PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 343 , 344-DEC. 17, 1943 Death of benefici- following: "And provided further, That in the event of the death ary before paymnt. of any beneficiary before payment to and collection by such beneficiary of the amount authorized herein, such gratuity shall be paid to the next living beneficiary in the order of succession above stated: And Determination of rovided further, That if there be no widow, child, or previously des- payee if dependent rve relative not desig- fgnated dependent relative, the Secretary of War shall cause the D ated. amount herein provided to be paid to any grandchild, parent, brother or sister, or grandparent shown to have been dependent upon such officer or enlisted man prior to his death, and the determination of such fact by the Secretary of War shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government: And provided further, That the last foregoing proviso shall be effective as of August 27, 1940." Prior payments. SEC. 2. Nothing herein shall be construed to invalidate or in any manner affect any payments made prior to the date of the approval of this Act, but no gratuity payment shall hereafter be made to the repre- sentative of the estate of a beneficiary who died prior to such approval. Approved December 17, 1943. [CHAPTER 344] ANA.T December 17,1943 [H. R. 3070] To repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts, to establish quotas, and for other [Public Law 199] purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the chirnese Excluion United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Acts or parts of Acts relating to the exclusion or deportation of persons of the Chinese race are hereby repealed: May 6,1882 (22 Stat. L. 58); July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. L . 115); September 13, 1888 (25 Stat. L. 476); October 1, 1888 (25 Stat. L . 504); May 5, 1892 (27 Stat. L . s..s. 263 e 25); November 3, 1893 (28 Stat. L . 7); that portion of section 1 of seq· su.s.c.. 23. the Act of July 7, 1898 (30 Stat. L. 750, 751), which reads as follows: "There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands."; section 101 of the Act of April U.S.' .4 30. 1900 (31 Stat. L . 141, 161) those portions of section 1 of the Act 8U.S .c. §. (of .,le 6, 1900 (31 Stat. L. 588, 611), which read as follows: "And nothing in section four of the Act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (Twenty-second Statutes at Large, page two hundred and twenty-five), shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from hereafter detailing one officer employed in the enforce- ment of the Chinese Exclusion Acts for duty at the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington. * * * and hereafter the Commissioner- General of Immigration, in addition to his other duties, shall have charge of the administration of the Chinese exclusion law * * * under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Treas- ury."; March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. L. 1093); April 29, 1902 (32 Stat. L . 8 U. .. 263 et 176); April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. L . 428); section 25 of the Act of 28s. s. c. 4. March 3, 1911 (36 Stat. L . 1087. 1094); that portion of the Act of su.s .c .s2n. August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. L . 417, 476), which reads as follows: "Provided, That all charges for maintenance or return of Chinese persons applying for admission to the United States shall hereafter be paid or reimbursed to the United States by the person, company, partnership, or corporation, bringing such Chinese to a port of the United States as applicants for admission."; that portion of the Act 8u.s.c. i2. of June 23, 1913 (38 Stat. L . 4, 65), which reads as follows: "Pro- vided, That from and after July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, all Chinese persons ordered deported under judicial writs shall be [57 STAT. 600
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