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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS. -CHS. 200, 201, 205-JULY 1, 2, 1947 [CHAPTER 2001 AN ACT For the relief of Mary Lomas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- ing the provisions of section 19 (a) of the Immigration Act of Febru- ary 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 889-890; 56 Stat. 1044; 8 U. S. C . 155), the Attorney General is authorized and directed to permit Mary Lomas, of Fairmont, West Virginia, to remain permanently in the United States if she is found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws other than quotas. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota for Greece of the first year that the said quota is available. Approved July 1, 1947. [CHAPTER 201] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement and to convey to the Louisiana Power and Light Company a tract of land comprising a portion of Camp Livingston in the State of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, under such terms and conditions as are deemed advisable by him, to grant to the Louisiana Power and Light Company a perpetual easement for a right-of-way for transmission-line purposes in, on, and across a por- tion of Camp Livingston, Louisiana, and convey to the Louisiana Power and Light Company, its successors and/or assigns, by quitclaim deed, a tract of land comprising a portion of Camp Livingston, Loui- siana, being two hundred feet wide and four hundred feet long and located adjacent to and on the north side of the Beaver Creek electrical distribution substation of the Louisiana Power and Light Company, on which land to be conveyed the said Beaver Creek substation has been enlarged. Approved July 1, 1947. July 1, 1947 [H. R . 1742] [Private Law 43] Mary Lomas. Quota deduction. July 1, 1947 [H. R . 2248] [Private Law 44] Louisiana Power and Light Company. [CHAPTER 205] AN ACT July 2, 1947 For the relief of Samuel W. Davis, Junior; Mrs. Samuel W. Davis, Junior; and H. R. 11441 Betty Jane Davis. [Private Law 45] 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $18.518 to Samuel W. Davis, Junior, of Greensboro. North Carolina, for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained by him and for medical and hospital expenses incurred by him on account of his injuries and those of his wife, Mrs. Samuel W. Davis, Junior, and his minor daughter, Betty Jane Davis, and for future medical and hospital expenses for their treatment; the sum of $4,000 to the said Mrs. Samuel W. Davis, Junior, for personal injuries sustained by her; and the sum of $3,000 to the legal guardian of the said Betty Jane Davis, a minor, for the personal injuries sustained by said minor, in full settlement of all claims of the said Samuel W. Davis, Junior, Mrs. Samuel W. Davis, Junior, and Betty Jane Davis, against the United States arising out of an accident which occurred on December 24, 1944, on United States Samuel W. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Samuel W. Davis, Jr. Guardian of Betty Jane Davis.