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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 815 -818-OCT. 9, 1940 October 9, 1940 [H. R . 66391 [Private, No. 699] George F. Kermath. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. Ootober , 1940 [H. R . 6820] [Private, No. 600] Mrs. Hama Torii Emerson. Admission for per- manent residence. [CHAPTER 815] AN ACT For the relief of George F. Kermath. 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 and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to George F. Kermath, of Rochester, New York, the sum of $640.34, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the reim- bursement of medical expenses incurred by him between June 23 and July 12, 1938, as the direct result of an emergency caused by his service-connected disability: 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, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 816] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Hama Torii Emerson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the date of the approval of this Act, Mrs. Hama Torii Emerson, who was admitted into the Territory of Hawaii on June 27, 1931, for a temporary stay and is the Japanese wife of a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed to have been lawfully admitted as an immi- grant for permanent residence. Approved, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 817] October O, 194 [H. R . 68881 [Private, No. 001] Esther Jacobs. Admission for per- manent residence. 43 Stat. 153. 8 U. S.C. 201- 229; Supp. V, Ii 209 (), 213 (a), 213a. October 9, 1940 [H. R. 69461 Private, No. 602] Balvatore Taras. Canoelation of order of deportation. AN ACT For the relief of Esther Jacobs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to record the admission of Esther Jacobs for permanent residence. This Act shall not be deemed to create a record of the admission of the said Esther Jacobs for immigration or naturalization purposes, and if the said Esther Jacobs is a quota immigrant, the quota of her nationality as deter- mined by the Immigration Act of 1924 for the current year, or if the quota for that year be exhausted, then the quota for the following year shall be reduced by one. The said Esther Jacobs shall not hereafter be subject to deportation for the same cause or causes upon which the order of deportation is based. Approved, October 9, 1940. [CHAPTER 818] AN ACT For the relief of Salvatore Taras. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaties 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 1378 [54 STAT.