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On the recordSeptember 8, 1910
The Secretary of the Interior, and the Superintendent of the sale as emergencies arise, may make and prescribe such rules and regulations not in conflict herewith as the proper conducting of the sale may require.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation 1084—Crow Indian Reservation

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