And I do hereby enjoin upon the officers of the Army and Navy to assist and sustain the courts and other civil authorities of the United States in a faithful administration of the laws thereof and in the judgments, decrees, mandates, and processes of the courts of the United States;
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Proclamation 166—Warning Against Obstruction of Justice in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina
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