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40 Stat. 385 (Pub. Law 65-68)
AN ACT To prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes. October 6, 1917 385
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40 Stat. 385 (Pub. Law 65-67)
AN ACT To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of abridge across Little River, in Poinsett County, Arkansas, at or near the section line between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township eleven north, range six east. October 6, 1917 385
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40 Stat. 384 (Pub. Law 65-66)
AN ACT Making further provision for the allotment of pay of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, and for other purposes. October 6, 1917 384
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