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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 731, 732, 737 October 24 1940 October 4, 1940 [CHAPTER 731] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim or claims of the Recording and Computing Machines Company, of Dayton, Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim or claims of the Record- ing and Computing Machines Company, of Dayton, Ohio, arising out of a series of transactions, contracts, and provisional adjustments between said Recording and Computing Machines Company, of Day- ton, Ohio, and the War Department for the manufacture of ordnance materials, equipment, instruments, and so forth, between the years 1916 and 1920, inclusive, and suit on such claims shall be instituted within one year from the date of approval of this Act. Approved, September 24, 1940. [CHAPTER 732] AN ACT For the relief of Xenophon George Panos. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of Labor be, and he is hereby directed to cancel forthwith the out- standing warrant of arrest, order of deportation, warrant of deporta- tion, and bond, if any, in the case of the alien, Xenophon George Panos, and is directed not to issue any further such warrants or orders in the case of such alien, insofar as such future warrants or orders are based on the unlawful entry of such alien into the United States prior to the enactment of this Act. Hereafter, for the pur- pose of the immigration and naturalization laws, such alien shall be considered to have been, at New York, New York, on February 22, 1926, lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Greek quota for the first year that the said Greek quota is available. Approved September 24, 1940. [CHAPTER 737] AN ACT For the relief of W. J. Hance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to W. J. Hance, of Coolidge Texas, the sum of $180 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him and damages to his automobile in a collision, occasioned by the negli- gent driving and operation of a United States Army truck at the intersection of Bell and Second Streets, Coolidge, Texas, on October 13, 1937: Provided,That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- 1361 September 24, 1940 [H. R 4031] [Private, No. 656] Recording and Com- puting Machines Com- pany. Jurisdiction con- ferred on Court of Claims to hear claim of. Commencement of suit. September 24, 1940 [H. R. 85511 [Private, No. 557] Xenophon George Panos. Cancelation of de- portation order, etc. Admission for per- manent residence. Deduction from quota. October 4, 1940 [H. R. 632] [Private, No. 5 ,8] W. J. Hance. Payment to. Prfio. Limtatin n at- torney, etc. fw.

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