have sustained damages.
Approved, June 8, 1921.