Chapter 345. For the relief of the persons suffering loss on account of the Lawton, Oklahoma, fire, 1017
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Chap. 345: For the relief of the persons suffering loss on account of the Lawton, Oklahoma, fire, 1017. Chapter 345 45 Stat. 2328 1929-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 private Chapter 345.— An Act For the relief of the persons suffering loss on account of the Lawton, Oklahoma, fire, 1017.
February 26, 1929. [[H. R. 4084](/us/bill/70/hr/4084).] [[Private, No. 408](/us/pvtl/70/408).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lawton, Okla., fire of 1917. Payment to designated persons for losses caused by. 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, the sum of $75,000 to the persons whose names appear below, as com pensation in full for loss of property destroyed by the fire on eptember 24, 1917, in the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, such loss having been the result of the inability of the fire department of the city of Lawton to control said fire because of lack of water, all available water for fire-fighting purposes having been appropriated and being used by the War Department in connection with the training of soldiers at Fort Sill and Camp Doniphan:
Date Crabtree, $1,132; H. D. Ingraham, $33,682.57; Anna Beaver, $1,800; W. Garven, $1,000; Mrs. C. E. Bear, $7,750; Joe Jacobson, $3,000; Dr. L. C. Knee, $3,000; S. J. Coffey, $1,413.18; C. J. Aurell, $406.75; J. G. Mitchell, $3,077.88; John H. Ledgerwood, $200; E. L. Shanklin and E. L. Kelley, $1,550; Julia N. Burns, $1,208; Hannah Beaver $700; Mary E. Wooten, $3,150; Charles Fuson and J. E. Fuson, $3,850; Ada Hammond and O. W. Northrup, $2,419.72; Annabel Young, $1,775.35; Lee N.
Wallis, $1,000; Mrs. E. C. Swisher, $959; D. D. *Proviso*. Investigation and adjustment of claims. Dean, $317; C. R. Simpson, $2,850.15: *Provided*, That before any of said claims are allowed and paid the Comptroller General of the United States shall make an investigation of each of said claims to determine the extent and amount of such loss and damage, and such claims shall be adjusted in amounts not in excess of the amounts set out herein and upon certificates issued to each said claimant by the said Comptroller General of the United States.
Approved, February 26, 1929.
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