Volume 4
Public Law 18–XVIII
for arming the militia of the District of Columbia.(a)(a) Act of March 3, 1803, vol. ii. 215.
Approved March 3, 1825
Statutory text
An Act
for arming the militia of the District of Columbia.(a)(a) Act of March 3, 1803, vol. ii. 215.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,
That the act of the twenty-third of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, entitled “An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States,” be, and the same is hereby, declared to extend to the District of Columbia; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to issue arms and military equipments to the militia of said District, under such regulations for the return thereof as he may deem it proper to prescribe.
Approved, .