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On the recordSeptember 17, 1891
The officers of the United States will be required to enforce this provision.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 311—Opening to Settlement Lands Acquired from the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians, Oklahoma Territory

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