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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · June 20, 1878 · Chapter 369

Chapter 369. to authorize Spencer F

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CHAP. 369.— An Act to authorize Spencer F. Baird, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to receive from the King of Sweden a diploma and medal, constituting him a member of the Norwegian Order of Saint Olaf, the same being a literary and scientific organization.June 20, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Spencer F. Baird.May receive present. That Spencer F. Baird, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to receive a diploma and medal, constituting him a member of the Norwegian Order of Saint Olaf, tendered him by the King of Sweden as a testimonial of distinguished scientific service.
Approved, June 20, 1878.
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