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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 96, 99 ,107-June 14, 1947 [CHAPTER 96] AN ACT For the relief of Isaac B. Jones. [61 STAT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Isaac B. Jones. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Isaac B. Jones, of Washington. District of Columbia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $9,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States, which sum represents a portion of the loss sustained by the said Isaac B. Jones on the bail bond of Alfred Layton, who was afterward captured as a result of Jones' efforts, convicted, and sentenced on a charge of using the mails to defraud. The said sum of $9,000 being the amount of the forfeited bail bond after deducting the total cost to the United States, and is in accordance with the report and recommendation made by the Attorney General to the chairman, Committee on Claims: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 May 31, 1947. June 5, 1947 [S. 135] [Private Law 12] Frank Schindler. Quota deduction. June 14, 1947 [H. R. 1288] IPrivate Law 13] Roscoe L. Wood. [CHAPTER 991 AN ACT To legalize the admission into the United States of Frank Schindler. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General is hereby directed to record the entry into the United States of Frank Schindler at New York City, New York, on June 11, 1939, as a lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws. The Secretary of State shall thereupon reduce by one the immigration quota for Czechoslovakia for the first year that such quota may be available. Approved June 5, 1947. [CHAPTER 107] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant a private right-of-way to Roscoe L. Wood. Be it enacted by the Senate and Holse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to grant to Roscoe L. Wood, his heirs and assigns, an easement fifteen feet wide from Wilson Avenue to lot 52-E across Federal-owned lots 54 and 52-F and adjacent to the northerly boundaries of said Federal-owned lots for use as a private right-of-way until this land has access to a con- tiguous highway or public way for ingress and egress to and from lot 52-E, block 4, section 4, Cabin John Park, Montgomery County, Maryland. Approved June 14, 1947. 968 May 31, 1947 [H. R. 20941 [Private Law 11]

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