Chapter 189. for the relief of D
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CHAP. 189.— An Act for the relief of D. T. Kirby.May 26, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,D. T. Kirby, relief of. That the provisions of law regulating appointments in the Army are hereby suspended for the purpose of this act, and only so far as they affect D. T. Kirby, late a captain and brevet colonel in the United States Array; and the President can, if he so desire, in the exercise of his own discretion and judgment, nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint said D.
T. Kilby to a captaincy in the Army, and that he shall be assigned to the. first vacancy occurring in his grade in the infantry arm of the service: *Provided, however*, That no pay, compensation or allowance shall be given to said D. T. Kirby for the period he was out of the service. Approved, May 26, 1882.