I return without approval House bill No. 823, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Hannah C. De Wilt.'
I am convinced such action was entirely justified.
I return without approval House bill No. 4633, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Morris T. Mantor.'
The second enactment is of course entirely useless, and was evidently passed by mistake.
It must be conceded that upon the claimant's own showing he was not injured as an incident to military service.
His claim to a pension lacks merit.
The evidence thus secured seemed to establish the fact that the claimant's eyes were sore for many years before enlistme...
I transmit a report from that officer, together with the correspondence called for by the resolution.
I am thoroughly convinced that the interests of the public would be better protected if fewer private bills were passed ...
The temptation is very strong to yield assent to the proposition for the relief of a citizen from liability to the Gover...
The negligence made apparent in this case should be overlooked.
I believe that in proper cases a relaxation of rules and a charitable liberality should be shown to parents old and in a...
it is thus far our settled and avowed policy to grant pensions only to widows whose husbands have died from causes relat...
there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed the vessels of any foreign co...
I am constrained to disapprove the bill under consideration.
I am entirely satisfied that this determination was correct.
the proposed legislation would, in my opinion, result in a discrimination in favor of this claimant unfair and unjust to...
The claimant certainly was not dependent in the least degree upon the soldier at the time of his death.
