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.