Special Message
07/17/1888
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I return without approval House bill No. 2282, entitled 'An act to pension Mrs. Theodora M. Piatt.'
It is conceded that he committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol.
I deem the opinions of these officers abundant justification for my disapproval of the resolution without further statement of objections.
It is the rule to make only such allowances in any year as can be paid from the appropriation made for that period.