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

844 H.R. 4001 (Fifty-sixth Congress, First Session — McKinley)

Authorizing the adjustment of rights of settlers on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Territory of Arizona.

Vetoed May 3, 1900. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as H.R. Doc. No. 657 (33 Cong. Rec. 5132).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 181.

Settlers on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, H.R. 4001, entitled “An Act Authorizing the Adjustment of Rights of Settlers on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Territory of Arizona.” (1900). House of Representatives. 56th Congress, 1st session. House Document No. 657 (Serial Set 3997). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 33, 5132 (1900).

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