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 2328 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEBS. II. CHS. 321,345,346. 1929. February 35, 1929. [S.1630 .J CHAP. 321. - An Act For the relief of Gilpin Construction Company. lPrivate, No. 407F Be it enacted by the Senate and HO'UIJe ot Representatives of the Gilpin Construction United States of America in Oongress assem1Jled, That the Secretary CTarmstroBot (talk)t to, for of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Gilpin labor, materials, etc. Construction Company, of Astoria, Oregon, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $104,747.79" in full settlement under Navy Department Bureau of Yards and Docks Contract Numbered 4615, dated February 17, 1923 for the furnishing of all labor and materials and the construction of four timber Eiers, one timber bulkheadt two brush bulkheads, a railroad track, ana for the dredging of the channel and turning basin at the Navy submarine and destroyer base at Astoria, Oregon, said sum to include liquidated damages assessed, reservations withheld, and compensation for any and all services, labor, and materials furnished thereunder or extra thereto. Approved, February 25, 1929. February 26, :929. [H. R . 4($.J CHAP. 345.-An Act For the relief of the persons suffering loss on account [Private, No. 408.J of the Lawton, Oklahoma, fire, 1917. Be it enacted by the Senate aou1 Home of Re~esentatives of the 19Ifwton, Okla., tire of United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary p~yment to dealg- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay,
 * ~rg~IlB for losses out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the

sum of $75,000 to the persons whose names appear below, as com- pensation in full for loss of property destroyed by the fire on September 24 1917, in the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, such loss having been the result of the inability of the fire department of the city of Lawton to control said fire because of lack of water, all available water for fire-fighting purposes having been appropriated and being used by the War Department in connection WIth the training of soldiers at Fort Sill and Camp Doniphan: Date Crabtree, $1,132; H. D. Ingraham, $33,682_57; Anna Beaver, $1,800; W. Gar- ven, $1,000; Mrs. C. E. Bear, $7,750; Joe Jacobson, $3,000; Dr. L. C. Knee, $3,000; S. J. Coffey, $1,413.18; C- J. Aurell, $406.75; J. G. Mitchell, $3,077.88; John H. Ledgerwood, $200; E. L. Shanklin and E. L. Kelley, $1,550; Julia N. Burn~ $1,208; Hannah Beaver). $700; Mary E. Wooten, $3,150' Charles .I! ·uson and J .• E. Fuson, lI'3,850; Ada Hammond and 0_ W . Northrup, $2,419.72; Annabel Young, $1,775.35; Lee N. Wallis, $1,000; Mrs. E. C . Swisher, $959; D. D . Prt»i.o. Dean, $317; C. R. Simpson, $2,850.15: Provided, That before any Inveatigationand ad· of said claims are allowed and paid the Comptroller General of the justment of clauIlB. U·dS hII k . .. fhf.dI. mte tates s a rna e an mvestlgatlOn 0 eac 0 sal c alms to determine the extent and amount of such loss and damage, and such daims shall be adjusted in amounts not in excess of the amounts set out herein and upon certificates issued to each said claimant by the said Comptroller General of the United States. Approved, February 26, 1929_ February 26, 1929. [Ii. R. 10191.J CHAP. 346. - An Act For the relief of G. J . Bell. [Pri.ate, :-;'0.- 469T Be it enacted by tlU3 Senate and H O'UIJe of Representatives of th6 G.J. Bell. United States Of America in Oongress assenwled, That in the Benefits of Employ- dmi" hEI. 'C . AfS b ees' Compensation Act a mstratlOn 0 temp oyees ompensatlOn ct 0 eptem er eId~top 743' Vol. 7, 1916, as amended by the Act of February 12, 1927, the Employees' 44, p: 772." Compensation CommIssion is authorized and directed, in connection with any application that may be filed by G. J. Bell, of Camden,

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