Veto Message
05/18/1896
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I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1299, entitled 'An act to pension Harriet Woodbury, of Windsor, Vt.'
I am unable to discover any principle which justifies her restoration to that relationship upon the death of her second ...
Her pensionable relation to the Government terminated with her remarriage.
Such vacancy may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be filled by appointment without examination and certificat...