Chapter 463. For the relief of Hilbert Edison and Ralph R
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CHAP. 463.— An Act For the relief of Hilbert Edison and Ralph R. Walton. June 3, 1926.[[S. 725](/us/bill/69/s/725).][[Private, No. 99](/us/pvtl/69/99).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Hilbert Edison and Ralph R. Walton.Reimbursement to, for loss of personal effects. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Hilbert Edison, of Astoria, Oregon, the sum of $231, and to Ralph R.
Walton, of Portland, Oregon, the sum of $238.70, for loss of personal effects in the sinking of the United States concrete ship Captain French, the said Hilbert. Edison and Ralph R. Walton having been seamen on the Captain French, and reimbursement for their loss of personal effects as aforesaid having been refused by the War Department because of their alleged failure to sign shipping articles prior to the voyage. Approved, June 3, 1926.