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

955 H.R. 6183 (Sixtieth Congress, Second Session — T. Roosevelt)

Granting to the Siletz Power & Manufacturing Company a right of way for a water ditch or canal through the Siletz Indian Reservation, in Oregon.

Pocket veto occurred after the 2nd session of the 60th Congress had adjourned sine die on March 3, 1909 (H.R. Doc. No. 493, 70th Cong., 2nd sess., p. 40).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 203.

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. 40 (Serial Set 9035). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

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