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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 55 STAT. · July 17, 1941 · Public Law 159

Public Law 159.

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*Navy, officers on special duty.* AN ACT Providing for the rank of officers ordered to perform special or unusual duty, and of commanders of special naval units afloat July 17, 1941 598 181 *Thomas Alva Edison Day.* JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the President to proclaim February 11, 1942, as Edison Day, in commemoration of the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison July 17, 1941 598 182
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