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On the recordJanuary 15, 2013
``If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.''
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Thomas A. Garrett
Virginia
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Jan 15, 2013

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