Chapter 288. For the relief of Frank W
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CHAP. 288.— An Act For the relief of Frank W. Hutchins. March 4, 1911.[[S. 9270](/us/bill/61/s/9270).][[Private, No. 256](/us/pvtl/61/256).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of theFrank W. Hutchins.Payment to, as administrator of Edgar Emerson. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Frank W. Hutchins, of Vinalhaverf, Maine, administrator of the goods and estate which were of Edgar Emerson, deceased, late of Penobscot, in the county of Hancock, State of Maine, for the benefit of Margaret Ann Hutchins, of said Penobscot, his surviving mother, he having left no widow or children, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand eighty dollars, said sum being in full for all claims against the United States on account of the death of said Edgar Emerson, he having been killed by the United States troops at Fort Barrancas, Florida, through the negligence and carelessness of said troops, and without any negligence or carelessness on his part contributing thereto, while said troops were engaged in target practice, he being at the time employed on a fishing vessel.
Approved, March 4, 1911.