On the recordAugust 13, 1888
The propriety and expediency of this appropriation should be left to legislative discretion.
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I do not understand it to be asserted that there exists any legal liability against the Government on account of its relation to these claims.
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 of facts as compelled or at least justified it.
I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.