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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 62 STAT. · June 17, 1948 · Public Law 243

Public Law 243.

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*Secretary of the Navy, discretionary powers.* AN ACT To amend certain provisions of law relating to the naval service so as to authorize the delegation to the Secretary of the Navy of certain discretionary powers vested in the President of the United States June 17, 1948 476 669
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