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On the recordJanuary 22, 1868
As the act which the resolution mentions has no relevancy to the subject under inquiry, it is presumed that it was the intention of the Senate to refer to the law of the 15th September, 1789, the second section of which prescribes--
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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