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title: "10 U.S.C. § 1523"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 1523 - Posthumous commissions and warrants: effect on pay and allowances

## Text

No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or allowance because of a posthumous commission or warrant.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 116.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 152310:491d.34:285f.July 28, 1942, ch. 528, § 6, 56 Stat. 723; July 17, 1953, ch. 220, § 1(e) (1st 7 words), 67 Stat. 177. The word “receive” is omitted as surplusage. The words “because of a posthumous commission or warrant” are substituted for the words “by virtue of any provision of sections 491a–491d [285b–285d] and 612 [285e] of this title”, in 10:491d and 34:285f.