A bill to provide for the recovery from tortiously liable third persons of the cost of medical and hospital care and treatment, funeral expenses, and salary payments furnished or paid by the District of Columbia to members of the Metropolitan Police Force and the District of Columbia Fire Department.

Provides for the recovery from tortiously liable third persons of the cost of medical and hospital care and treatment, funeral expenses, and salary payments furnished or paid by the District of Columbia to members of the Metropolitan Police Force and the District of Columbia Fire Department. Provides that the District of Columbia shall have a lien, to the amount of the reasonable value of the care and treatment, funeral expenses, and wage payments, upon any recovery or sum received or collected or to be collected by an injured or deceased policeman or fireman, his guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents, or survivors, in a claim or action asserted or maintained by such policeman or fireman or his personal representative against a liable third person for damages.