    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 36 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
    [Pages 1352-1353]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 7922--Death of William H. Rehnquist

     September 4, 2005

    By the President of the United States

    of America

    A Proclamation

        As a mark of respect for William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the
    United States, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the
    Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including section
    7 of title 4, United States Code, that the flag of the United States
    shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and on all public
    buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on
    all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia
    and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions
    until sunset, Tuesday, September 13, 2005. I also direct that the flag
    shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States
    embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad,
    including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
        In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of
    September, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
    thirtieth.
                                                    George W. Bush

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 8,
    2005]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
    September 9.

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