Special Message
12/10/1894
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It is hardly possible that the bill now before me is intended to authorize an additional bridge between the two towns named.
My approval of the bill is withheld for this reason and in order to prevent an unnecessary and confusing multiplicity of laws.
I conclude, therefore, that Congress in passing this bill acted in ignorance of the fact that a law providing for its objects and purposes w...
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