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On the recordAugust 1, 1905
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act of Congress, and for the purpose of modifying the provision of said proclamation above quoted, do hereby declare and direct that said provision be modified to read as follows:
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 588—Modification of Opening of the Uinta Indian Reservation Lands, Utah

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