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978 S. 4862 (Sixty-second Congress, Second Session — Taft)

For the relief of certain persons who supplied labor and materials for the construction of the Corbett Tunnel of the Shoshone irrigation project.

Vetoed July 18, 1912. The veto message was laid before the Senate and printed as S. Doc. No. 878 (48 Cong. Rec. 9230). The Senate overrode the veto on July 31, 1912 by a vote of 42 yeas to 17 nays (48 Cong. Rec. 5938). The House sustained the veto on August 16, 1512 by a vote of 138 yeas to 77 nays (148 Cong. Rec. 11127).

Veto sustained.

(A similar resolution, S.J. Res. 134, became Public Resolution 62-56; 37 Stat. 643).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 209.

Veto message relating to the Corbett Tunnel of the Shoshone irrigation project. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 4862 entitled “An Act for the relief of certain persons having supplied labor and materials for the prosecution of the work of construction the Corbett Tunnel of the Shoshone Irrigation Project,” together with the report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation thereto. (1912). Senate. 62nd Congress, 2nd session. Senate Document No. 878 (Serial Set 6182). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 48, 9230 (1912).

Congressional Record 48, 9938 (1912).

Congressional Record 48, 11127 (1912).

Joint resolution appropriating money for the payment of certain claims on account of labor, supplies, materials, and cash furnished in the construction of the Corbett tunnel, 37 Stat. 643 (1912).

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