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On the recordMarch 3, 1911
by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both Houses of the Congress of the United States
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation—Convening Extra Session of Congress

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