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Bill Taft: “I concur in these reasons, and I am of the opinion that such works as may be erected for the defense of the canal should…”

On the recordApril 28, 1910
I concur in these reasons, and I am of the opinion that such works as may be erected for the defense of the canal should be completed, occupied, and ready for operation at the time that the canal itself shall be completed and opened to the passage of vessels.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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