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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 18T SESS.-CHS. 277-280 -JULY 21, 1947 [CHAPTER 277] AN ACT For the relief of Reverend John C. Young. 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 pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Reverend John C. Young, of Montgomery, West Virginia, the sum of $3,500, in full satis- faction of his claim against the United States for compensation for personal injuries and loss of earnings sustained by him as a result of having been shot by a member of the military police force of the Army of the United States, in Montgomery, West Virginia, on August 11, 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions 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 21, 1947. July 21,1947 [8. ss0] [Private Law 681 Rev. John C. Young. [CHAPTER 278] AN ACT For the relief of Kuo Yu Cheng. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of Kuo Yu Cheng, a native of Java and subject of the Netherlands, who entered the United States at Seattle, Washington, on October 6, 1931, and that he shall, for all purposes under the immigration laws, be deemed to have been lawfully admitted as an immigrant for permanent residence as of that date. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota for the Chinese of the first year that the said quota is available. Approved July 21, 1947. [CHAPTER 279] AN ACT For the relief of Arsenio Acacio Lewis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of Arsenio Acacio Lewis as of June 21, 1945, the date on which he was temporarily admitted to the United States. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Philip- pine quota of the first year that such quota is available. Approved July 21, 1947. [CHAPTER 280] AN ACT For the relief of Edna Rita Saffron Fidone. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of the eleventh category of section 3 of the Immi- gration Act of 1917 (8 U. S. C . 136 (e)), Edna Rita Saffron Fidone, the 96347°-49--P. II-8 July 21, 1947 [H. R. 3791 [Private Law 691 Kuo Yu Cheng. Quota deduction. July 21, 1947 (H. R. 5531 (Private Law 701 Arsenio Acacio Lewis. Quota deduction. July 21, 1947 [H. R. 5551 [Private Law 71n Edna Rita Saffr Fidone. 39 Stt. 75. 993