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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · March 1, 1873 · Chapter CCXVI

Chapter CCXVI. *authorizing the President to appoint Prank M

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CHAP. CCXVI.— An Act *authorizing the President to appoint Prank M. Ashton a second assistant Engineer in the Navy of the United States*. March 1, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Frank M. Ashton to be appointed second assistant engineer in the navy. That the President be, and is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Frank M. Ashton a second assistant engineer in the United States navy, subject to the usual examination. Approved, March 1, 1873.
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