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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 369-371-JUNE 1, 1948 [CHAPTER 369] AN ACT For the relief of John H. Schmitt and Mrs. Mildred Schmitt. 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, to John H. Schmitt, of Oak Park, Illinois, the sum of $8,011.05, and to pay to Mrs. Mildred Schmitt, of Oak Park, Illinois, the sum of $4,021.05, in full settlement of all claims of the said John H. Schmitt and Mrs. Mildred Schmitt against the United States for property damages, personal injuries, and loss of earnings sustained and medical and hos- pital expenses incurred by them as the result of the automobile in which they were riding having been struck by a United States Army vehicle on June 22, 1944, at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and United States Highway Numbered 45 in Cook County, Illinois: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, 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 June 1, 1948. [CHAPTER 370] AN ACT For the relief of Jacob Cohen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- poses of the immigration and naturalization laws, the alien Jacob Cohen, San Francisco, California, a Rumanian national who entered the United States in September 1946, for a temporary stay (and whose son, Kurt Cohen, a naturalized citizen of the United States, died in France on February 6, 1945, as a result of wounds received in action while a member of the military forces of the United States) shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, as of September 1, 1946. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Rumanian quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved June 1, 1948. 1363 June 1, 1948 [H. R. 3965] [Private Law 323] John H. Schmitt and Mrs. Mildred Schmitt. June 1, 1948 [H. B. 4443] [Private Law 324] Jacob Cohen. Quota deduction. AN ACT For the relief of Abraham Spevak. 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, directed to pay, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to Abraham Spevak, of Newburgh, New York, the sum of $500 in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained and medical expenses incurred by him as a result of an accident which occurred on July 7,1941, at Stony Point, New York, involving an Army vehicle: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated June 1, 1948 [H. B. 4593] [Private Law 325] Abraham Spevak. [CHAPTER 371]