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[ Act No. 887, September 15, 1903 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS, MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE PAID TO JOHN STRINGER, IN FULL COMPENSATION FOR HIS SERVICES AND EXPENSES IN APPREHENDING AND DELIVERING TO THE AUTHORITIES OF MANILA EDWARD L. WAITE, AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand two hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty cents, United States currency, to be paid to John Stringer, special agent of the Department of Justice of the United States, in full compensation for his services and expenses in apprehending and delivering to the authorities of Manila Edward L. Waite, an alleged fugitive from justice charged with embezzlement.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 15, 1903.
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