Special Message
08/01/1886
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I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.
I do not understand it to be asserted that there exists any legal liability against the Government on account of its rel...
The shocking features of the situation had been mitigated.
It is quite plain that in fairness and justice no appropriation should be made in favor of the claimant.