The Burnett Act of 1913 was sponsored by

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John L. Burnett John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Life Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...

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. It authorized $40 million in spending on new government buildings in the District of Columbia and in smaller towns across the nation.

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