Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 50 Part 1.djvu/158

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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 16 1, 162-MAY 6, 193 7 [CHAPTER 161] 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 o f 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 Yao Ah-Ken, $1,500 ; Chiang Ah-erh (Tsiange i h Erh), $1,500 ; the family of Ts'ao Jung-k'uan (Dzao Yong K wer), $1,5 00, as full indemnity for losse s sustaine d by Yao A h-Ken, Chiang Ah-erh (Tsiange Ah Erh), and by the family of Ts'ao Jung- k'uan (Dzao Yon- Kwer) as the result of a collision between United States Marine Corps truck numbered 1130 and tramcar B . 168, owned by the Shanghai Electric Construction Company, Limited, in Shang- hai, China, on November 29, 1929 . Approved, May 6, 1937 . [CHAPTER 162] AN ACT Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of Nicaragua for the account of Mercedes V . de Williams and others . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f 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 Nicaragua for the account of Mercedes V . de Williams, a citizen of Nicaragua, as reimbursement for the deterioration of a boat said to have been owned by Mrs . Williams' husband, Fordyce (Frank) Williams, now deceased, and to have been loaned by him to individual members of the Marine Corps stationed at Prinzapolka ., Nicaragua, for recrea- tional purpos es, and to hav e been used b y them for suc h purpo ses in 1928 and 1929, the sum of $75 ; for the account of Raimunda . Valla- dares de Colderon, the widow of Justo Calderon, and the children of Justo Calderon, a native of Nicaragua, who was shot to death by a member of the United States naval forces on January 30, 1930, the sum of $2,500 ; for the account of Demetrio Valle, a citizen of Nica- ragua, as full indemnity for losses sustained by him a s the result of a bombing operation by a United States Marine Corps airplane near Palasagua, Nicaragua, on or about April 11, 1929, the sum of $600 ; for the account of Salvador Huitrago Diaz, a Nicaraguan citizen, as full ind emnity for damages al leged to h ave been d one to his property by United States marines on February 6, 1921, the sum of $1,500 ; for the account of the following-named families and individuals the sum of $11 ,700 as a total inde mnity for losses sus tained as a result of the death or personal injury of Manual Gomez Molino and others during encounters with United States marines in December 1921 and January 1922 ; (1) to the family of Manuel Gomez Molino, who was killed December 8, 1921, $1,500 ; (2) to the family of Obdulio Gomez, who was killed December 8, 1921, $1,500 ; (3) to the family of Guada- lupe Balverve (Valverde), who was killed December 8, 1921, $1,500 ; (4) t o the f amily o f Fran cisco R amos, w ho was killed January 25, 1922, $1,500 ; (5) to the family of Estanislao Rocha, who was killed January 25, 1922, $1,500 ; (6) to the family of Julio Carballo, who was killed January 25, 1922, $1,500 ; (7) to the family of Manuel Hernandez, who was killed January 25, 1922, $1,500 ; (8) to Manuel Pineda, who was wounded December 8 . 1921 . $150 ; (9) to Alejandro May 6, 1937 [H. R.2922] [Public, No. 73] 133 China . Payment to, as in- demnity for losses of certain citizens, au- thorized . Post,p. 768. May 6, 1937 [H . R. 2923] [Public, No . 74] Nicaragua. Payment to, for the accoun t of Mer cedes V. de Williams and others, a uthorized . Post, p . 769.