Chapter 213. For the relief of Frances Martin
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CHAP. 213.— An Act For the relief of Frances Martin. March 2, 1923.[[H. R. 10047](/us/bill/67/hr/10047).][[Private. No. 231](/us/pvtl/67/231).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Frances Martin.Payment to, for death of husband.of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Frances Martin, widow of Peter Leslie Martin, of Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 as compensation and relief for the loss by death on March 31, 1919, in Grant Hospital, Columbus, State of Ohio, of her husband, Peter Leslie 1790Martin, who, on October 5, 1918, volunteered his services as an undertaker to the Government during the epidemic of influenza, at which time he went to Camp Sherman, in the State of Ohio, to assist in taking care of the bodies of the soldiers, who died in great numbers by reason of said epidemic ; and that during the discharge of his duties he became infected with blood poisoning, from which he died.
Approved, March 2, 1923.