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

916 H.R. 12080 (Fifty-ninth Congress, First Session — T. Roosevelt)

Granting to the Siletz Power and Manufacturing Co. a right-of-way for water ditch or canal through the Siletz Indian Reservation, in Oregon.

Pocket veto occurred after the 1st session of the 59th Congress had adjourned sine die on June 30, 1906. The bill was presented to the President on June 29, 1906 (June 29, 1906, H. Jour., p. 1288; see also H.R. Doc. No. 493, 70th Cong., 2nd sess., p. 39).

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988. (1992). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 195.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. (1906). 59th Congress, 1st session, p. 1288 (Serial Set 4903). 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. 39 (Serial Set 9035). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

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