Special Message
07/25/1888
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I do not understand it to be asserted that there exists any legal liability against the Government on account of its relation to these claim...
There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.
I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.
I herewith return without approval House bill No. 4526, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Jonathan Scott.'