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1998 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I . CUB. 837-841. 1928. ~~:c., e~Peni:.~ ~o.yY, in the sum of $518.25 for ~edical, hospi~l, a~d other e~nses mcident to an emergency operatIon upon the said Lieutenant Wooten on May 28, 1924. May", 1028. [So 1852.) (Private, No. 214.) Approved, May 28, 1928. OHAP. 888. -An Act To correct the naval record John Lewis Burns. Be it enacted by the Serw;te and H ouae of Representatives 01 tM lohn Lewis Burns. United ,states 0.# America in Ol'mfl'l'ess assembled That the Sacre- Naval reoord COCo I • - ";" . .' . ncted. tary of the Navy be, and he 19 hereby, authonzed and directed to correct the naval record of the late John Lewis Burns, gunner, United States Navy, to show that his death on August 6,1918, while attached to the United States ship North Carolina, was ~~curred ~ line of duty and was not due to his own misconduct. May 28,1928. [S.l646.) [PrIvate, No. 215.) Approved, May 28, 1928. OHAP. 889 .-An Act For the relief of James M. E . Brown. Be it eruwted by the Senate and HO'UIJe of Representatives '01 the I1::ell~Br::.m a.' ld U7IIited State8 of America in O~reas assembled, That the Secretary da~.;:nent to: for of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay es. James M. E . Brown and Lena Belle Brown, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the SUI!l of $2,500, in full and final settlement of all claims against the Government for damages resulting from a r$id made on December 20, 1923 by internal-revenue agc"nts upon the premises of the said James M. E . Brown and Lena Belle Brown at 1954 Columbia Road northwest, Wasbington, District of Columbia. Approved, May 28, 1928. Mrr~IMr- CHAP. 840. -An Act For the relief of Albert Wood. (PrIvate, No. 216.] Be it 6'IUlCted by the Senate and HO'UIJe of Rep!esentative8 01 the ~heri wag<" f United Staks of Amer'ica in Oongre88 assembled, That the Secretary lo~m~~tooo~~ of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay" tract. out of ~ny moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Albert Wood, of Vernonia Columbia County, Oregon, the sum of $750 in full oom~ation for losses suffered by him through and in connection with the ~ancellation by the Post Office Department in October, 1915, of a contract held by him for carrying the mails on star route numbered 73195, in the State of Oregon, from July 1, 1914, to June 80, 1918. May 28, 1028. [S.456.) [Private, No. 217.) Approved, May 28, 1928. CHAP. B41.- An Act To carry out the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of Edward I. Gallagher, of New York, administrator of the estate of Charles Gallagher, deceased. Be it e1lLUJted by the Senate and H O'UIJe of RepresentatWes of the ~h'r1es tO~'fop United States of America in Oongres8 assern1Jled, That the Secretary of c"=~f ~lal~, to of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tolay, ~~tor of estate out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate , to Edward I. Gallagher, administrator of the estate of Charles Galla- gher, deceased, of New York, the sum of $23,387.03, being the amount found due by the Court of Claims for loss and destruction of his