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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 818-820-OCT. 9, 1940 arrest and the order of deportation heretofore issued against Salvatore Taras, and that the alien shall not hereafter become subject to depor- tation for the cause contained in the present warrant. Upon the enact- ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota- control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the quota during the current quota year. Approved, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 819] AN ACT For the relief of Walter B. McDougall and Herbert Maier. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Walter B. McDougall, wildlife technician, and Herbert Maier, associate regional director, both of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, stationed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, are hereby released from any liability to refund or pay to the United States the sums of $113.14 and $14.75, in total sum of $127.89, for the cost of trans- portation and per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence of said Walter B. McDougall and Herbert Maier for the periods February 26, 1936, to March 6, 1936, and February 26, 1936, to February 27, 1936, from Deming, New Mexico, to Washington, District of Columbia, and return to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and from Deming, New Mexico, to Denver, Colorado, both respectively, who, at the request of the Office of the Director, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia, accompanied the bodies of Roger W. Toll, then Super- intendent of Yellowstone National Park, and George M. Wright, then wildlife expert, both of the National Park Service, killed in an accident on February 25, 1936, while traveling on a highway near Deming, New Mexico, on official business, which claims therefor were disallowed by the General Accounting Office after payment, which disallowance has been upheld by the Acting Comptroller General by notices of exception dated June 18, 1937, taken against the accounts of G. F. Allen, Disbursing Officer, Washington, District of Columbia. No deduction on account of such payment of such payment of such sums shall hereafter be made from any amount due or payable out of Government funds to the said Walter B. McDougall or Herbert Maier. Approved, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 820] AN ACT For the relief of Lillian Brown, and Silas Young. 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, the sum of $750 to Lillian Brown, and the sum of $750 to Silas Young, both of Lenapah, Oklahoma, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said Lillian Brown and Silas Young, arising out of an accident on April 19, 1935, near Mingo, Oklahoma, when a truck in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps collided with the automobile in which they were riding: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 1379 Deduction from quota. October 9, 1940 [H. R. 72761 [Private, No. 603] Walter B. McDou- gall and Herbert Maier. Release from lia- bility to make refund. October 9, 1940 [H. R. 73021 [Private, No. 604] Lillian Brown and Silas Young. Payments to. ProVo. Limitation on attar- ney's, etc., fees.

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