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1240 H.R. 5229 (Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session — F. Roosevelt)

Directing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate, hear, and determine claims of the individual members of the Stockbridge and Munsee Tribes of Indians of the State of Wisconsin.

Vetoed August 13, 1935. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as H.R. Doc. No. 274 (79 Cong. Rec. 12904).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 266.

Veto message on H.R. 5229, a bill directing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate, hear, and determine claims of individual members of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians of the State of Wisconsin. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives without his approval the bill H.R. 5229, “An act directing the Secretary of the Interior to investigate, hear, and determine claims of individual members of the Stockbridge and Munsee Tribe of Indians of the State of Wisconsin.” (1935). House of Representatives. 74th Congress, 1st session. House Document No. 274 (Serial Set 9928). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 79, 12904 (1935).

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