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63 STAT.] 81sT CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 188, 189, 200, 201 -JUNE 10, 13 , 1949 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 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 189] AN ACT For the relief of Ben Luke Pond, Shao Hung Pond, and David Yat Wei Pond. 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 and naturalization laws the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to record the lawful admission into the United States for permanent residence of Ben Luke Pond, his wife Mrs. Shao Hung Pond, and their son David Yat Wei Pond, as of September 14, 1946, the date on which they last entered the United States, provided they are otherwise admissible under the immigration laws of the United States. SEC. 2. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct three numbers from the quota for Chinese persons for the first year that such quota numbers are available. Approved June 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 200] AN ACT For the relief of William S. Meany. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the Postmaster General is authorized and directed to credit the accounts of William S. Meany, postmaster at Greenwich, Connecticut, in the sum of $17,573.80, representing the amount due the United States on account of the embezzlement of post-office funds by Joseph W. Delaney, the former assistant postmaster at the Greenwich, Connecticut, post office. Approved June 13, 1949. [CHAPTER 201] AN ACT For the relief of Mickey Baine. 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 Mickey Baine, of Nashville, Tennessee, the sum of $4,500, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States (1) for compensation for personal injuries, property damage, and loss of earnings suffered by him, and (2) for reimbursement of medical and hospital expenses incurred by him as a result of an automobile accident which occurred in 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, when his automobile was struck by a United States Army vehicle: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 1113 June 10, 1949 [H. R. 1878] [Private Law 96] Ben Luke Pond and others. Quota deduction. June 13, 1949 IS. 782] [Private Law 97] William 8. Meany. June 13 1941 I8. R98s lPrivate law 98] Mickey Baine.