Chapter 599.
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CHAP. 599.— An act For the relief of Fitz-John Porter.July 1, 1886. Preamble. Whereas, the board of Army officers convened by the President of the United States by special orders numbered seventy-eight, headquarters of the Army, April twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to examine into and report upon tin* case of Fitz John Porter, late a major-general of the United States volunteers and a brevet brigadier-general and colonel of the Army, having by their report of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, stated that, in their opinion, “justice required at his (the Presidents hands) such action as may be necessary to annul and set aside the findings and sentence of the court-martial in the case of Major-General Fitz John Porter, and to restore him to the positions of which the sentence deprived him, such restoration to take effect from the date of dismissal from the service;” and Whereas the President, on the fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, remitted so much of the sentence of said court-martial 108 remaining unexecuted as “forever disqualified the said Fitz-John Porter from holding any office of trust or profit under the Government of the-United States:
” Therefore, that justice may be done the said Fitz-John Porter, and to carry into effect the recommendations of said board, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fitz-John Porter. President authorized to appoint, a colonel in the Army. That, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and' consent of the Senate, to appoint Fitz-John Porter, late a major-general of the United States volunteers and a brevet brigadier-general and colonel of the Army, to the position of colonel in the Army of the United States, of the same grade and rank held by him at the time of his dismissal from the Army by sentence of court-martial promulgated January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and, in his discretion, to place him on the retired-list of the Army as of that grade, the retired-list being hereby increased in number to that extent; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are suspended for this purpose only:*Proviso*.
No pay, etc., prior to appointment. *Provided*, That said Fitz-John Porter shall receive no pay, compensation, or allowance whatsoever prior to his appointment under this act. Approved, July 1, 1886.