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

1957 S. 815 (Eighty-first Congress, Second Session — Truman)

To authorize the sale of inherited interests in certain allotted land under the jurisdiction of the Crow Creek Indian Agency, South Dakota. (Lower Brule Reservation).

Vetoed September 1, 1950. The veto message was laid before the Senate, referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and printed as S. Doc. No. 224 (96 Cong. Rec. 14117).

Veto unchallenged.

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 397.

Sale of inherited interests in land under jurisdiction of Crow Creek Indian Agency -- veto message. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Bill (S. 815) entitled “An act to authorize the sale of inherited interests in certain allotted land under the jurisdiction of the Crow Creek Indian Agency, S. Dak.” (1950). Senate. 81st Congress, 2nd session. Senate Document No. 224 (Serial Set 11401). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Congressional Record 96, 14117 (1950).

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