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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 865 -868-OCT. 14, 1l40 Deduction from quota. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the pref- erence category of the quota during the current year. Approved, October 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 866] October 14, 1940 [H. R. 7784] [Private, No. 626] Howard R. M. Browne. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Howard R. M. Browne. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Howard R. M. Browne, of Kansas City, Kansas, the sum of $137 in full settlement for baggage and property lost at La Nue, France, on or about June 14, 1918, while serving as a first lieutenant, Three Hundred and Seventieth Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces. Approved, October 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 867] October 14, 1940 [H. R. 8295] [Private, No. 627] Leo Neumann and Alice Neumann. Admission for per- manent residence. Deduction from quota. AN ACT For the relief of Leo Neumann and his wife, Alice Neumann. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Leo Neumann and his wife, Alice Neumann, formerly of Germany, now temporarily in this country, shall be admitted to the United States of America for permanent residence here, notwithstanding any provision of the immigrations laws of the United States now in effect. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the Ger- man quota for the first year that the said German quota is available. Approved, October 14, 1940. [CHAPTER 868] AN AC.T October 14, 1040 [H. R. 8333] For the relief of Ralph W. Daggett, formerly lieutenant, Quartennaster Corps, [Private, No. 628] United States Army. Lt. Ralph W. Dag- gett. Credit in account of. Payment to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comptrol- ler General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Lieutenant Ralph W. Daggett, formerly of the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, on account of the loss of public funds for which he was responsible, amounting to $707.44, and which represents a shortage which is apparently unexplained according to the inspectors; and further, that the Sec- retary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ralph W. Daggett, $275.10, the same being the amount of final pay and which was withheld from him; and $14 paid to Comptroller General McCarl by post-office money order to apply on the account. Approved, October 14, 1940. 1388 [54 STAT.

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