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

726 H.R. 5062 (Fifty-third Congress, Third Session — Cleveland)

To grant the Gainsville, McAlister & St. Louis Railway Company the right to build two branch lines and grant the right-of-way thereof through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

Pocket veto occurred after the 3rd session of the 53rd Congress had adjourned sine die on March 3, 1895. The bill was presented to the President on March 1, 1895 (March 1, 1895, H. Jour., p. 175; see also H.R. Doc. No. 493, 70th Cong., 2nd sess., p. 35).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 158.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. (1895). 53rd Congress, 3rd session, p. 175 (Serial Set 3291). 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. 35 (Serial Set 9035). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

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