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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 272-275-MAY 28, 1946 [60 STAT. declared a record of permanent admission as of the date she last temporarily entered continental United States, to wit, January 25, 1940. Approved May 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 273] AN ACT For the relief of Mercy Duke Boehl. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwith- standing the provisions of the immigration laws, the Attorney Gen- eral is authorized and directed to permit Mercy Duke Boehl, wife of an American citizen, to remain permanently in the United States. Approved May 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 274] May 28, 1946 [S. 1201] [Private Law 542] Arthur F. Downs. May 28, 1946 [S. 1916] [Private Law 643] May Morgan Beal. AN ACT For the relief of Arthur F. Downs. 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 Arthur F. Downs, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the sum of $849.36, in full satisfac- tion of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained by him, and for reim- bursement of hospital and other expenses incurred by him, as a result of having been shot by a member of the United States Marine Corps, near the Newington crossroad, between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Rochester, New Hampshire, on November 24, 1943: 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 May 28, 1946. [CHAPTER 275] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of State to transfer certain silver candelabra to May Morgan Beal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to transfer to May Morgan Beal, of Newton, Massachusetts, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the two silver lanterns or candelabra which were originally given to Ambassador Edwin V. Morgan by citizens of Brazil and subsequently presented as a gift to the United States by the said May Morgan Beal in July 1934, for use in the United States Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Approved May 28, 1946. 1178 May 28, 1946 [8.875] [Private Law 541] Mercy Duke Boehl.

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