Appropriation of Funds for the Widow of Eduardo Kintero

November 23, 1900

ACT NO. 51

AN ACT APPROPRIATING SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE PAID TO THE WIDOW OF EDUARDO KINTERO, CHIEF OF POLICE OF TACLOBAN, LEYTE, OR TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT FOR HER BENEFIT

SECTION 1. Whereas, Eduardo Kintero, chief of police of Tacloban, Leyte, was murdered while in the discharge of his official duties on April twenty-first, nineteen hundred, because of the efficient administration of his office and his loyalty to the United States; and his untimely death leaves his wife and seven young children in needy circumstances;

The sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, in money of the United States, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be paid, in the discretion of the Military Governor, either to the widow of Eduardo Kintero or to the commanding officer of the district to be held and expended by him for her benefit.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage. DETACa

ENACTED, November 23, 1900.