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On the recordAugust 13, 1888
The propriety and expediency of this appropriation should be left to legislative discretion.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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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.

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