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41st Congress · 1869–1871
H.R. 1237
A Bill To create a new land district in the Territory of Washington.
House
Latest action: Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfielde, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To cr… · February 14, 1870 Understand the measure
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Introduced
Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Garfielde, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To create a new land district in the Territory of Washington.
Recorded February 14, 1870, as the clerk wrote it
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