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China . Payment to, in set- tlement of claims of certain citizens, au- thorized. Post, p. 768. May 6, [H . R. 219'91 [Public, No . 711 Dominican Repub- lic. Payment to, as com- pensation to widow of Em eterio S anchez in re cognition of merit o- rious services, author- ized . Post, p. 769. May 6, 1937 [H. R . 29211 [Public, No. 72] China . Payment to, as in- demnity for injuries, etc ., to Ling Mau Mau, authorized . Post, p. 768. 132

75Tx CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS . 158-160-MAY 6, 1937 [CHAPTER 15 8] May 6 ,1937

AN ACT [$.R . 2919]

Authorizing an appropriation for payment to the Government of China for the [Pub lic, No . 70[

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 Govern- ment 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- shih), 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 . [CHAPTER 159] AN ACT Auth oriz ing an appropriation for payment to the Government of the Dominican Republic for the account of Mercedes Martinez Viuda de Sanchez, a Dominican subject. 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 the Dominican Republic for the account of Mercedes Martinez Viuda de Sanchez, a Dominican subject, as a recognition by this Government of the meritorious services rendered by her late husband, Emeterio Sanchez, in rescuing certain members of the United States battle- ship Memphis on August 29, 1916, and to relieve her present finan- cial condition, the sum of $500 . Approved, May 6, 1937 . [CHAPTER 160] AN ACT A utho rizi ng an appropriation for payment to the Government of Chi na for the account of Ling Mau Mau, a citizen of China . 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 Ling Mau Mau, a citizen of China, as full inde mnity for the person al injurie s received by him as the resul t of a collision between the junk of Wong Miao Fah and a-United States naval vessel on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, on May 20, 1930, and for medical expenses incurred by Ling Mau Mau in con- nection with his injuries, the sum of $1,500 . Approved, May 6, 1937 .