I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.A. BENTLEY, _Commissioner_.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _July 20, 1876_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I have the honor to return herewith without my approval House bill No.
2684, entitled "An act to amend sections 3946, 3951, and 3954 of the
Revised Statutes."
It is the judgment of the Postmaster-General, whose report accompanies
this message, that if this bill should become a law in its present form
it would fail to give effect to its provisions. The remedial suggestions
in his report are respectfully recommended to your attention,
U.S. GRANT.
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, _Washington, D.C., July 19, 1876_.
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
_Washington, D.C._
SIR: I have the honor to return herewith House bill No. 2684, "to amend
sections 3946, 3951, and 3954 of the Revised Statutes," with the
following objections thereto:
The sections of the Revised Statutes which this bill proposes to amend
were substantially repealed by the twelfth section of the act entitled
"An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office
Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and for other
purposes," approved June 23, 1874.
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