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Woodrow Wilson: The time during which a consul may be unavoidably detained at his post while waiting for a conveyance to the United…

On the recordApril 29, 1914
The time during which a consul may be unavoidably detained at his post while waiting for a conveyance to the United States, after delivering up the office, may be included in his home transit so far as not to exceed in all the maximum time fixed in paragraph 478.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 1926—Relating to Salaries of Consular Officers

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