1140
Quota deduction.
July 14, 1949
[H. R. 682]
[Private Law 167]
Guardian of Elliott
Hewitt.
July 15, 1949
[H. R. 991
[Private Law 1681
Victor R. Browning
and Co., In.
PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 334, 337, 339-JULY 14,15,1949 [63 STAT.
be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United
States for permanent residence as of November 14, 1946, the date on
which he last entered the United States as a temporary visitor.
SEc. 2 . Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State
shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number
from the quota for Chinese persons of the first year that such quota
number is available.
Approved July 14, 1949.
[CHAPTER 337]
AN ACT
For the relief of the legal guardian of Elliott Hewitt.
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 the
legal guardian of Elliott Hewitt, of Peabody, Massachusetts, the sum
of $1,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States
for personal injuries incurred by the said Elliott Hewitt, and for
medical and hospital expenses resulting therefrom, as a result of being
burned from a fire carelessly and negligently left unguarded by
employees of the Works Progress Administration in February 1940,
on sidewalk project on Lynn Street, Peabody, Massachusetts: Pro-
vided, 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 July 14, 1949.
[CHAPTER 339]
AN ACT
For the relief of Victor R. Browning and Company, Incorporated.
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 $15,10, to Victor R. Browning and Company, Incorporated,
of Willoughby, Ohio, in full satisfaction of its claim against the
United States under contract numbered NOY-3461, entered into by
Victor R. Browning and Company, Incorporated, with the United
States Government through the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks of the Navy Department, contracting for and providing for
the construction of crane equipment for deylery to the Navy Yard
at Charleston, South Carolina, which was withheld from payments
otherwise due the Victor R. Browning and Company, Incorporated,
under contract numbered NOY-13698: 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 shallbe unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any person violating theprovisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon onviction thereof shall be fined in a
sam not exceedingtJly , .
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Approved July 15, 1949.
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