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PRIVATE LAW 763-JULY 11, 1956
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Angeles, California, the sum of $1,175.34. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Clyde M. Litton against the United States arising out of the fact that, through an administrative error on the part of officials of the Army, he was not formally transferred from the Infantry Reserve to the Air Corps Reserve effective February 22, 1943, upon his completion of advanced glider training, and was thus deprived of the benefits to which he would have been entitled under section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the efficiency of the Air Corps", approved June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1524), as amended (10 U.S.C. sec. 300a), had he been so transferred: 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 July 11, 1956.
Private Law 762
CHAPTER 583
AN ACT To consider residence in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by certain employees of the governments thereof, and their dependents as residence in the United States for naturalization purposes.
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, Emma Melnikoff shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of December 19, 1952. SEC. 2. Residence and physical presence in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by the following-named individuals shall be regarded as residence and physical presence in the United States and a State of the United States for the purpose of fulfilling the residence and physical presence requirements for naturalization prescribed by chapter 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 239): Use Berta Susanne Michels, David Lehine, Lidia Lehine, Guy Lehine, Janis Pone, Valentina Pone, A m i s Pone, Alexander Hagentornas, Ludmilla Hagentornas, Elfryda Hagentornas, Eugene Melnikoff, and Emma Melnikoff: Provided, That each such individual continues to maintain the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence within the meaning of the Act. Approved July 11, 1956. Private Law 763
July 11, 1956 [H. R. 4031]
Emma Melnikoff. 66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note.
U s e B. S. Michels and others.
8 USC 1421.
CHAPTER 584
AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Margaret Dows Thyberg.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Mrs. Margaret Dows Thyberg, who lost United States citizenship under the provisions of section 401(e) of the Immigration Act of 1940, may be naturalized by taking, prior to one year after the effective date of this Act, before any court referred to in subsection (a) of section 310
July 11, 1956 [H. R. 50411]
Mrs. Margaret D. Thyberg. 54 Stat. 1169. 8 USC 801 note.
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