William Taft actually said...

By virtue of the power vested in me by the provisions of Article 7 of the Treaty of October 2, 1863, it is hereby ordered that the provisions of said Article 7 of said treaty shall not hereafter apply to or be of any force or effect throughout the territory ceded to the United States by said treaty, except in that portion lying east of the 6th Guide Meridian.

02/15/1911

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