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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.- CHS. 901, 902, 905-OCT. 17, 21, 1940 [CHAPTER 901] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. E. V. Maki. 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 Mrs. E. V. Maki, of Escatawpa, Jackson County, Mississippi, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Mrs. E. V. Maki on account of the loss of her son, Gaston Maki, who was killed on November 1, 1935, when the truck on which he was riding collided with a truck of the Civilian Conservation Corps bearing United States Department of Agriculture tag numbered 12-171 and operated by an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps named Howard Jones, said collision having occurred approximately one mile north of McHenry, Mississippi, on United States Highway Numbered 49: 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 ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, October 17, 1940. [CHAPTER 902] AN ACT For the relief of Adolph Burstein. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- poses of the immigration and naturalization laws Adolph Burstein shall be considered to have been lawfully admitted at New York, New York, on February 25, 1925, to the United States for permanent residence. Approved, October 17, 1940. [CHAPTER 905] AN ACT Authorizing and directing the Comptroller General of the United States to allow credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Frank H. Lusse, formerly of the Kentucky National Guard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Frank H. Lusse, formerly of the Kentucky National Guard, in the sum of $4,749, representing payments made by him incident to the appointment of George (Richard) James, as caretaker, employed under section 90 of the National Defense Act, as amended (U. S. C., title 32 (Supp.), sec. 42), during the period January 1, 1927, to April 30, 1932, to the extent the payments are otherwise correct, where the services have been performed and the United States has received the full benefits of the payments, notwithstanding the services were actu- ally performed by another than the person appointed. Approved, October 21, 1940. 1393 October 17, 1940 [H. R. 1874] [Private, No. 638] Mrs. E. V. Maki. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty October 17, 1940 [H. R. 6083] [Private, No. 63! j Adolph Bursteii. Admission for )or- inanent residence. October 21, 1940 [S. 34891 [Private. No. 640] Lt. Col. Frank H. Lusse. Credit allowed in accounts of. 39 Stat. 205 . 32U.8.C.§42; Supp. V, 42.

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