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 1010 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 414-416. 1899. lhfdl $»'lU9- CHAP. 414.-Au Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury tc 1;**- donate one set of life-saving beach apparatus to the Imperial Japanese Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United s0g;§j*°§S“{gg°§_°,}; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the from hipwrechg _ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and duected to donate to s_{,’{{‘“‘§;;_*Q,§f “'“' the Imperial Japanese Society for Saving Life from Slupwreck, organ- 8ized in eighteen hundred and ninety, of which Count Kozo Yoshu is president, one Lyle gun and a complete set of beach apparatus used in connection with it by the United States Life- Saving Service in rescuing persons from shipwrecks. Approved, March 3, 1899. . CHAP. 415.—An Act For the punishment of seduction in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United D1§¤_;‘¤d¤¤gt¤lé:dl;*:; States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person shall seduce am. W and carnally know any female of previous chaste character between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, out of wedlock, in the District of Columbia, such seduction and carnal knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the offender, being convicted thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or nned not exceeding two hundred dollars, or may be punished by both uch Hue and imprisonment. _ noiwssmsmm Sec. 2. That this Act shall not be construed as repealing or modify- '"°8'*"‘ “"‘P°· ing any statute relating to rape. Approved, March 3, 1899. March 3, 1899. [CHAP. 416.;-An Act For the allowance of certain claims reported by the account- ""*1"‘*""— lng omcers of the United States Treasury Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ifayment crdcgrmin States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §':u,"P,§n’;,“§,},'§,,,_’ “°' Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, upon the requisition of the Secretary of War, without further audit, allowance, orrestatement of the claims by the accounting officers, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the several persons in this Act named, or to their legal representatives in case of thelr death since the allowance of their claims by the accounting officers, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, the several claims examined and allowed by the proper accounting officers, under the provisions of the Act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, since May fourth, eighteen hundred and nmety-four, namely: INDIANA. To Warren Tebbs, administrator of George P. Bernd, deceased, late of Dearborn County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. KANSAS. To Madeline Guittard, widow of George Guittard, deceased, of Marshall County, five dollars and twenty cents. KENTUCKY. T0_ Lucinda Baker, administratrix of George W. Baker, deceased, of Madison County, ive hundred and fifty-three dollars and twelve cents.