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

1879 S.499 (Eightieth Congress, Second Session — Truman)

Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Mrs. Bessie Two Elk-Poor Bear.

Vetoed February 28, 1948. The veto message was laid before the Senate, referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and printed as S. Doc. No. 123 (94 Cong. Rec. 1921).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 383.

Patent in fee to Mrs. Bessie Two Elk-Poor Bear — veto message. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (S. 499) entitled “An Act Authorizing the Issuance of a Patent in Fee to Mrs. Bessie Two Elk-Poor Bear.” (1948). Senate. 80th Congress, 2nd session. Senate Document No. 123 (Serial Set 11221). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 94, 1921 (1948).

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