Chapter 481. For the relief of Sanford A
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CHAP. 481.— An Act For the relief of Sanford A. Pinyan. June 25, 1910. [[H. R. 20553](/us/bill/61/hr/20553).] [[Private, No. 170](/us/pvtl/61/170).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Sanford A. Pinyan. Military record corrected. That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, Sanford A. Pinyan, who was a private in Company A, First Georgia Volunteer Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been mustered in as a member of said company and regiment on August thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and honorably discharged therefrom on November fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four: *Provided,*That, other than as above set forth,*Proviso.*No pay, etc. no bounty, pay, pension, or other emolument shall accrue prior to or by reason of the passage of this Act.
Approved, June 25, 1910. 1877 RESOLUTIONS. S. Con. Res. 1: For the relief of the firm of Fearon, Daniel and Company, of New York and Shanghai. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 April 22, 1910 [No. 21.] Joint Resolution For the relief of the firm of Fearon, Daniel and Company, of New York and Shanghai. April 22, 1910. [[S. J. Res., 14](/us/bill/61/sjres/14).] [[Priv. Res., No. 1](/us/bill/61/privres/1).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Fearon, Daniel and Company.
Status established. Claim under Boxer indemnity fund to be allowed. That the firm of Fearon, Daniel and Company, of New York and Shanghai, shall be regarded and treated as an American firm in respect of the so-called Boxer indemnity fund, and that there shall be paid to the said firm out of the said funds the amount held by the United States commissioners at Peking “to constitute a valid claim for indemnification” for the losses and damages suffered by the said firm by reason of the so-called Boxer uprising, to wit, ten thousand five hundred and forty-four dollars and sixty-four cents, less one thousand nine hundred and seventy-sevenDeduction. dollars and forty-four cents, heretofore awarded and paid to Mr.
J. K. Patterson, a partner in the said firm, and a citizen of the United States, for his share of three-sixteenths in the said firm, leaving eight thousand five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventeen cents to be paid to the said firm, together with interest at the same rate and from the same date as heretofore allowed and paid by the Department of State on the other awards or allowances of the said commissioners, until paid, such payment to be made to the said firm out of the sum of two million dollars reserved in and by the joint resolution providingVol. 35, p. 577. for the remission of a portion of the Chinese indemnity, approved May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and eight, on proof satisfactoryCondition. to the Secretary of State that Mr.
James S. Fearon, senior partner of said firm, has been duly naturalized as a citizen of the United States, and that no claim has been paid or allowed for the said losses and damages of the said firm in whole or part through the British Government or otherwise than hereinbefore stated. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Payment directed. authorized and directed to make payment as aforesaid to the said firm upon the order or certificate of the Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided.
Approved, April 22, 1910. S. Con. Res. 2: For the relief of Lafayette L. McKnight. Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 May 18, 1910 [No. 28.] Joint Resolution For the relief of Lafayette L. McKnight. May 18, 1910. [[H. J. Res. 98](/us/bill/61/hjres/98).] [[Priv. Res., No. 2](/us/bill/61/privres/2).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Lafayette L. Mc-Knight. Military service allowed. That the Commissioner of Pensions is authorized and directed to consider Lafayette L.
McKnight to have been in the military service of the United States throughout the period specified in an Act approved February ninth, nineteenVol. 35, p. 1439. hundred and nine, entitled “An Act for the relief of Lafayette L. McKnight.” Approved, May 18, 1910. PRIVATE LAWS PRIVATE ACTS OF THE SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS of the UNITED STATUS *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1910, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the fourth day of March, 1911.* William Howard Taft, President;
James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice-President; William Pierce Frye, President of the Senate *pro tempore;*Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 1879