Chapter 123. for the relief of J
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CHAP. 123.— An Act for the relief of J. Scott Payne.March 2, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,J. Scott Payne, payment to. That the services of J. Scott Payne, now a captain in the Fifth Regiment of United States Cavalry, be regarded as continuous, so far as his pay is concerned, from the date of his original commission as second lieutenant of said Fifth Cavalry. That the Paymaster-General in computing the pay of said Captain Payne for longevity pay shall compute the same from the date of his said original commission as secQnd lieutenant of Fifth Cavalry; and that said Captain Payne be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the difference between the amounts he would have received under the computation herein provided for and the amounts he has actually received: *Provided,* That he shall receive no pay for the time he was actually out of the military service of the United States.
Approved, March 2, 1881.