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 RESOLUTIONS. [No. 21.] Joint Resolution For the relief of the Hrm of Fearon, Daniel and ·§Dri122.1910. Company, of New York and Shanghai. [ ·J·R°S··14·] [Priv. Res.,No. 1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I States of America in Congress assembled, That the firm of Fearon, C0’;§;;‘;,';,·”°”i°*°¤d Daniel and Company, of New York and Shanghai, shall be regarded smuseémbinhed. and treated as an American firm in respect of the so-called Boxer ;,·,gL°g'§',‘i§’}°?,§dBt‘Z,x§§ indemnit fund, and that there shall be paid to the said lirm out of °·u°”°°· the said fyimds the amount held by the United States commissioners at Peking " to constitute a valid claim for indemnitication” for the losses and damages suffered by the said firm lily reason of theso-called Boxer uprising, to wit, ten thousand five hun red and forty-four dollars and sixty-four cents, less one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven Deduction. dollars and forty-four cents, heretofore awarded and paid to Mr. J. R. Patterson, a partner in the said iirm, and a citizen of the United States, for his share of three-sixteenths in the said firm, leaving eight thousand five hundred and sixt -seven dollars and seventeen cents to be paid to the said firm, togefficr with interest at the same rate and from the same date as heretofore allowed and paid by the Department of State on the other awards or allowances of the said commissioners, until paid, such payment to be made to the said Erm out of the sum of two million dollars reserved in and by the joint resolution provid- v¤1.ss,p.sw. ing for the remission of a portion of the Chinese indemnity, approved May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and eight, on proof satis actory common. to the Secretary of State that Mr. James S. Fearon, senior partner of said firm, has been duly naturalized as a citizen of the United States, and that no claim has been paid or allowed for the said losses and damages of the said firm in w ole or part through the British Government or otherwise than hereinbefore stated. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, P“’"‘°“"‘u'°°'°°· authorized and directed to make payment as aforesaid to the said firm upon the order or certificate of the Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided. Approved, April 22, 1910. [N0. 28.] Joint Resolution For the relief of Lafayette L. McKnight. [%¤·>; gé;9l9g·] Resolved by t/ae Senate and House zf R esentatives of the United [Fav-R¢¤·»N<>·2-1 States of America in Congress assem lea',%hat the Commissioner of Kkafijretw L M¤· Pensions is authorized and directed to consider Lafayette L. McKnight Qdmiry service into have been in the military service of the United States throughout *°"°d· the riod specified in an Act a proved February ninth, nineteen V¤1·35.p·14=’»9· hundiiad and nine, entitled "An Xct for the relief of Lafayette L. McKnight." Approved, May 18, 1910., 1877