Chapter 31. To pay certain employees of the Government for injuries received while in the discharge of their duties
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CHAP. 31.— An Act To pay certain employees of the Government for injuries received while in the discharge of their duties.February 7, 1913.[[H. R. 23451](/us/bill/62/hr/23451).][[Private, No. 125](/us/pvtl/62/125).] *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation for paying claims for personal injuries to Government employees. That twenty thousand eight hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-eight cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay certain employees of the United States Government for personal injuries received while in discharge of their duties, without any fault on their part, and to pay certain other claims for damages to, and loss of private property by the various departments of the Government, as hereinafter stated, the same being in full, and the receipt of the same being taken in each case as full and final release and discharge of the respective claims, namely:
To pay seven hundred and thirty dollars to Killian Simon for injuriesKillian Simon. received while unloading a Government barge at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. To pay two thousand five hundred dollars to Florence Lambert,Florence Lambert. who was permanently disabled while in the employ of the Government at Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania. To pay one thousand dollars to Elizabeth Riley, widow of Edward M.Elizabeth Riley. Riley, who was killed while in the discharge of his duties in the United States post office in the city of New York.
To pay one hundred and eighty-five dollars to Richard W. CliffordRichard W. Clifford. for injuries to his leg, received at the United States Arsenal at Spring-field, Massachusetts. To pay three thousand dollars to Rose B. Armour, widow of SamuelRose B. Armour. A. Armour, who lost his life in the discharge of his duty at Sperry Light, in the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut. To pay five hundred dollars to Peter W. Wigginton for the crushingPeter W. Wigginton. of his ankle joint while in the discharge of his duty on the Isthmus of Panama.
To pay five hundred dollars to Raymond R. Ridenour for injuryRaymond K. Ridenour. to his hand while in the discharge of his duty on the Isthmus of Panama. To pay one thousand five hundred dollars to the heirs of CharlesCharles E. Stump. E. Stump, who lost his life from injuries received while in discharge of his duties on the Isthmus of Panama. To pay Loretta E. Smith, widow of George H. Smith, one thousandLoretta E. Smith. two hundred and forty-eight dollars, who lost his life while in the employ of the Government in the erection of the Capitol power plant.
To pay one thousand five hundred dollars to Charles T. HansonCharles T. Hanson. for loss of his right foot while in the employ of the War Department in the Quartermaster’s Department, at Boston, Massachusetts. To pay one thousand five hundred dollars to Emil Spongberg asEmil Spongberg. compensation for loss of his left leg while in discharge of his duties at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. To pay five hundred dollars to D. M. Rowland, father of RobertD. M. Rowland. Blain Rowland, late a seaman of the United States Navy, who was killed in the discharge of his duty in the Manila Harbor during target practice. 1362 Severin Hartman.To pay one thousand five hundred dollars to Severin Hartman for loss of his left arm while in the discharge of his duty at Rock Island Arsenal.
Illinois. E. J. Older.To pay two hundred dollars to E. J. Older for injuries received to his left leg in the discharge of his duty in the improvement of the Mississippi River, Under the War Department. Annie T. Jackson.To pay one thousand dollars to Annie T. Jackson, widow of Frank W. Jackson, who lost his life in the employ of the United States Government, on board the steam tug Cynthia. Thomas Mooney.To pay one thousand five hundred dollars to Thomas Mooney, late an employee in the service of the Quartermaster’s Department, United States Army, for the loss of a leg and other physical disability incurred while in the discharge of his duty.
Hans Veter Guttormsea.To pay to Hans Peter Guttormsen, of the city of Kenosha, State of Wisconsin, one thousand five hundred dollars, having been allowed him by the Court of Claims on the fourth day of December, anno Domini nineteen hundred and five, as set forth in House Document Numbered One hundred and seventy-four of the Fifty-ninth *Proviso*.No fee for services allowed.Congress, first session: *Provided*, That no agent, attorney, firm of attorneys, or any person engaged heretofore or hereafter in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting this claim shall directly or indirectly receive or retain for such service in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim, or for any act whatsoever in connection with this claim any fee or compensation whatsoever.
Frank Klein.To pay Frank Klein, of San Francisco, California, the sum of five hundred dollars, on account of the loss of an eye caused by the explosion of a box of percussion caps while loading the United States Army transport Sherman, in San Francisco Harbor, on the twenty-second day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved, February 7, 1913.