4 USC § 73 - Same; removal from seat of Government
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identifier: "/us/usc/t4/s73"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "4 USC § 73 - Same; removal from seat of Government"
title_number: 4
title_name: "FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES"
section_number: "73"
section_name: "Same; removal from seat of Government"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-03-03"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)"
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# § 73. Same; removal from seat of Government
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.
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**Source Credit**: (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)