Chapter 18. To correct the military record of Alexander P
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CHAP. 18.— An Act To correct the military record of Alexander P. Magaan, of Battery H, Fourth United States Artillery.January 3, 1895 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 18, 22, 30, 31. 1895. 1023 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alexander P. Magaan.Granted honorable discharge. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the military record of Alexander F. Magaan, who enlisted as a private in Battery H, Fourth United States Artillery, on the eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and stands charged with having deserted on the eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to be corrected by removing said charge of desertion and granting an honorable discharge to said soldier, it appearing that he did not desert, but was absent with leave, sick, and was prevented ‘from returning on account of sickness: *Provided*, That no pay, bounty, or emoluments *Proviso*.No pay, etc.shall become due by virtue of the passage of this Act.
Received by the President, December 22, 1894. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]