Private Law 75–23

That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of the current appropriation of the Navy Department for awards of six months’ gratuity to beneficiaries of deceased enlisted men of the Navy, to James Luker, Senior, father of George De Witt Luker, late an enlisted man in the Navy, who was killed as a result of a powder explosion on board the United States ship Trenton on October 22, 1924, the sum of $324, being a gratuity equal to six months’ pay at the rate received by George De Witt Luker at the time of his death: Provided, That James Luker, Senior, shall first establish to the

Proviso. Dependence to be established.

satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy that he was actually dependent upon said George De Witt Luker at the time of the latter’s death.