Chapter 199. For the disposal of the accretions of the Virginias indemnity fund
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CHAP. 199.— An Act For the disposal of the accretions of the Virginias indemnity fund.August 3, 1894. Whereas the Secretary of State holds, “subject to such dispositionPreamble. as Congress may direct,” an amount of money received by him as interest and premiums on the bonds in which the so-called Virginias indemnity was invested, as required by section thirty-six hundred and fifty-nine[R. S., sec., 3650. p. 719](/us/rs/t/s3650/p719). of the Revised Statutes, pending the presentation, proof, and adjudication of the claims thereto; and Whereas it appears that further interest has accrued, and is accruing, in respect of such money:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*“Virginias” indemnity., That the said sum, being the earnings of a fund which was paid to the United States in trust for the purpose of relief of the families of those of the ship’s company and of such of the passengers as were citizens of the United States who were executed, and to afford compensation to such of the ship’s company and toDistribution of accrued interest on trust fund to beneficiaries. such passengers as in like manner were citizens of the United States who were detained and suffered loss in Cuba, excluding from any participation therein all individuals indemnified as British subjects, is the property of the beneficiaries of said original fund, and the Secretary of State is hereby directed to distribute the same, together with all accretions thereof, accrued and which may accrue, among those persons who have already substantiated their right to participate in said fund, their heirs or legal representatives, under and by virtue of Executive orders heretofore issued and published.
Approved, August 3, 1894.