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...question--not directly presented in the Okanogan case--is the matter of adjournment for longer than ten days during the continuance of a session, as, e.g., over the Christmas holidays. The "pocket veto" is conditioned on this: that Congress by their action prevent etc. Unless we are to accuse Gouvernor Morris of careless draughting, we can scarcely construe this to denote only that last adjournment which is not pursuant to the will of Congress, but in obedience to the Constitution which limits the life of a Congress to two years...
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