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PRIVATE LAW 534-MAR. 6, 1956

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is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Anna K. McQuilkin, of Chicago, Illinois, against the United States for the proceeds of yearly renewable term insurance in the sum of $10,000 allegedly obtained by Elmer K. Kersey (Veterans' Administration claim numbered XC-4904) during World War I. In the event judgment is entered for Anna McQuilkin any award payable thereunder shall be reduced by the amount received by the father of Elmer K. Kersey, under the provisions of section 401 of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 409), as amended. All defenses of the United States with respect to such claim which are based upon laches, lapse of time, and any statute of limitations are hereby waived. SEC. 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and proceedings for the determination of such claim, appeals therefrom and payment of any judgment, shall be in the same manner as in cases over which such court has jurisdiction under section 19 of the World W a r Veterans' Act, 1924. SEC. 3. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as an inference of liability on the part of the United States. Approved February 20, 1956.

Private Law 533

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AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Tsi Au Li (Tsi Gziou Li).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Doctor Tsi Au Li (Tsi Gziou Li) 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. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to deduct one number from the number of visas authorized to be issued under the provision of section 4(a) (13) of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended. Approved March 1, 1956. Private Law 534

43 Stat. 612. 38 USC 445.

March 1, 1956 [H. R. 1887]

66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note.

67 Stat. 401. 50 U S C a p p. 1971b.

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AN ACT For the relief of Barbara D. Colthurst, Pedro P. Dagamae, and Edith Kahler.

March 6, 1956 [S. 97]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of the Immigration and Xationality Act, the periods hi^s/.''*" °* ^ ° " ' of time Barbara D. Colthurst has resided or was physically present 8^ul*c^io"«>te in the United States or any State since July 2, 1947, shall be held and 1427. considered as compliance with the residence or physical presence requirements of section 316 of the said Act. Pedro P. DagaSEC. 2. For the purposes of section 316(a) of the Immigration mae. and Nationality Act, Pedro P. Dagamae shall be held and considered to have been physically present in, and a continuous permanent resident of, the United States during the period from February 1946

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