Special Message
03/01/1886
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I return without approval House bill No. 2282, entitled 'An act to pension Mrs. Theodora M. Piatt.'
I deem the opinions of these officers abundant justification for my disapproval of the resolution without further statement of objections.
I do not regard the control reserved in the resolution to the Secretary of War over such excavations, fillings, and structures upon the isla...
It is the rule to make only such allowances in any year as can be paid from the appropriation made for that period.