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On the recordDecember 22, 1891
To consider the location, arrangement, and operation of electric wires in the District of Columbia,
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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To the Senate of the United States:In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith the bill (S. 2625) entitled \An act to provide for the punishment of offenses on the high seas.\

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I very much regret that it will be-as your people will understand without more particular reference-impossible for me to be present.

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