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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 151, 177, 178-APR. 23, 30, 1940 [54 STAT. [CHAPTER 151] April 23, 1940 [H. R. 2041] [Private, No. 324] Tom Kelly. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. April 30, 1940 [H. R. 7814] [Private, No. 325] Gerald Henry Simp- son. Admission deemed lawful. Naturalization au- thorized. Requirements ex- cepted. April 30, 1940 [H. R. 830] [Private, No. 326] Esther Cottingham Grab. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Tom Kelly. Be it enwted by the Senate and House of Representatves 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 $6,270 to Tom Kelly, of Skedee, Oklahoma, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for serious and permanent injuries received in an automobile collision with a Government Civil- ian Conservation Corps truck on the highway between Tulsa and Skedee, Oklahoma, on September 24, 1934: 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 contract to the contrary not- withstanding. 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, April 23, 1940. [CHAPTER 177] AN ACT For the relief of Gerald Henry Simpson. 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 the alien Gerald Henry Simpson, now a member of the United States Army, shall be considered to have been, at Detroit, Michigan, on February 9, 1937, lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent resi- dence, and if found otherwise admissible to citizenship, may be naturalized under this Act upon compliance with all the require- ments of the naturalization laws, except that- (a) No certificate of arrival and no declaration of intention shall be required; (b) No period of residence within the United States or within the county where the petition is filed shall be required; and (c) The petition for citizenship shall be filed with any court having naturalization jurisdiction prior to the expiration of four months immediately following the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved, April 30, 1940. [CHAPTER 178] AN ACT For the relief of Esther Cottingham Grab. 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 mone in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Esther Cottingham Grab, widow of Frederic Daniel Grab, late American commercial attach6 at Caracas, Venezuela, the sum of $5,000, such sum representing one year's salary of her deceased hus- ban4, who died May 2, 1937, in an airplane crash, while in the Foreign Service of the United States of America. Approved, April 30, 1940. 1266

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