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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 44 STAT. · July 3, 1926 · Chapter 856

Chapter 856. For the relief of Geraldine Kester

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CHAP. 856.— An Act For the relief of Geraldine Kester. July 3, 1926. [[H. R. 5441](/us/bill/69/hr/5441).] [[Private, No. 285](/us/pvtl/69/285).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and Howse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Geraldine Kester. Payment to, for personal 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, in 1748 full settlement against the Government, to the legal guardian of Geraldine Kester, the sum of $5,000 in compensation for injuries caused by a post-office truck, resulting in the amputation of her left leg. Approved, July 3, 1926.
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