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68 S T A T. 1

PRIVATE LAW 300-MAR. 15, 1964

Private Law 298

A2r CHAPTER 90

AN ACT

March 15, 1954 [H. R. 1795]

For the relief of Helena Shostenko.

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 Nationality Act, Helena Shostenko 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. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved March 15, 1954.

Quota tion.

deduc-

CHAPTER 91

Private Law 299 AN ACT For the relief of Franklin Jim.

March 15, 1954 [H. R. 1883]

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 hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Franklin Jim, a full-blood Pawnee Indian, the sum of $5,000. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising from injury to his left hand on October 10, 1945, which was caught in the presses of a sorghum mill being used on the grounds of the Pawnee Indian School near Pawnee, Oklahoma, during a period when he was a student at said school, was thirteen years of age and was assigned the task of attending said sorghum mill by the school authorities, who were employees of the United States: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with this claim. I t shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of money appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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 March 15, 1954. Private Law 300

66 Stat. 1 63. 8 U S C 1 1 0 1 note»

Franklin Jim.

CHAPTER 92

AN ACT For the relief of Sisters Adelaide Canelas and Maria Isabel Franco.

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 Nationality Act, Sisters Adelaide Canelas and Maria Isabel Franco shall be held and considered to have

March 15, 1954 [H. R. 2504]

66 Stat. 163. 8 U S C 1 1 0 1 note.