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.