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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs.655-658. 1929. 2369 OHAP. 61515.-An Act For the relief of Jack Mattson. ~:'-C~.2. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of the [private-;-NO:-528:j"" U'Tdted States of America i~ Oongress assem~led, That .the Secretary ~aa:r:;;,nior per_ of the Treasury be, and he 18 hereby, authorIzed and dIrected to pay IIOnal inJuries. to Jack Mattson, of Astoria, Oregon, out of any money in the Treas- ury of the United States not otherwise appropriated the sum of $5,500, in full compensation for injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the United States Engineers in the construction of jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon. Approved, March 2, 1929. OHAP. 6156.- An Act For the relief of Helen Gray. ~:-C~.2sl9~· [Private, No. 529.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H O'U8e of RepresentcUives 01 the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secre- ~elen Gray. f ' tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed Juri:i ent to, or lll- to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, to Helen Gray, of San Diego, California, the sum of $3,851.50 in full settlement of all claims against the Government and as compensation for damage to property and personal injuries to her reSUlting from her being struck and knocked down by a. United States Government truck, then and there, on the 24th day of September, driven by Paul Perry, an enlisted man in the United States Marine Corps, and operated in the service of the United States Marine Corps. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2, 1929. CHAP. 6157.- An Act To compensate Eugenia Edwards, of Saluda, South --;"'n::(~H,:,:'~R::.,;'9:;::396:.:c ' " ,, ];;-; - - Carolina, for allowances due and unpaid during the World War. [Private, No. 530 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives 01 the United States of America in Oongress assembled That the Secre- Eugenia Edwards. • ~. Payment to, of son's tary of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorIzed and dIrected allotment due during to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not World War. oiherwise appropriated, to Eugenia Edwards, of Saluda, South Carolina, the sum of $110, in full compensation for allowances due her by reason of an allotment made by her son, Joseph Kirksey Edwards, while a soldier in the United States Army during the World War from April 2, 1918, to February 28, 1919, inclusive. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2, 1929. CHAP. 6158.- An Act To reimburse or compensate Captain John W. Elkins, (B. R . 10912.] junior, for part of salary retained by War Department and money turned over (Private, No. 531.) to same by him. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America i,,!, Oongress assem.bled, That the Secretary Elirgst,ji~nl.1r~";rm-:'· of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authOrized and directed to pay Paymentto,forwith. f . thT fhU'dS h' 'heldsalary. out 0 any money In e reasury 0 t e mte tates not ot erwise appropriated, to John W.Elkins, junior, former recreation officer at Fort Benning, Georgia, but now a captain in the United States Army at Davidson, North Carolina, the sum of $940, the same being in full compensation of the amount remaining due on his salary because of the stoppage of pay arising out of a shortage found in the motion- picture fund at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1924, due to embezzlement by a subordinate officer. Approved, March 2, 1929.

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