1390 June 22, 1948 [H. R. 929] [Private Law 388] Ernest L. Godfrey. June 22, 1948 [S. 1337] [Private Law 389] Hou Chung Chay. Quota deduction. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 598, 599, 603-JUNE 22,1948 [62 STAT. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Marcella Kosterman, the sum of $3,422, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for the death of her husband, William P. Kosterman, on February 25, 1924, as a result of illness contracted by the said William P. Kosterman in the Philippine Islands while a member of Company F, Signal Corps, United States Army: 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 con- trary 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 22, 1948. [CHAPTER 599] AN ACT For the relief of Ernest L. Godfrey. 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 Ernest L. Godfrey, one-quarter degree Klamath Indian, the sum of $2,500. Such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising from injury to his right arm on November 13,1926, which was caught in the mangle of the laundry on the Hoopa Indian school grounds, California, during a period when he was a student in the school: Provided. That no part of the amount appro- priated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with this claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services ren- dered in connection with said claim, 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 22, 1948. [CHAPTER 603] AN ACT For the relief of Hou Chung Chay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur- poses of the immigration and naturalization laws, the alien Hou Chung Chay, of New York, New York, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted on June 5, 1942, to the United States for permanent residence, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax. Upon enactment of 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 in which such quota is available. Approved June 22, 1948.
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