U.S. GRANT.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, _Washington, February 11, 1875_.
The PRESIDENT.
SIR: I have the honor to return herewith House bill No. 2352, "granting
a pension to Lewis Hinely."
I am informed by the Commissioner of Pensions that the act does not
designate the person for whose benefit it was passed. His true name, as
verified by his own signature to papers on file in the Pension Office,
is Louis Heinlig, and as there were several soldiers in the company and
regiment named in the act whose names are similar to that specified
therein, a correction appears to be necessary in order that the
beneficiary of the act may be properly identified should the bill
become a law.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. DELANO, _Secretary_.
WASHINGTON, _March 3, 1875_.
_To the House of Representatives_:[92]
House bill No. 3341[93] is herewith returned without my approval, for
the reasons, first, that it appropriates from the Treasury a large sum
of money at a time when the revenue is insufficient for current wants
and this proposed further drain on the Treasury. The issue of bonds,
authorized by the bill to a very large and indefinite amount, would
seriously embarrass the refunding operations now progressing, whereby
the interest of the bonded debt of the United States is being largely
reduced.
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