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Volume 50 · 132

Public Law 75–158

Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of certain Chinese citizens.

Approved May 6, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the account of certain Chinese citizens.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for payment to the Government of China for the account of the estate of Li Ying-ting (Li Ing Ding), a citizen of China, the sum of $1,500 as full indemnity for the deaths of Li Yuen Han (Li Yung-hang), Wang Sze (Li Hwang), Chun Wo (Li Chen-Ho), and Foh Ling (Li Fu-lin), the son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter, respectively, of Li Ying-ting (Li Ing Ding), resulting from a collision between the junk of Li Ying-ting (Li Ing Ding), and a United States naval vessel on the Yangtze River on July 3, 1925, and for medical and burial expenses incurred by Li Ying-ting (Li Ing Ding), as a result of the collision.

Approved, May 6, 1937.

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