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An appropriation bill is like a “through train,” and while its special office is to appropriate money, yet it may carry anything required by the public good.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the flexibility of appropriation bills to include necessary provisions for the public good.
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