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4 U.S.C. § 73

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Same; removal from seat of Government
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Title
4 — Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter
CH3
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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In case of the prevalence of a contagious or epidemic disease at the seat of government, the President may permit and direct the removal of any or all the public offices to such other place or places as he shall deem most safe and convenient for conducting the public business. (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)

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