[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 81 (Monday, June 10, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S4040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate a Certificate of 
Appointment to fill the vacancy created by the death of the late 
Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey. 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 New Jersey


                       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 New Jersey, I, Chris Christie, the governor of said 
     State, do hereby appoint Jeffrey S. Chiesa, a Senator from 
     said State to represent said State in the Senate of the 
     United States until the vacancy therein caused by the passing 
     of the Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg is filled by election as 
     provided by law.
       Witness: His excellency our governor, Chris Christie, and 
     our seal hereto affixed at Trenton this 6th day of June, in 
     the year of our Lord 2013.
       By the governor:
     Chris Christie,
       Governor.
     Kimberly M. Guadagno,
       Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

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