06/21/1886
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"The multiplication of these structures involves not only the appropriations made for their completion, but great expense in their care and preservation thereafter."
"I can discover no just ground for reversing this determination and making a further discrimination in favor of this pensioner."
"Nor should the door be opened to applications of this kind."
"I am of the opinion that the expenditure of public money for such a purpose should depend upon the necessity of such a building for public uses."