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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 June 29, 1956. Private Law 719

AN ACT For the relief of Walter C. Jordan and Elton W. Johnson.

June 29, 1956 [S. 3945]

Walter C. Jordan and Elton W. Johnson.

CHAPTER 469

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 be, and he is hereby authorized find directed to pay out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Walter C. Jordan, of Pryor, Oklahoma, the sum of $303 and to Elton W. Johnson, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, the sum of $67, which amounts represent the estimated costs of replacement of two abstracts of title and duplicates of two mortgagee's title insurance policies, belonging to the above-named individuals and which abstracts and original policies were destroyed when the mail bag in which they were being dispatched by the Postal Transportation Service slid under the wheels of the train at Pryor, Oklahoma, on or about May 3, 1954: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 June 29, 1956. Private Law 720

CHAPTER 470 AN ACT For the relief of Giovanna Scano.

June 29, 1956 [H. R. 1410]

Giovanna Scano. 66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note.

Quota deduction.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the puroses of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Giovanna Scano shall e held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of 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 quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved June 29,. 1956.

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Private Law 721 June 29, 1956 [H. R. 3373]

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AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. ZeUa K. Thissell.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ThiMeiif *^^° ^* United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary

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