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1302 Quota deduction. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 23-25-JAN . 26 , 1948 [62 STAT. of deportation, warrant of deportation, and bond, if any, in the case of the alien Santiago Naveran, and is directed not to issue any such further warrants or orders in the case of such alien insofar as any such further warrants or orders are based upon the same grounds as the warrants or orders required by this Act to be canceled. For the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, the said Santiago Naveran, who arrived at Tampa, Florida, on or about July 7,1924, as a seaman on the steamship Sec. II, which he deserted on or about July 10, 1924, shall, upon the payment of the required head tax, be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at such place and on such date. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Spanish quota of the first year that such quota becomes available. Approved January 26, 1948. [CHAPTER 24] January 26 1948 [S. 187] [Private Law 150] Antonio Arguin- zonis. Quota deduction. AN ACT For the relief of Antonio Arguinzonis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- tration of the immigration and naturalization laws, Antonio Arguin- zonis, of Shoshone, Idaho, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of his actual entry into the United States, upon the payment by him of the visa fee of $10 and the head tax of $8; and the Attorney General is authorized and directed to discontinue any deportation proceedings which may have been commenced in the case of the said Antonio Arguinzonis upon the ground of unlawful residence in the United States. SEC. 2. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the first available Spanish immigration quota. Approved January 26, 1948. [CIAPTER 25] January 26 1948 [S. 189] [Private Law 151] AN ACT For the relief of Simon Fermin Ibarra. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the bairraon Ferm i United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- tration of the Immigration and naturalization laws, Simon Fermin Ibarra, of Twin Falls, Idaho, shall be held and considered to have lawfully entered the United States for permanent residence on March 14, 1940, the date of his actual entry into the United States, upon the payment by him of the visa fee of $10 and the head tax of $8; and the Attorney General is authorized and directed to discontinue any deportation proceedings which may have been commenced in the case of Simon Fermin Ibarra upon the ground of unlawful residence in the United States. Quota deduction. SEC. 2. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the first available Spanish immigration quota. Approved January 26, 1948.