09/06/1888
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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 suppose to sustain a claim upon the indemnity bond given when the duplicate was issued in 1864 we should be prepared to show that the second payment on the original bond was made upon such a state o..."
"The Government has therefore once paid the amount of this bond to the party apparently entitled to it."
"The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against repayment of the bond in the future, whereas the payment we should suffer from has ..."