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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 96, 102, 106-MAR. 3, 6, 9, 1948 [62 STAT. [CHAPTER 96] March 3, 1948 [S. 521] [Private Law 192] Sang Hun Shim. Quota deduction. March 6, 1948 [S. 970] [Private Law 193] Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Prosser. AN ACT For the relief of Sang Hun Shim. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur- pose of the immigration laws, Sang Hun Shim, Weston, Connecticut, shall be held and considered to have been legally admitted to the United States for permanent residence on June 18, 1926, upon payment by him of the visa fee of $10 and the head tax of $8; and the Attorney General is authorized and directed to discontinue any deportation proceedings which may have been commenced in the case of Sang Hun Shim upon the ground of unlawful residence in the United States. SEC. 2. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the first avail- able Japanese immigration quota. Approved March 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 102] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Prosser. 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 Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Prosser, of Charlestown, Rhode Island, the sum of $595 in full satis- faction of their claim against the United States for compensation for damage to their land resulting from a fire started by a flare dropped by a United States Navy airplane: 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 March 6, 1948. [CHAPTER 106] March 9, 1948 [8. 12671 [Private Law 194] Eleonore M. Han- non. AN ACT For the relief of Eleonore M. Hannon. 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 Eleonore M. Hannon, of Coquille, Oregon, the sum of $1,101, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries to Eleonore M. Hannon as the result of the crash of a United States Navy airplane on October 15, 1944: 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 March 9, 1948. 1316

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