882.51/919
The Chargé in Liberia (Bundy) to the Acting Secretary of
State
Monrovia, January 23,
1919.
[Received March
12.]
No. 291
Sir: I have the honor in confirmation of
the Legation’s cable of Jan. 22, 1 [7], p.m.,
1919,8 to
transmit herewith a certified copy of
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the law authorizing and empowering the
President of Liberia to accept the proffered loan credit of
$5,000,000.00 from the Government of the United States, etc. The
text of this law as passed by the Legislature and approved by the
President is exactly the same as the text received by the Legation
in Department’s cable of Jan. 16, 5, p.m.8
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
Resolution of January 22, 1919, Authorizing
the President of Liberia to Accept a Loan from the
Government of the United States
It is resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Republic of Liberia in Legislature assembled:
Section 1. That the President of
Liberia, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to accept
the proffered Loan Credit of Five Million Dollars $5,000,000.00
from the Government of the United States, and to enter into such
Agreements and appoint such additional American Assistants as
may be necessary to make the Credit effective and carry the
Financial Program into operation for the rehabilitation and
development of Liberia.
Any law or parts of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved January 22nd. 1919.
D. E.
Howard
President of
Liberia
