I forbid: Presidential vetoes and America Indian affairs, 1789-2000

674 H.R. 6122 (Fifty-third Congress, Second Session — Cleveland)

Authorizing the Kansas City, Oklahoma & Pacific Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory.

Pocket veto occurred after the 2nd session of the 53rd Congress had adjourned sine die on August 28, 1894. The bill was presented to the President on August 28, 1894 (August 28, 1894, H. Jour., p. 581; see also H.R. Doc. No. 493, 70th Cong., 2nd sess., p. 34).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 148-149.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. (1894). 53rd Congress, 2nd session, p. 581 (Serial Set 3196). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Report on pocket veto. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a memorandum prepared in the Office of the Attorney General regarding bills presented to the President less than 10 days before the adjournment of Congress and not signed by him. (1928). House of Representatives. 70th Congress, 2nd session. House Document No. 493, p. 34 (Serial Set 9035). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

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