[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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