Volume 45
Private Law 70–984
For the relief of John J. Fitzgerald.
Approved May 29, 1928
Statutory text
An Act
For the relief of John J. Fitzgerald.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
John J. Fitzgerald.
Monthly payments to, authorized for disenso contracted in Emergency Fleet Corporation.
of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John J. Fitzgerald, during his natural life, the sum of $50 per month, to date from the passage of this Act, as compensation in contracting tuberculosis while in line of duty as an employee of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, said monthly payments to be paid through the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission; and that said John J. Fitzgerald
Admittance to hospital, etc.
shall be admitted to a Government hospital as may be directed by the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission for necessary care and treatment.
Approved, May 29, 1928.