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 APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS

The Clerk read the Commission:

George W. Bush, president of the united states of america, To all who shall see these Presents, Greeting:

Know Ye; That reposing special trust and conﬁdence in the Wisdom, Uprightness, and Learning of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, I have nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint him Chief Justice of the United States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulﬁll the duties of that Ofﬁce according to the Constitution and Laws of the said United States, and to Have and to Hold the said Ofﬁce, with all the powers, privi leges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, unto Him, the said John G. Roberts, Jr., during his good behavior.

In testimony whereof, I have caused these Letters to be made patent and the seal of the Department of Justice to be hereunto afﬁxed.

Done at the City of Washington, this twenty ninth 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.

[seal] George W. Bush By the President: Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General - Justice Stevens said: I now ask the Deputy Clerk of the Court to escort Judge Roberts to the bench.