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

129 H.R. 2264 (Forty-second Congress, Third Session — Grant)

To authorize the Cattaraugus and Allegany Indians in New York to lease lands and confirm leases.

Pocket veto occurred after the 3rd session of the 42nd Congress had adjourned sine die on March 3, 1873. The bill was presented to the President on February 26, 1873 (February 26, 1873, H. Jour., p. 493; see also H.R. Doc. No. 493, 70th Cong., 2nd sess., p. 20).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 46.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. (1873). 42nd Congress, 3rd session, p. 493 (Serial Set 1551). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Report on pocket veto. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a memorandum prepared in the Office of the Attorney General regarding bills presented to the President less than 10 days before the adjournment of Congress and not signed by him. (1928). House of Representatives. 70th Congress, 2nd session. House Document No. 493, p. 20 (Serial Set 9035). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

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