STATE OF NEBRASKA.
To all whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that I, John M. Thayer, governor of the State of Nebraska, reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, patriotism, and ability of the Hon. William F. Cody, on behalf and in the name of the State do hereby appoint and commission him as aide-de-camp of my staff, with the rank of colonel, and do authorize and empower him to discharge the duties of said office according to law.
In testimony I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State.
Done at Lincoln this 8th day of March, A. D. 1887.
GRAND SEAL OF THE
STATE OF NEBRASKA,
MARCH 1, 1887.
John M. Thayer.
By the Governor:
G. L. Laur,
Secretary of State.