mar 4, 1897 - Pocket vetoes HR 10290, an appropriations bill passed on March 2, 1897 "for sundry civil expenses of the Government." The bill included a Senate amendment offered by Wyoming Senator Clarence Clark to restore the reserves created on 02/22/1897 "to the public domain subject to settlement, occupancy and entry." The veto effectively left the government with a "deficiency" that would need to be addressed immediately in the next Congress and preserved presidential power to create reserves
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