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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · May 29, 1928 · Chapter 939

Chapter 939. For the relief of Lulu Chaplin

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Chap. 939: For the relief of Lulu Chaplin. Chapter 939 45 Stat. 2014 1928-05-29 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 1 private 2014 Chapter 939.— An Act For the relief of Lulu Chaplin. May 29, 1928.[[S. 374](/us/bill/70/s/374).][[Private, No. 245](/us/pvtl/70/245).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lulu Chaplin.Payment to, for death of son.
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 Lulu Chaplin, in full for all claims she may have against the Government on account of the death of William S. Chaplin, deceased, son of said Lulu Chaplin, who was wrongfully shot and killed by a soldier of the United States Army, on the 19th day of January, 1920, in Richland County, South Carolina, the said soldier of the United States Army being then and there engaged in the performance of his official duties, and the said William S.
Chaplin not being then and there resisting the enforcement of any law, nor engaged in the perpetration of any unlawful act, nor violating any rules or regulations or orders or discipline of any military authority, he being a civilian and in the peaceful pursuit of his personal affairs when killed. Approved, May 29, 1928.
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