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

738 H.R. 6956 (Fifty-third Congress, Third Session — Cleveland)

To grant to railroad companies in the Indian Territory additional powers to secure right-of-way, depot grounds, etc.

Pocket veto occurred after the 3rd session of the 53rd Congress bad 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).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 160.

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.

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