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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CHS. 123-125- -MAR . 15 , 1948 [CHAPTER 123] AN ACT For the relief of Vera Frances Elicker. 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 the eleventh category of section 3 of the Immi- gration Act of 1917 (8 U. S . C . 136 (e)), Vera Frances Elicker, the wife of a citizen of the United States who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Act approved December 28, 1945 (Public Law 271, Seventy-ninth Con- gress), if she is found otherwise admissible under the provisions of the Immigration laws. Approved March 15, 1948. [CHAPTER 124] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Norman C. Cobb, Naomi R. Cobb, and Garland L. Cobb. 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, the sum of $5,000 to the estate of Norman C. Cobb, the sum of $5,000 to the estate of Naomi R. Cobb, and the sum of $2,000 to the estate of Gar- land L. Cobb, late of Topeka, Kansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the deaths of the said Norman C. Cobb, Naomi R. Cobb, and Garland L. Cobb, sustained as a result of the crash of a United States Army airplane into the house in which they resided, in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 29, 1944: 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 March 15, 1948. [CHAPTER 125] AN ACT For the relief of Anastasios Panage Ioannatos (known as Anastasios Panage Ionnetos or Tom Panage Yanatos). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That, in the adminis- tration of the immigration and naturalization laws, Anastasios Panage Ioannatos (known as Anastasios Panage Ionnetos or Tom Panage Yanatos), of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States in time of war and has resided in the United States of America since January 18, 1926, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence on January 18, 1926, the date that he entered the United States at New York, New York. SEc. 2 . The Attorney General is authorized and directed to cancel any warrants of arrest or orders of deportation which may have been issued with respect to the said Anastasios Panage Ioannatos. 1321 March 15, 1948 [II. R . 621] [Private Law 204] Vera Frances Elicker. 39 Stat. 875. 59 Stat. 659. 8U..C.§§232- 236; Supp. I , § 237. March 15, 1948 [H. R. 9931 [Private Law 206] Norman C. Cobb and others, estates. March 15, 1948 [H. R . 1298] [Private Law 206] Anastasios Panage Ioannatos.