Special Message
01/07/1897
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I suppose no one would suggest the renewal of such pension during the lifetime of her second husband.
I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 9, 1896.
I hereby return without my approval House bill No. 8293.