Chapter 117. For the relief of Sandy Crawford
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CHAP. 117.— An Act For the relief of Sandy Crawford. March 3, 1915.[[H. R. 4008](/us/bill/63/hr/4008).][[Private, No. 215](/us/pvtl/63/215).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Sandy Crawford.Payment to, for injuries. 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, to Sandy Crawford, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $2,500, as damages for personal injuries sustained by the said Crawford while employed upon the rivers and harbors improvements at Riverton, Alabama.
The injuries occurred in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven while Crawford was withdrawing a charge of dynamite which failed to explode, and in the premature explosion which followed both eyes were destroyed, totally incapacitating him for manual labor for the rest of his life, and the injuries were caused through no fault of his own, but solely through his following out and performing a proper act by direction of the person in charge of the work: *Provided*, *however *, Proviso.Not liable to attachment, etc.That no sum of money due or to become due to the said Sandy Crawford under this Act shall be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of the said Sandy Crawford.
Approved, March 3, 1915.