GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1887_.
_To the Senate_:
I herewith return without approval Senate bill No. 2452, entitled "An
act granting a pension to Rachel Ann Pierpont."
At the time this bill was introduced and passed an application for
pension on behalf of the beneficiary named was pending in the Pension
Bureau. This application was filed in December, 1879. Within the last
few days, and on the 17th day of February, 1887, a pension was granted
upon said application and a certificate issued at precisely the same
rate which the bill herewith returned authorizes.
But the pension under the general laws dates from the time of filing the
application in 1879, while under a special act it would date only from
the time of its passage.
In the interest of the beneficiary and for her advantage the special
bill is therefore disapproved.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 21, 1887_.
_To the Senate_:
I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 2111, entitled "An
act granting a pension to Jacob Smith."
The beneficiary named in this bill filed his claim for a pension
November 11, 1882. He seems upon the facts presented to be justly
entitled to it, and since this bill has been in my hands the
Commissioner of Pensions has reported to me that a certificate therefor
would at once be issued.
Under such a certificate this disabled soldier's pension will commence
November 11, 1882.
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