Chapter 235. For the relief of John N
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CHAP. 235.— An Act For the relief of John N. Quackenbush, late a commander in the United States Navy. February 16, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the provisions of lawJohn N. Quackenaush.May be appointed commander in Navy and retired. regulating appointments in the Navy by promotion in the line, and limiting the number of commanders to be appointed in the United States naval service, are hereby suspended for the purpose of this Act only, and only so far as they affect John N.
Quackenbush; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in the exercise of his discretion and judgment, to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint said John N. Quackenbush, late a commander in the Navy of the United States, to the same grade and rank of commander in the United States Navy as of the date of August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and to place him on the retired list of the Navy, as of the date of June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five: *Provided,* That he shall receive no pay or emoluments*Proviso.*Pay, etc. except from the date of such reappointment.
Received by the President, February 4, 1897. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, 804 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 214–247. 1897. 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.]