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On the recordFebruary 15, 1911
By virtue of the power vested in me by the provisions of Article 7 of the Treaty of September 30, 1854 (10 Stat. L. 1109), it is hereby ordered that the provisions of Article 7 of said treaty shall not hereafter apply to nor be of any force or effect throughout the territory ceded by said treaty to the United States except in that portion of said territory described as follows:
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Executive Order 1301—Authorizing Sales of Liquor on Lands Ceded by Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior

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