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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 509-511-JUNE 16, 1938 unlawful entry of such aliens into the United States prior to the enactment of this Act. Hereafter, for the purposes of the immigra- lAdmision deemed tion and naturalization laws, such aliens shall be considered to have been at Northport, Washington, on July 14, 1936, lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 510] AN ACT For the relief of Louis Michael Bregantic. 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 the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the warrant of arrest and the order of deportation against Louis Michael Bregantic heretofore issued on the grounds that on (date unknown) admission to the United States had been fraudulently gained pursuant to the commission of a passport or visa offense which, subsequent to such admission, has heretofore been held by the Attorney General of the United States to be within the purview of "crimes involving moral turpitude", and thereupon Louis Michael Bregantic shall hereafter be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at (port unknown) on (date unknown). Any declaration of intention to become a citizen or any petition for cit- izenship heretofore filed by or any admission to citizenship ordered and certificate of naturalization heretofore issued to Louis Michael Bregantic which were predicated upon the claim of lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence on (date unknown) shall hereafter be deemed valid unless the original seven-year period of validity of such declaration of intention has heretofore expired or Louis Michael Bregantic has heretofore been found otherwise not eligible to such benefit under the naturalization laws. Approved, June 16, 1938. June 16,1938 [H. R. 8743] [Private, No. 625] Louis Michael Bre- gantic. Cancelation of order of deportation, etc. Petition for citizen- ship, etc. [CHAPTER 511] AN ACT For the relief of N. W. Ludowese. Be it enacted by 1the Senate and Houw.e of Representatives of the Un.ited SState.I of A merica in C(ongres..s a.sem.bled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to N. W. Ludowesc, of Williston, North Dakota, the sum of $188.64 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for travel expenses incurred (luring September and October 1936 in perform- ing his official duties as an employee of the Soil Conservation Service, I)epartment of Agriculture, which was disallowed by the Comptroller General as the travel was not performed in a personally owned auto- mobile: 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 con- tract 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. June 16, 1938 Illi. R. 16] I Private, No. 6261 N. W. IKllowese. l'nytient to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for vio- lation. 1357