746 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 220-221. 1893. Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill: _ _ Resolved, That the biH do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: ANsoN G. McCoox Secretary. Mu-ch 3, 1893. CHAP. 221.-An act establisting a standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and jj steel. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,b?;}”‘Q§§° $’,§°i,§§ States of America in Congress assernbled,_ That for the purpose of ¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤L ¤¤¢¤b¤¤¤·¤r securing umformity the following IS established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the United States of America, namely:
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