...Jun. 22, 1944, ch. 268, 58 Stat. 284-301). 322.6. PREFERENCE IN APPOINTMENTS TO CIVIL OFFICES. — Persons honorably discharged from the military or...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the capabilities...

...Atty. Gen. 112. Preference in the matter of appointment to civil office accorded by lili, post, to persons honorably discharged from the military or...service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sii-k ness incurred in the line of duty, is not subject to the laws of apportionment. (1910) 28 Op....

...Op. Atty. Gen. 112. Preference in the matter of appointment to civil office accorded by 22, post, to persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disnhlllty resulting from wounds or sick ness incurred In the line of duty, is not subject to the laws...

...military service was passed on March 3, 1865, in the form of a joint resolution of Congress. It provided that: Persons honorably discharged from the military...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil defense, provided they be found to possess the business...

...as it was on March 3rd, 1865, when by joint resolution, the Congress of the United States resolved that: "Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of dLability resulting from wounds or sicknesses incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for...

...Abraham Lincoln, the first veterans preference law was passed. Identified as 13 Stat. 571, it provided that : "Persons honorably discharged from the military...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they be found to possess the business...

...Revised Statutes, which was passed March 3, 1865, and is identified as 13 Stat. 571. This law provided that "Persons honorably discharged from the military...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they be found to possess the business...

...Revised Statutes, which was passed March 3, 1865, and is identified as 13 Stat. 571. This law provided that "Persons honorably discharged from the military...resulting from wounds or sickness Incurred in the line of faty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they be found to possess the business...

...employment. In l865, Congress passed a Joint Resolution designed to meet this situation. It provided: That persons honorably discharged from the military...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, should be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they shall be found to possess che...

...employment . In 1865 , Congress passed a Joint Resolut ion designed to meet this situation. It provided: That persons honorably discharged from the military...service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or s ickness incurred in the line of duty, should be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided...