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PRIVATE LAW 656-AUG. 13, 1954 Private Law 656
[68 S T A T. CHAPTER 720
August 13, 1954
AN ACT
[S. 3062]
PQJ. j-jjg relief of the American Surety Company of New York and certain other surety companies.
American Surety Company and others.
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 make payment, out of the appropriation for the payment of interest on the public debt, to the American Surety Company of New York and other surety companies, severally, as their interests may appear, as assignees of the Chase National Bank of New York, of ten interest coupons in amount of $11,250 each, covering interest due June 15, 1949, on ten $1,000,000 bonds of the June 1, 1945, issue of 2i/4 per centum United States Treasury Bonds of 1959-62, Numbered 995E, 996F, 997H, lOOlA, 1002B, 1008C, 1004D, 1005E, 1006F, and 1027H. Such payment shall be made only upon receipt of satisfactory proof of the ownership and irretrievable loss of such coupons by the Chase National Bank of New York, assignments by the Chase National Bank of all its right, title, and interest in such coupons to the American Surety Company of New York and the other surety companies which reimbursed the Chase National Bank of New York on account of the loss of such coupons, and an agreement to indemnify the United States, executed by the American Surety Company of New York and the other surety companies in such form and amount and as the Secretary of the Treasury may require: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 August 13, 1954. CHAPTER 721
Private Law 657 August 13, 1954 [S. 3126]
Waltraut sen. 66 Stat. 182. 8 USC 1182.
AN ACT For the relief of Waltraut Claassen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asseniMed^ That, notwithstanding the provision of section 212(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Waltraut Claassen may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence if she is found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of that Act: Provided, That this exemption shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice has knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act: And provided further, That her marriage to her United States citizen fiance. Sergeant Allen (x. Stark, shall occur not later than six months following the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved August 13, 1954.
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