Under instructions at that time by the various departments of the Government, a system was established by which these reprehensible practices were absolutely stopped and the system of purchase and sale of appointments was cleaned up and it has been ended.
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No passport shall be granted or issued to or verified for any other persons than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States
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