Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of promoting the public good, Beverly L. Cook, widow of James J. Cook, a former employee of the engineering department in the town of Greenfield, shall, in addition to the survivor allowance payable to her under the provisions of Option C of subdivision (2) of section twelve of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, be paid the lump sum in the amount of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars for the purpose of redeeming liability of said town for said James J. Cook's accidental death claim.