Excerpt from Opinions of Hon. John M. Read, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in Favor of the Constitutionality of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1863, "for Enrolling and Calling Out the National Forces, and for Other Purposes": Delivered at Pittsburg, on Monday, November 9, 1863, and at Philadelphia, on Saturday, January 16, 1864

It is proper to add, what does not appear on the record, and was not known to the Court, that in the case of William Francis Nickels, he paid his commutation money, $300, to the Collector of the Internal Revenue, and was exempted by the Board, and Opposite his name was written, commuted.

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