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40 Stat. 429 (Pub. Law 65-92)
AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes. December 15, 1917 429
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40 Stat. 429 (Pub. Res 65-17)
JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government and the Government and the people of the United States, and making provision to prosecute the same. December 7, 1917 429
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