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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Cus. 329-331. 1923. 1799 CHAP. 329.-An Act For the relief of Jacob Dietch. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the *`¥"’°‘°·N°·2°‘·l United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Jacob mach. of the Treas1u·y be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ay, ,.,,1;f*"“°““°·d°°“‘ °' out of any mone in the Treasury not otherwise appro riatedlj to Jacob Dietch, ofy Chester, Pennsylvania, the sum of $%39.10 for medical attention and burial expenses of his minor son, Samuel Dietch, who was fatally in°ured when struck b fragments of an overcbarlged shell during a demonstration at the Penne lvania Military Col ego, Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Chemical Vgarfare Service, United States Army, operatin in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Military College on the night of June 13, 1921. Approved, March 4, 1923. CHAP. 330.-An Act For the relief of Estella W. Dougherty. ?§f°€_`§0g§§‘ Private, No. 265. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [ 1 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary mE¤¢¤¤¤ W- Doughof the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ay, giyment ts, for ia. out of an money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; to ’““°“° P°"S°“· Estelle Dougherty, of Chester, Pennsylvania the sum of $700,* for medical attention and for expenses incurred by her incident to being struck and injured by fragments of an overcharged shell during a demonstration at the Pennsylvania Military College Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Chemical arfare Service, United States Army, operating in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Military College on the night of June 13, 1921. Approved, March 4, 1923. · CHAP. 331.—An Act To allow creditsin the accounts of certain disbursing officers ?‘§f°£_#1§g§j of the Ai-my oi the United States. T;$· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- €{,,"§,Y,g,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and °¤¤ °i=’·*>¤¤'»i¤8 directed, in the settlement of the accounts of the following-named ` disbursing officers of the Army of the United States, to allow credit in the sums herein stated now standing as disallowancos in said accounts on the books of the General Accounting oilioe: F irst. Bri dier General Frederick V. Abbot, Corps of En 'neers F*•¤¤¤¤k V- Ahw- (now coloneliretired), credit in the sum of $509, now diszglowed against him, covering expenses for board and lodginglapaid by him in excess of $1 per ay to civilian employees of the ngineer Department, at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, engaged on work done under urgent military necessity, which required immediate action to secure and place in the field the necessary forces to survey a certain territory and prepare maps and plans of same in order to provide sites for encampin and training trooéis. Second. Major (now Colonel) George G. ailey, Quartermaster G¢¤¢s¤ G·B¤¤¤y· Corps, credit in the sum of $137.09, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1909 and 1910. Third. First Lieutenant Joseph H. Barnard, Fifth Cavalry (now ·'°¤¤vl= H- B¤¤¤¤·i· inajor, Quartermaster Corps), credit in the sum of $4,555.06, now disallowed against him, which he expended for sup lies furnished a students’ military camp at Ludington, Michigan, guly, 1914. Fourth. Mgjor John E. Baxter, Quartermaster Corps (now mm E-B¤*°*'- colonel, reti ), credit in the sum of $18.96, now disallowed against