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On the recordFebruary 27, 1910
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make practical and exhaustive investigation of the character, extent, and value of the coal deposits in and under the segregated coal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, in Indian Territory;
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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