Volume 47
Private Law 72–501
For the relief of William Dalton.
Approved July 16, 1932
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of William Dalton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
William Dalton.
Payment to, for personal injuries.
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 $1,500 to the legal guardian of William Dalton, in full and final settlement of all claims against the Government, for burns received while walking on a public sidewalk, in Saint Louis, Missouri, on July 20, 1925, due to United States Government agents pouring alcohol into a gutter on a public highway, said alcohol being ignited as a result of some unknown person throwing a match in the gutter.
Approved, July 16, 1932.