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“CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S9230 on Sept. 10, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate a certificate of appointment to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former Senator Mel Martinez of Florida. The certificate, the Chair is advised, is in the form suggested by the Senate. If there is no objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived, and it will be printed in full in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
State of Florida
Office of the Governor
Certificate of Appointment
To the President of the Senate of the United States:
This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the State of Florida, I, Charlie Crist, the Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby appoint George S. LeMieux, a Senator from Florida to represent the State of Florida in the Senate of the United States until the vacancy therein caused by the resignation of Mel Martinez, is filled by election as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed at Tallahassee, this 9th day of September, 2009Charlie Crist
Governor.Kurt S. Browning,
Secretary of State.
[State Seal Affixed]
FILED2009 SEP 9 AM 10:25DEPARTMENT OF STATETALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
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