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Rutherford B. Hayes: “The necessity for these appropriations is so urgent and they have been already so long delayed that if the bill before…”

On the recordMay 3, 1880
The necessity for these appropriations is so urgent and they have been already so long delayed that if the bill before me contained no permanent or general legislation unconnected with these appropriations it would receive my prompt approval.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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