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62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 31 -34JAN. 26 , 27, 1948 for payment for such accrued leave: 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 January 26, 1948. [CHAPTER 32] AN ACT For the relief of Damian Gandiaga. 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 Damian Gandiaga, of Tuscarora, Nevada, shall be held and considered to have lawfully entered the United States for permanent residence on June 3, 1944, 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 Damian Gandiaga upon the ground of unlawful residence in the United States. 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 the Spanish quota is hereafter available. Approved January 26, 1948. [CHAPTER 33] AN ACT For the relief of Belmont Properties Corporation. 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, to Belmont Properties Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, the sum of $667.50. Such sum represents the amount of a fee paid by the said corporation to the Federal Housing Administration in connection with an application, made on October 20, 1941, to such Administration for mortgage insurance on an apartment-house project in Arlington, Virginia. While such application was pending the land on which such project was to be constructed was condemned by the United States: 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 January 27, 1948. 1305 January 26, It48 [S. 1579] [Private Law 158] Damian Gandiaga. Quota deduction. January 27 1948 IS. 851J (Private Law 159] Belniont Prolprties Corp. [CHAPTER 34] AN ACT For the relief of Colonel William J. Kennard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Kcol. willim J - January27 I98 IS. 957j IP, l--* · , t