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PRIVATE LAW 151-AUG. 8, 1953

exemption shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice have knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved August 7, 1953. Private Law 149

CHAPTER 370

AN ACT To authorize the payment of compensation to Clarence A. Beutel, formerly Deputy Administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, for the period from September 10, 1952, through June 1, 1953. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 1761 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U.S.C. 56), the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized to pay to Clarence A. Beutel the compensation earned by him as Deputy Administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from September 10, 1952, through June 1, 1953. Approved August 8, 1953. Private Law 150

^ugus [S. 2104]

C 1 a r e n c e A,. Beutel.

CHAPTER 371

• ' ^ ACT For the relief of the estate of Frank DeNuzzi and Cecelia Melnik Burns.

August 8, 1953 [H. R. 937]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary est^ife'^ndCfecefia of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, MeinikBums. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000 to the estate of Frank DeNuzzi, of 103 Mesereau Avenue, Staten Island, New York, to pay the sum of $1,500 to Cecelia Melnik Burns, of 8 Parish Avenue, Travis, Staten Island, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of the said F r a n k DeNuzzi and all expenses incident thereto and personal injuries to Cecelia Melnik Burns sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States soldier stationed at Gulf port, Staten Island, New York, on June 23, 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 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 8, 1953. Private Law 151

CHAPTER 372

AN ACT To authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska for use as a mission school. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Catholic

August 8, 1953 [H. R. 1880]

Catholic B i s h o p of Northern A l a s k a.

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