the proposed legislation would, in my opinion, result in a discrimination in favor of this claimant unfair and unjust toward thousands of poor widows who are equally entitled to our sympathy and benevolence.
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An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to repeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes.'
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