Chapter 299. For the relief of Edward William Bailey
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CHAP. 299.— An Act For the relief of Edward William Bailey.September 15, 1914.[[S. 1270](/us/bill/63/s/1270).][[Private, No. 140](/us/pvtl/63/140).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Edward William Bailey.Payment to, for Injuries.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to Edward William Bailey, of Portsmouth, Virginia, the sum of $1,500 for injuries resulting from the total loss of one eye and the serious impairment of the other eye, caused by a wound received by him at the hands of a target party of United States sailors and marines, while engaged at target practice at Saint Helena, near Norfolk, Virginia, on or about November seventh, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety.
Approved, September 15, 1914.