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On the recordNovember 13, 1909
In our country, in this Government and under our Constitution there is no union of Church and State, but rather a declared separation of them.
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Robert Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks at the Golden Jubilee Dedication of St. Aloysius Church

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There may be a change of persons, but the government of the United States is in the people of the United States and there are a good many of the people of the United States in Chicago.

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Oct 22, 1911

Executive Order of June 14, 1879, temporarily withdrawing from sale and settlement for Indian uses all of townships 1 and 2 north, ranges 5 and 6 east, in Arizona, lying south of the Salt River, is hereby amended so as to withdraw permanently from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition all that part of section 35 in township 2 north, range 5 east, of the Gila and Salt River meridian, lying south of the Salt River, for use of the Pima and Maricopa Indians and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon, subject to any existing valid rights of any persons thereto.

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it is hereby ordered that on and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., proclaimed March 2, 1909, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation included in the said Sitgreaves National Forest by the said proclamation of March 2, 1909.

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