Private Law 69–291

That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make a thorough investigation of the merits of the claims which have been submitted to the Navy Department in writing and which may be submitted within six months after the date of this Act, for compensation for property damage, death, or personal injury, alleged to have been caused by the series of fires and explosions which occurred at the naval ammunition station, Lake Denmark, New jersey, on the 10th day of July, 1926, and to transmit each such claim with supporting papers and a report of his finding of facts and recommendations thereon to the Comptroller General of the United States for submission to the Congress with his recommendations thereon: Provided, That claims of persons not employees of the United States

Provisos.

Claims of persons not United States employees restricted as to allowance.

for compensation for disability or death resulting from personal injury sustained from said fires or explosions shall not be recommended hereunder for persons or in amounts which would not be allowable under the United States Employees’ Compensation Act if the individual were an employee of the United States: Provided further,

Details of each claim to be certified.

That the report to be made hereunder shall contain a brief statement of the character and justice of each claim so certified, the amount claimed, and the amount found due.