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PRIVATE LAW 5 3 2 - A P R. 10, 1952

Private Law 530

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CHAPTER 166

AN ACT For the relief of Hattie Truax Graham, formerly Hattie Truax.

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 Hattie Truax Graham, formerly Hattie Truax, Cloverdale, Indiana, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States of the said Hattie Truax Graham, formerly Hattie Truax, for the death of her former husband, Ola Truax, on January 21, 1944, who died as the result of burns sustained in a fire at the Evans Hall housing project, Evansville, Indiana, which was under the supervision and management of the National Housing Agency, the United States Court of Claims (Congressional No. 17857, decided April 3, 1951, pursuant to S. Res. 268, Eighty-first Congress) having found that the United States was negligent in failing to enforce its safety regulations, and that such failure was the proximate cause of the death: 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 April 8, 1952.

AprU 8, 1952 [S. 1949]

Hattie Truax Graham.

CHAPTER 176

Private Law 531 AN ACT For the relief of Francesco Gaber.

April 10, 1952 [S. 590]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amenca in Congress assemMed, That, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization law'S, Francesco Gaber shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quotacontrol officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved April 10, 1952. Private Law 532

Quota deduction.

CHAPTER 177 AN ACT For the relief of Ana Cobo Alonso.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws. Ana Cobo Alonso shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax. Approved April 10, 1952.

April 10, 1952 [S. 715]

Ana Cobo Alonzo.