GROVER CLEVELAND.
VETO MESSAGES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 19, 1887_.
_To the Senate_:
I return without approval Senate bill No. 2269, entitled "An act
granting a pension to William Dickens."
The beneficiary named in this bill filed his application for pension in
the Pension Bureau in 1880, and in December, 1886, the same was granted,
taking effect from the 15th day of October, 1864.
If the bill herewith returned should become a law, it would permit the
payment of a pension only from the date of its approval. Thus, if it did
not result in loss to the claimant by superseding the action of the
Pension Bureau, it is plain that it would be a useless enactment.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 27, 1887_.
_To the Senate_:
I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2173, entitled "An act
granting a pension to Benjamin Obekiah."
This bill directs that the beneficiary named therein be placed upon the
pension roll, "subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension
laws."
In July, 1886, the person named in this bill was placed upon the pension
roll at a rate determined upon by the Pension Bureau, pursuant to the
provisions and limitations of the pension laws; and it is entirely
certain that the special act now presented to me would give the claimant
no new rights or additional benefits.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 27, 1887_.
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