Chapter 173. For the relief of Maria McMurdie
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CHAP. 173.— An Act For the relief of Maria McMurdie.March 4, 1913.[[H. R. 1567](/us/bill/62/hr/1567).][[Private, No. 173](/us/pvtl/62/173).] Whereas on August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. John McMurdie, an employee of the custom house at Chicago, Illinois, while in the discharge of his duties, was instantly killedPreamble. by the sudden moving of an elevator cable while the deceased was in the act of stepping over same: Therefore *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Maria McMurdie.Payment to, for death of husband.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven hundred and twenty dollars to Maria McMurdie, widow, and the heirs at law of the said John McMurdie. Approved, March 4, 1913.