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61 STAT.] SOTH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 373-375-JULY 30, 1947 Sava J. Milovanovich. Army of the United States, Army serial number 0-2039140, may be naturalized pursuant to either of said sections as may be applicable, notwithstanding the facts that at the time of their enlistment or induction into the military forces of the United States none of them had been lawfully admitted to the United States and none was a resident thereof, notwithstanding the fact that Momchilo M. Markovich did not serve in the military forces of the United States prior to December 28, 1945, and notwithstanding the further fact that the time for filing a petition for naturalization expired December 31, 1946. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the quota for Yugoslavia of the first year that the said quota is available in behalf of Viktor A. Starc and Sava J. Milovanovich. Approved July 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 374] AN ACT For the relief of Owen R. Brewster. 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 Owen R. Brewster, Burnet, Texas, the sum of $5,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Owen R. Brewster against the United States on account of the death of his minor daughter, Francis N. Brewster, who died on September 19, 1943, as the result of personal injuries received on September 18, 1943, when the auto- mobile in which she was riding was in collision with a United States Army truck on State Highway Numbered 281 near Lampasas, Texas: 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 30, 1947. [CHAPTER 3751 AN ACT For the relief of Elmer A. Norris. 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 he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Elmer A. Norris, of Newport, Tennessee, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained by him on or about June 6, 1936, near Calhoun, Tennessee, as a result of an accident involving a Civilian Conservation Corps truck: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall make such payment only after receipt of evidence satis- factory to him that the judgment in the sum of $3,000 entered in the Circuit Court of Cocke County, Tennessee, in Civil Minute Book No. 10, pages 235 and 283, in favor of Elmer A. Norris and against Claud Manis and William Smith, has been satisfied and discharged of record: 1005 Sava J. Milovano- vich. Quota deduction. July 30, 1947 [H. R . 1737] [Private Law 103] Owen R. Brewster. July 30, 1947 [H. R. 2390] [Private Law 1041 Elmer A. Norris