Chapter 89. To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of George W
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CHAP. 89.— An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of George W. Taylor. January 25, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * George W. Taylor.Granted honorable discharge. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion standing against George W. Taylor, late of Company F, One hundred and third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on the records of the War Department, and to issue to said George W.
Taylor a certificate of honorable discharge as of date May first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Received by the President, January 13, 1897. [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.]