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Mar 18, 1940 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 70, 84, 85 Aar- 1 1940 Apr. 11, 1940 [CHAPTER 70] AN ACT Authorizing the Comptroller General of the United States to settle and adjust the claim of Edith Easton and Alma E. Gates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of Edith Easton and Alma E. Gates, of Sacramento, California, for $250, as the reasonable value of twenty-five thousand board feet of lumber removed without author- ity from their land in Calaveras County, California, during July and August 1933, by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, camp F-88, Dorrington, California, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the sum of not to exceed $250. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250, or so much thereof as may be neces- sary, for payment of the claim: 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, March 18, 1940. [CHAPTER 84] AN ACT For the relief of Nathan Kaplan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the immigration and naturalization laws Nathan Kaplan, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, shall be held and considered to have been legally admitted to the United States for permanent residence on December 1, 1929. SEC. 2 . The Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to cancel any warrants of arrest or orders of deportation which may have been issued in the case of said Nathan Kaplan upon the ground of unlawful residence in the United States. Approved, April 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 85] AN ACT For the relief of Ernest S. Frazier. Whereas the War Department has itself eliminated from the dis- charge certificate of Ernest S. Frazier, late of the Texas National Guard in Federal service, the word "undesirable": Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the War Department is hereby authorized and directed to eliminate the words "illiterate" and "degenerate" from the record of said Ernest S. Fra- zier wherever the said words occur in such records. SEC. 2. That the Veterans' Administration is also hereby author- ized and directed to eliminate the words "illiterate" and "degen- erate" from the record of Emest S. Frazier whenever said words occur in such records. Approved, April 11, 1940. 1251 March 18, 1940 [S. 2607] [Private, No. 289] Edith Easton and Alma E. Gates. Settlement of claim authorized. Appropriation. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. April 11, 1940 [8. 166]. Private, No. 290] Nathan Kaplan. Legal admission for permanent resi- dence. Cancelation of de- portation orders, etc. April 11, 1940 [S. 454] [Private, No. 291] Ernest S. Frazier. Correction in War Department records Correction in Vet- erans' Administration records.