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On the recordFebruary 27, 1976
I am advised by the Department of Justice that this 'shop-book rule' is clearly in the nature of a procedural rule.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Message to the Chairman of the District of Columbia City Council Disapproving a Shop-Book Rule Bill.

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