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[71 Stat. 93]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 93]

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PRIVATE LAW 85-239-AUG. 30, 1957

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be in full settlement of all claims of Cornelia S. Roberts against the United States on account of an erroneous overpayment by her with resDect to her Federal income-tax liability for the year 1945: 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 August 29, 1957.

Private Law 85-238 AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Mrs. Mattie Jane Lawson. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $15,000, to the legal guardian of Mrs. Mattie Jane Lawsoiij of Jasper, Alabama, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States Post Office vehicle on March 20, 1943, at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Third Street, Jasper, Alabama: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this A(;t 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 29, 1957.

August 29, 1957 [H. R. 58;) I]

G u a r d i a n of Mattie J. Laws o n.

Private Law 85-239 AN ACT For the relief of Willem Woeras. 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, Willem Woeras 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 August 30, 1957.

August 30, 1957 [S. 397]

Willem Woeras. 66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 110!L note.

Quota deduction.