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Rutherford B. Hayes: “After mature consideration of the bill entitled 'An act regulating the pay and appointment of deputy marshals,' I am…”

On the recordJune 14, 1880
After mature consideration of the bill entitled 'An act regulating the pay and appointment of deputy marshals,' I am constrained to withhold from it my approval, and to return it to the Senate, in which it originated, with my objections to its passage.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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