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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 67-69-MAR. 18, 1940 Issunce of immigra- tion visa; condition. Deduction from nonpreference cate- gory of quota. heller, who is the wife of Fritz Neuheller, an American citizen. If she is found otherwise admissible under the immigration laws an immigration visa may be issued and admission granted to Ernestine Huber Neuheller (nee Ernestine Huber) under this Act upon application hereafter filed. SEa. 2 . Upon the enactment 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 year. Approved, March 18, 1940. [CHAPTER 681 March 18, 1940 I8. 2299] [Private, No. 287] Hubert Richardson. Land patent to. Provisions and con- ditions. 41 Stat. 1075. 16U. .C. 818; Supp. V, § 818 AN ACT For the relief of Hubert Richardson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patent on Western Navajo Indian Reservation Exchange selection 078942 filed on October 18,1938, by Hubert Richardson in the district land office at Phoenix, Arizona, under the Act of May .23, 1930 (46 Stat. 378), as amended by the Act of February 21, 1931 (46 Stat. 1204), for lots 2, 3, and 4 of section 22, township 29 north, range 9 east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, upon the submission of satisfactory proofs covering both the offered and the selected lands, as required by section 2 of the Act of May 23, 1930, cited above, notwithstanding that the selected lands are within the boundaries of the Western Navajo Indian Reservation and notwith- standing the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 960). The patent hereby authorized to be issued shall be subject to the pro- visions and conditions of section 24 of the Federal Power Act of June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063), as amended. Approved, March 18, 1940. [CHAPTER 69] March 18, 18,1940 AN ACT Is. 2500) Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust [Private, No. 288] the claims of Mary Pierce and John K. Quackenbush. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mary Pierce and United States of America in Congress assembled,That the Comptroller ush. General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and Senthofcrze ms directed to settle and adjust the claims of Mary Pierce, New Hampton, New York, for $125; and John K. Quackenbush, Denton, New York, for $200, for the cost of replacing fences on their lands taken for fire- wood by enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps while engaged in removing field stones from such lands for use on the Wallkill River flood-control project in the fiscal year 1937, and to allow in full and Appropriation. final settlement of the claims the sum of not to exceed $325. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $325, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Lrisionon ato- for payment of the claims: Provided, That no part of the amount es, etc, - 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 these claims, and the same Penaty. shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstandin. 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, March 18, 1940. JIbI n 1250 [54 STAT.

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