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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · March 27, 1871 · Chapter VI

Chapter VI. authorizing the President to nominate R

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CHAP. VI.— An Act authorizing the President to nominate R. H. Lamson a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.March 27, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatR. H. Lamson to be nominated a lieutenant in the navy. the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized to nominate K. II. Lamson a lieutenant in the United States navy. Approved, March 27, 1871.
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