United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/3rd Session/Resolution 2
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Feb. 18, 1843.
No. 2. Joint Resolution to establish agencies for water-rotted hemp.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Agencies to be established in Kentucky and Missouri.
Proviso. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish an agency in the State of Kentucky, and an agency in the State of Missouri, for the inspection, test, and purchase of water-rotted hemp for the use of the American navy: Provided, That domestic hemp shall not cost more than foreign hemp of the same quality in the seaport towns of the United States.
Approved, February 18, 1843.