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Revised Statutes of the United States
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Revised Statutes of the United States

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The Revised Statutes of the United States (1878) was a codification of U.S. statutes prepared by George Sewall Boutwell. Boutwell, a leading Radical Republican during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, was appointed to this task by President Rutherford B. Hayes. This work is distinct from statutes set forth in full in chronological order, such as the statutes at large. Boutwell also served as the first federal commissioner of internal revenue, a U.S. Representative, Secretary of the Treasury, and a U.S. Senator.12

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