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[70 Stat. 82]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 82]

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PRIVATE LAW 684-JUNE 4, 1956 Private Law 684

June 4, 1956 [H. R. 3054]

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CHAPTER 372

AN ACT For the relief of Allen Pope, his heirs or personal representatives.

Be it emicted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the otwir ^°^* ^ ^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Allen Pope, his heirs or personal representatives, the sum of $40,000, which sum represents payment at contract rate, as authorized by the Act of February 27, 1942 (56 Stat. 1122), for the work of excavating materials which caved in over the tunnel arch during work performed by said Pope in the construction of a tunnel for the second high service of the water supply of the District of Columbia, for which he has not been paid, but of which the Government has received the use and benefit. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States in connection with this contract: 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 4, 1956.

Private Law 685 June 4, 1956 [H. R. 6990]

Pr e s by t e r i a n Board of National Missions, U. S. A.

CHAPTER 373

AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States and the Makah Indian Tribe in and to the land designated as follows: Lot 5, block 20, of the Indian Village of Neah Bay, Washington. Approved June 4, 1956.

CHAPTER 378

Private Law 686 June 7, 1956 [S. 767]

And r e w Rosner and others. Permanent residence. 66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note.

AN ACT For the relief of certain aliens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anienea in Congress aHsembled, That, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Andrew Rosner, Giuseppe Ventura, Johann Antonius Tudhope, Walda Fedor Tudhope, Maria (luadalupe Shockley, Evangelina Vega Shockley, Helen Agnes Blais (Junko Furakawa), and Harold Manley Stewart shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States