01/26/1887
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"Customs Rule VIII is hereby amended as follows: In clause (a), line 2, after the word 'by,' insert the word 'any,' and in the same line strike out 'II, clause 5.'"
"Upon the merits of the case I am of the opinion the judgment of the examining board ought not to be reversed."
"The authority attempted by the bill to be given to the President to thus make an appointment to the office of paymaster in the Navy without the interposition of the Senate appears to be inadmissible u..."
"This report relates to what is generally known as the slums of cities."