62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2o SESS.-CHS. 189, 190, 193-APR . 15 , 17, 1948 Laroche, Lawrence, Massachusetts, the sum of $2,500. Such sum rep- resents compensation for the death of their minor child, Clement Laroche, who was fatally injured on July 30, 1940, at Berlin, New Hampshire, when said child was struck by a National Youth Adminis- tration motor vehicle, while crossing Upper Main Street in said town of Berlin, New Hampshire: 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 per- son 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 April 15, 1948. [CHAPTER 190] AN ACT For the relief of Merchants Motor Freight. 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 Merchants Motor Freight, Incorporated, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, the sum of $728.98, in full satisfaction of its claim against the United States (1) for reim- bursement of amounts which it was required to expend for repairs to its open-top trailer as a result of damage to such trailer which occurred on June 30, 1943, when it undertook, at the insistence of a United States Navy officer acting in his official capacity, to transport certain heavy machinery for a war contractor, after it had protested that such machinery was too heavy for such trailer; (2) for reimbursement of expenses incurred in effecting the removal of such machinery from its trailer to another carrier; and (3) for compensation for the loss of use of such trailer: 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 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 April 15, 1948. [CHAPTER 193] AN ACT For the relief of Hilario A. Goitia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled,That for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, the alien Hilario A. Goitia, 609 H Street, Los Banos, California, shall be held and con- sidered to have been lawfully admitted at Galveston, Texas, on Feb- ruary 10, 1927, to the United States for permanent residence upon the payment by him of the visa fee of $10 and the head tax of $8. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the first avail- able quota for Spain. Approved April 17, 1948. April 15, 1948 IS. 1235] [Private Law 232] Merchants Motor Freight, Inc. April 17,1948 X. R. 358l [Private Law 2331 Hilario A. Goitia. Quota deduction. 1331
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