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[70 Stat. 91]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 91]

70 S T A T. ]

PRIVATE LAW 703-JUNE 22, 1956

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SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act, the exemptions provided foi* herein shall apply only to grounds for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice had knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved June 22, 19.56.

Private Law 702

CHAPTER 432

AN ACT For the relief of Santiago Gonzalez Trigo.

June 22, 1956 ^' ^' ^^^^^

Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Reiyre-^entatives of the United States of America in Congres^n aanemMed^ That the Attorney General is authorized and directed to discontinue any deportation proceeding and to cancel any outstanding order and warrant of deportation, any warrant of arrest and bond which may have been issued in the case of Santiago Gonzalez Trigo, and the said Santiago Gonzalez Trigo shall not again be subject to deportation by reason of the same facts upon which any such deportation proceedings were commenced or any such warrants of arrest have issued. Approved June 22, 1956. Private Law 703

Santiago G. Tri-

CHAPTER 433

AN ACT Foi* the relief of:\Irs. Anna Elizabeth Doherty,

June 22, 1956 [H. R. 1913]

Be it enacted by the Senate and Houm of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary her?y.*'^"^ E.DOof the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Doherty, Atlantic City, Xew Jersey, the sum of $3,116.70. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Doherty against the United States for payment of allotments to which she was entitled as the lawful wife of Joseph F. Doherty (a member of the United States Xavy) during the period beginning January 1, 1951, and ending September 30, 1952, but which she never received. The said Joseph F. Doherty obtained an invalid divorce from the said Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Doherty and subsequently entered into a bigamous remarriage, as a result of which the Department of the Navy, without investigation, withheld payment of such allotment to the said Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Doherty during such period: 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 June 22, 1956.

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