Chapter CCXVI. for the Relief of J
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CHAP. CCXVI.— An Act for the Relief of J. Ross Browne, late Minister to China. May 25, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the TreasuryPayment to J. Ross Browne. be, and he is hereby, directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to J. Ross Browne, late minister of the United States to China, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and seventy-four dollars and eleven cents, in full compensation for the period from the eleventh day of April to the fourth day of August, both inclusive, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at the rate of his salary while waiting for orders and in transit to China; and the further sum of two 664 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 216, 217, 222–225. 1872. thousand one hundred and thirty-four dollars, in full compensation for certain extra expenses incurred by him while discharging his duties as minister. Approved, May 25, 1872.