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PRIVATE LAW 904-AUG. 31, 1954

visions of section 404(c) of the Nationality Act of 1940, may be naturalized by taking prior to one year after the eflfective date of this Act, before any court referred to in subsection (a) of section 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act or before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States abroad, the oaths prescribed by section 337 of the said Act. From and after naturalization under this Act, the said Reverend Charles V. Rossini shall have the same citizenship status as that which existed immediately prior to its loss. Approved August 31, 1954.

efrStat. 239, 258. 8 USC 1421, 1448.

CHAPTER 1108

Private Law 903 AN ACT For the relief of Walter P. Sylvester.

August 3 1. 1954 [S. 2266]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the limitation upon the time for filing claims under section 20 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, Walter P. Sylvester, of Rutland, Massachusetts, may, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, file a claim under such section for comjjensation for disability allegedly incurred by him as a result of an injury sustained while he was employed at the Boston Naval Shipyard from June 1943 to January 1945: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue except hospital and medical expenses prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved August 31, 1954. Private Law 904

54 Stat. 1170. 8 USC 801 note.

W a l t e r P. Sylvester. 42 Stat. 650; 59 Stat. 503. 5 USC 770.

CHAPTER 1109

AN ACT For the relief of Joseph V. Crimi, father of the minor child, Joseph Criml.

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 Joseph V. Crimi, father of the minor child, Joseph Crimi, of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of $8,500. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Joseph V. Crimi and Joseph Crimi arising out of personal injuries sustained by the said Joseph Crimi in Boston on August 5, 1949, when he was struck by a privately owned automobile being used under contract by the United States Post Office for the delivery of parcel post. Such sum represents the unsatisfied portion of the judgments on such claims obtained in the Superior Court in Boston against the owner and the operator of such automobile, plus interest and costs: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 $1,000Approved August 31, 1954.

August 31, 1954 [S. 2553] Joseph v. erlmi and child.

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