Sponsor: SLOCUM, Henry Warner (D-NY)
Description: TO AGREE TO REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON H.R. 1015, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE RELIEF OF FITZ-JOHN PORTER, AND THAT THE HOUSE CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING PRESIDENT TO APPOINT FITZ-JOHN PORTER TO SAME GRADE AND RANK OF COLONEL HELD BY HIM WHEN COURT-MARTIALED FROM ARMY JANUARY 27, 1863, AND TO RETIRE HIM WITH COMPENSATION TO BE PAID FROM PASSAGE OF THIS ACT. (P. 5251-2)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 15-5, p. 5251; House Journal vol. 48-1, p. 146;