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1074 [CHAPTER 25] March 21, 1949 [S. 335] [Private Law 4] Claris U. Yeadon. 39 Stat. 875. 8U.S.C.§136(e). March 22, 1949 [s. 594] [Private Law 5] John I. Malarin. AN ACT For the relief of Claris U. Yeadon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the immigration laws, relating to the issuance of immi- gration visas for admission to the United States for permanent residence and relating to admissions at ports of entry of aliens as immigrants for permanent residence in the United States, that pro- vision of section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended (U. S . C., title 8, sec. 136 (c) ), which excludes from admission into the United States "persons who have been convicted of or admit having com- mitted a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude", shall not hereafter be held to apply to Claris U. Yeadon (nee Claris U. Davis), the wife of Cecil S. Yeadon, an American citizen. If she is found otherwise admissible under the immigration laws, an immigration visa may be issued and admission granted to the said Claris U. Yeadon under this Act upon application hereafter filed. Approved March 21, 1949. [CHAPTER 26] AN ACT For the relief of John I. Malarin, former Army mail clerk at APO 932, a branch of the San Francisco, California, post office, relative to a shortage in his fixed credit account. 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 John I. Malarin, former Army mail clerk at APO 932, a branch of the San Francisco, California, post office, the sum of $916.78, the amount refunded to the United States by the said John I. Malarin as a result of a defi- ciency that developed during February 1943 in his fixed credit account while he was Army mail clerk at APO 932: 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 attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. 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 22, 1949. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 24-26-MAR. 19, 21, 22, 1949 [63 STAT. General is authorized and directed to record Doctor Chung Kwai Lui as having entered the United States in 1936 for permanent residence, upon the payment by her of the visa fee and head tax. SEC. 2. The Attorney General is authorized and directed to cancel any warrants of arrest or orders of deportation which may have been issued, and to discontinue any deportation proceedings which may have been commenced, in the case of Doctor Chung Kwai Lui. The Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Chinese quota for the first year that a quota number is available. Approved March 19, 1949. Quota deduction.