04/15/1888
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"I have not approved the bill."
"I do hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the act of August 19, 1890, and by section 2 of the act of June 10, 1896, proclaim the 1st day of July, 1897, as the day on which t..."
"The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized."