Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 21

Unsold
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BLAIR, MONTGOMERY. Autograph Letter Signed, to Senator Henry Davis, concerning appropriation bills. 1 page, single large 8vo sheet; minor toning, minor staining in top margin. Washington, 25 February 1879

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"The objection that an account has not been audited is not a valid objection to an appropriation. None of the accounts for which a regular appropriation bill provides are audited accounts. The objection is not good against such an account on a deficiency bill. If an account arises under an existing law it ought to be provided for on the appropriation bill . . ."<