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 1984 ,.,...,. No back pay. etc. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CUB. 801-804. 1928. organization on November 30, 1902: Provided, That no back pa.y, bounty, pension, or other allowances shall be held as accnred prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, May 26, 1928. May" 1028. (B. R . 4954.) O::HAP. 80l3. -An Act For the relief of Thomas Purdell. (Private, No. 184 .1 Be'i,t tInaCtd by the Senat" fII1ld H0U66 of Representatwe8 of the rll=~l.oor_ United Sbat61 of.Am.eMca in Oongrea« (UJ,emhled., That in the admin- ~d. istration of any laws conferring. rights, privileges, a.nd benefits up<:ln honorably discharged soldiers Thomas Purdell, late of Company D, First a.nd Second Battalions, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry~ shan hereafter be held and considered to have been honor- ably diSchar~ from the military service of the United States as a kp6y,etc. private of saId company on the 7th day of January, 1865: Provided, That no bounty, pension, pay, or allowances shall be held as accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, May 26, 1928. MayZ,I928. (B. R . 68117.) OHAP. 803. -An Act For the relief of Mary McCormick. (Private, No. 1116.1 . Be ft. 61U.ICt«l by the Senate 0Ind H fN88 0' Reptr'!J8entatVves of the rlxarym~:PTarmstroBot (talk)al United State8 of America in Oongr688 (]JJ8em1Jled., That the Secretary pay to, fOr of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to tho IIOD- be paid frOm the a.ppropriation "Pay of the Navy, 1925," to Mary McCormick; mother of Arthur James McCormick, late seaman, first class, UniteCl States Navy, the sum of $856.40, being an amount equal Prori8o to six months' pay at the rate received by said McCormick at the date ~d.nce to be 68- of his death: P'l"CwUea, That the said Mary McCormick establishes tab. that she was actually dependent upon her son, Arthur James McCormick, at the time of the latter's death. Approved, May 26, 1928. May 211, 1928. [H. R .691O.l OHAP. 804. -An Act For the relief of Ralph Ole Wright and Varina Belle [Private, No.m.l Wright. . B~ it eMCted by tM Senak aM H O'UIe of Rep1'e8imJatilve8 01 the W%!Eh A tklDSOD Unit6tl States of .America in Oongre88 fJB8embled, That the Secretary Olf~r¥ae::.\ ~D~ of the Treasury is authorized aDd directed to pay, out of any money blin. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.:. .to Ralph Ole Wrlght and Varina Belle Wright, the parents of .H.alph .Atkinson Wright deceased, who while servins as a seaman, second class, at the Umt;I States Naval Thaining Station, at Great Lakes, Illinols, while in the performance of his duty at the radio station at Great Lakes, Illinois, without any fault of hIS own, on June 15, 1922 met his death from electric shoCk by coming in contact with the high-tension switches on the switchboard in basement of building numbered 63, at the United Inlleuofpenalon. States Naval Training Station,Great Lakes, Illinois, in use as a transmitting and receiving radio station, the sum of $2,500 said sum to be in lieu of pension. Approved, May 26, 1928.

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