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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 208, 233 , 2 34-May 2 1940 June 6, 1940 [CHAPTER 208] May 24, 1940 [H. R. 3094] [Private, No. 330] Luise Ehrenfeld. Registration as hav- ing entered U. 8. for permanent residence. Deduction from quota. June 6, 1940 [8. 129] [Private, No. 331] PriscillaM.Noland. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of Luise Ehrenfeld. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the immigration and naturalization laws, the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to permit registration of Luise Ehrenfeld as having entered the United States for permanent residence. 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, May 24, 1940. [CHAPTER 233] AN ACT For the relief of Priscilla M. Noland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assenbled, 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 Priscilla M. Noland, of Seattle, Washington, the sum of $765, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for damages result- ing from an accident involving a Government truck operated in con- nection with the Civilian Conservation Corps, while en route from Seattle, Washington, to Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, on June 25, 1938: 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 notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 234] June, 1940 AN ACT [S.2132] For the relief of Katherine Scott Mrs. J. H. Scott, Jettie Stewart, and Ruth [Private, No. 332] Mincemeyer. Katherine Scott and others. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees 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 Kath- erine Scott, Ellington, Missouri, the sum of $2,500; to Mrs. J. H. Scott, Ellington, Missouri, $500; to Jettie Stewart, Ellington, Missouri, $50; and to Ruth Mincemeyer, Clayton, Missouri, $50; in all, $3,100, in full settlement of their respective claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck by a truck of United States Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-70, Forest Service, Depart- ment of Agriculture, on Missouri State Highway Numbered 106, at the point where it intersects with the park road leading to Camp S-70 June 12, 1936: Prvided, 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 1268 [54 STAT.

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