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PRIVATE LAW 224—AUG. 28, 1951

ing any other provision of law, the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized to appoint Bernt Balchen, AO-426630, United States Air Force Reserve, to the permanent grade of colonel in the Regular Air Force. For the purposes of determining position on promotion list, permanent grade seniority, and eligibility for promotion, the above-named person shall be credited with an amount of service equal to the number of days, months, and years by which his age at the time of his appointment exceeds twenty-five years and shall be placed on the promotion list immediately below that officer appointed to the permanent grade of colonel on April 2, 1948, who is credited with the same or next greater amount of service. The service credited to the above-named person at the time of his appointment and his active commissioned service in the Regular Air Force subsequent to his appointment shall be included within the meaning of the term "years' service" as defined in subsection (b) of section 514 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 903: 10 U. S. C. 941b). Approved August 27, 1951.

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CHAPTER 352

AN ACT For the relief of Sister Carmen Teva Ramos.

August 28, 1951 fS. 61]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws. Sister Carmen Teva Ramos shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved August 28, 1951.

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Quota deduction.

CHAPTER 353 AN ACT For the relief of Arno Edvin Kolm.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of tiepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, Arno Edvin Kolm shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved August 28, 1951. 76100 O - 52 (PT. I) - 57

August 28, 1951 [S. 289]

Quota deduction.

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