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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 494-496 . 1928 . 489 CHAP. 494. -Joi nt R esol ution To prov ide for the paym ent of a n ind emni ty May 3,1928. to the British Government to compensate the dependents of Edwin Tucker, a 1H. J. Res. 148.1 British subject, alleged to have been killed by a United States Army ambulance [P ub . Res. No . 36.1 in Colon, Panama. Resolved b y the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United British Government. States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment to, directed Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the British Govern- as indemnity kerdeath ment, as a matter of grace and without reference to the question of liability therefor, the sum of $2,500 as full indemnity for the death of Edwin Tucker, a British subject alleged to have been killed by a United States Army ambulance in Cglon, Panama, on or about December 6, 1924, as set forth in the message of the President of December 17, 1927, and printed as Senate Document Numbered 20, Seventieth Congress, first session ; and there is hereby authorized Appropriation au- y thorized. to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Pest, p. 911. appropriated, a sufficient sum to carry out the purpose of this Act. Approved, May 3, 1928. May 3, 1928. CHAP. 495 .-Joint Resolution To provide for the payment of an indemnity 	[R. J. Res. 150 .] to the Government of the Netherlands for compensation for personal injuries sus- [P ub . Res. No.37.] tained by two Netherlands subjects, Arend Kamp and Francis Gort, while the United States ship Canibas was loading on May 1, 1919, at Rotterdam. Netherlands. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payment to, author- United States o America in Congress assembled, That the Secret ar 1zed as indemnity for f y personal injuries to of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the Govern- Arerds0oramp and ment of the Netherlands, as a matter of grace and without reference to the question of liability therefor, the sum of $500 as full compen- sation for personal injuries sustained by Arend Kamp, a Netherlands subject, and the sum of $500 as full compensation for personal inj uries sus taine d by Fran cis G ort, a Ne therl ands subje ct, while the United States ship Canibas was loading on May 1, 1919, at Rotterdam, as set forth in the message of the President of December 19, 1927, printed as Senate Document Numbered 30, Seventieth thArnzed .priat ion an- Congress, first session ; and there is hereby authorized to be Pest, p.912. appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum to carry out the purpose of this Act. Approved, May 3, 1928. May 3, 1928. [H .J.Res.149.] CHAP. 496 .-Joint Resolution To authorize an appropriation for the com- [Pub. Res. No. 38.] pensation of William Wiseman. Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the Great Britain. United States o f America in Congress assembled That the Secretary Payment to, in recog- nition of services of of the Treas ury be, a nd he is hereby, d irected t o pay to Great Bri tain, William Wiseman for American interests in as an act of grace and without reference to the question of legal Mexico. liability, the sum of $9,200 in recognition of the services of William Wiseman as British vice consul at Salina Cruz, Mexico, in behalf of American interests from April 12, 1914, to December 13, 1917, as set forth in the message of the President of December 17, 1927, printed as Senate Document Numbered 22, Seventieth Congress, first thorea priation au- session ; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of Post, p.912. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum to carry out the purpose of this Act, Approved, May 3, 1928.

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