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688 H.R. 8165 (Fifty-third Congress, Third Session — Cleveland)

Granting the Kansas City, Oklahoma & Pacific Railway the right of way to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory.

Vetoed February 23, 1895. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as H.R. Ex. Doc. No. 335 (27 Cong. Rec. 2721).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 151.

Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Pacific Railway Company. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill 8165, entitled "An Act Authorizing the Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Pacific Railway Company to Construct and Operate a Railway through Indian Reservations in the Indian Territory and the Territories of Oklahoma and New Mexico, and for other purposes. (1895). House of Representatives. 53rd Congress, 3rd session. House Executive Document No. 335 (Serial Set 3324). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 27, 2721 (1895).

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