Woodrow Wilson actually said...

by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress do hereby prescribe, proclaim and make known that the agricultural entries heretofore allowed for said coal lands classified and appraised as aforesaid, may be perfected by the respective entrymen, subject to the provisions of the said act of February 27, 1917.

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Proclamation 1361—Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana

03/20/1917

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