Chapter 128. To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy
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CHAP. 128.— An Act To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy.February 25, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Navy.Articles amended.[R. S., sec. 1624, p. 284, amended](/us/rs/s1624/p284). That the Articles for the Government of the Navy be, and the same are hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: " “Article 61. No person shall be tried by court-martial or otherwiseTrials to be within two years of committing offense. punished for any offense, except as provided in the following article, which appears to have been committed more than two years before, the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless by reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest, impediment be shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
“Article 62. No person shall be tried by court-martial or otherwiseTrials for desertion in time of peace. punished for desertion in time of peace committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States, or by reason of some other manifest impediment shall not have been amenable to justice within that period, in which case the time of his absence shall be excluded in computing the period of the limitation: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Beginning of time limit.That said limitation shall not begin until the end of the term for which said person was enlisted in the service.
” " Approved, February 25, 1895. Chapter 129: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River in the county of Dakota, in the State of Nebraska, and in the city of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa. Chapter 129 28 Stat. 681 1895-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 129. 1895.681
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