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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 21 STAT. · Feb. 15, 1881 · Chapter 46

Chapter 46. for the relief of Somerville Nicholson

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CHAP. 46.— An Act for the relief of Somerville Nicholson.Feb. 15, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Somerville Nicholson. That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to restore Somerville Nicholson, now a captain on the retired list of the Navy, to the active list, to take rank next after Clark II. Welles: *Provided*, That*Proviso.* no claim for arrearages of pay shall accrue to said Nicholson by reason of restoration under the provisions of this act. Approved, February 15, 1881.
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