Chapter 164.
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CHAP. 164.— Joint Resolution To provide for the remission of further payments of the annual installments of the Chinese indemnity. May 21, 1924.[[H. J. Res. 248](/us/bill/68/hjres/248).][[Pub. Res., No. 21](/us/bill/68/pubres/21).] Whereas by authority of a joint resolution of Congress approvedChinese indemnity. May 25, 1908, the President of the United States was authorizedVol. 35, p. 577.Preamble. to remit unto China the sum of $11,961,121.76 of the Boxer indemnity fund accredited to the United States, which sum the President on December 28, 1908, duly remitted and which, at the request of China, was specified to be used for educational purposes; and Whereas it is deemed proper as a further act of friendship to remit the balance of said indemnity fund amounting to $6,137,552.90 in order further to develop the educational and other cultural activities of China:
Now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Remission of payments of further installments for Boxer disturbances. That the President is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to remit to China as an act of friendship any or all further payments of the annual installments of the Chinese indemnity due under the bond received from China pursuant to the protocol of September 7, 1901, as modified by Executive order on the 28th day of December, 1908, pursuant to theVol. 35, p. 577. authority of the joint resolution of Congress approved May 25, 1908, for indemnity against losses and expenses incurred by reason of the so-called Boxer disturbances in China during the year 1900. such remission to begin as from October 1, 1917, and to be at such times and in such manner as the President shall deem just.
Approved, May 21, 1924.