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PRIVATE LAW 309—OCT. 10, 1951

shall be held and considered to have been lawfully ad^mitted 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 October 10, 1951.

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Quota deduction.

CHAPTER 4 7 2 AN ACT October 10, 1951 [H. R. 2165]

For the relief of Matthew Terry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th& United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the administration of the immigration laws, section 13(c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, shall not apply to Matthew Terry, minor half-Japanese child in the care of Sergeant Jack E. Terry (a member of the Armed Forces of the United States now serving in Korea) and Mrs. Carolyn E. Terry, citizens of the United States. For the pur poses of sections 4(a) and 9 of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, the said Matthew Terry shall be held and considered to be the natural-born alien child of the said Sergeant Jack E. Terry and Mrs. Carolyn E. Terry. Approved October 10, 1951.

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43 Stat. 162. 8 U.S.C. § 213(0).

8 U.S.C.§§204(ii), 209.

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For the relief of James A. Vines. 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, the sum of $118.68, to James A. Vines, apartment 8, 909 Locust Street, Knoxville, Tennessee. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the fact that said James A. Vines, while acting as cashier of the War Assets Administration Customer Service Center, 123 Poplar Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, accepted the checks of one R. A. Murray, the one in the amount of $93 dated January 31, 1947, the other in the amount of $25.68 dated February 6, 1947, in payment of properties purchased by said Murray from the War Assets Administration and which said checks were not in due course deposited by the said James A. Vines due to circumstances over which said James A. Vines was not responsible and which said checks were charged against the salary of said James A. Vines and deducted from the amount due him for his services as such cashier: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated by 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 October 10, 1951.

October 10, 1951 [H. R. 2444]

James A. Vines.

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