Special Message
01/04/1886
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Economy and the exaction of clear justification for the appropriation of public moneys by the servants of the people are not only virtues, b...
The bond directed to be given by this bill would afford the Government no protection, since it only provides against repayment of the bond i...
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 seco...
The Government has therefore once paid the amount of this bond to the party apparently entitled to it.