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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 436-438 -SEPT. 27, 1944 1023 the automobile in which the said John Salfi was a passenger and a National Youth Administration truck operated by Louis Gradilone, an employee of the National Youth Administration. No part of the sum appropriated by this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to, or received by any agent or agents or attorney or attorneys on account of services rendered in connec- tion with such claim; and it shall be unlawful for any agent or agents or attorney or attorneys to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any part of the amount so appropriated in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with such claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed $1,000. Approved September 27, 1944. [CHAPTER 437] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Scarpella and Dorothy Scarpella. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Joseph Scarpella and to Dorothy Scarpella, his wife, both of rural free delivery numbered 1, Woodbine, New Jersey, the sum of $2,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of (1) personal injuries sustained by the said Dorothy Scarpella and (2) damage to and loss of real and personal property owned by the said Joseph Scarpella and Dorothy Scarpella when their dwelling on State Highway Numbered 49, rural free delivery numbered 1, Woodbine, New Jersey, was demolished on July 9, 1942, by a United States Navy truck: 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved September 27, 1944. September 27, 1944 (H. R. 2390] [Private Law 378] Joseph Scarpella and Dorothy Scar- pella. [CHAPTER 438] AN ACT For the relief of Marie Engert. 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 Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of Marie Engert as of July 6, 1939, the date on which she entered the United States, if she is found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws, other than those relating to quotas. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota of the appropriate nation when such quota number becomes available. Approved September 27, 1944. September 27,1944 [H. R. 2509] [Private Law 379] Marie Engert. Quota deduction.

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