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1485 H.R. 3248 (Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session — F. Roosevelt)

Authorizing a per capita payment of $15 each to the members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation.

Vetoed August 1, 1939. The veto message was laid before the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed as H.R. Doc. No. 459 (84 Cong. Rec. 10720).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 310-311.

Payment to each member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (H.R. 3248) authorizing a payment of $15 to each member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. (1939). House of Representatives. 76th Congress, 1st session. House Document No. 459 (Serial Set 10349). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 84, 10720 (1939).

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