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Ben Harrison: “Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1892
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the agreements and statutes hereinbefore mentioned and by other the laws of the United States, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands within that portion of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana ceded to the United States by the said agreement of December 8, 1890, and hereinbefore described, except those hereinafter mentioned and described, are open to settlement under the terms of and subject to all the conditions, limitations, reservations, and restrictions contained in the thirty-fourth section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, and hereinbefore quoted, and other laws applicable thereto.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 338—Opening to Settlement Certain Lands in the State of Montana Ceded by the Crow Tribe of Indians

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