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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 16 STAT. · July 15, 1870 · Chapter CCCXI

Chapter CCCXI. for the Relief of the Widow of James L

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CHAP. CCCXI.— An Act for the Relief of the Widow of James L. Kiernan, late Consul to Chinkiang, China.July 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of thePayment to the widow of James L. Kiernan. Treasury be authorized and directed to pay to the widow of James L. Kiernan, late consul at Chinkiang, China, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount (not exceeding six hundred and twenty-five dollars) due said Kiernan as salary from October the fourth to December twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, being a part of the time occupied in travelling from the United States to his post in China.
Approved, July 15, 1870.
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