Chapter 459. For the relief of Ruth J
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CHAP. 459.— An Act For the relief of Ruth J. Walling. March 3, 1927. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to Birth J. Walling, in full for all claims she may have against the Government on account of the death of James B.
Walling, husband of the said Ruth J. Walling, who was wrongfully shot and killed by a United States prohibition enforcement officer, on or about the 4th day of February, 1926, in Orange County, Texas, the said United States prohibition enforcement officer' being then and there engaged in the performance of his official duties, and the said James B. iValling not being then and there resisting the enforcement of any law nor engaged in the perpetration of any unlawful act. Approved, March 3, 1927.