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PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 315 -318-MAY 19,1948 Quota deduction. May 19, 1948 [H. R. 831] [Private Law 302] George Chan. Quota deduction. May 19, 1948 [H. R. 1022] [Private Law 303] Peter Bednar and others. Quota deduction. May 19, 1948 [H. R . 1724] [Private Law 304] Sarah Jane Sanford Pansa. Quota deduction. SEC. 2 . Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the quota of the Philippine Islands of the first year that the said quota is available. Approved May 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 316] AN ACT For the relief of George Chan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- tration of the immigration and naturalization laws the Attorney Gen- eral is hereby authorized and directed to record the permanent admis- sion to the United States of George Chan as of December 13, 1944, the date on which he was brought to this country by Army airplane. 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 persons of the Chinese race of the first year that the said quota is available. Approved May 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 317] AN ACT For the relief of Peter Bednar, Francisca Bednar, Peter Walter Bednar, and William Joseph Bednar. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- tration of the immigration and naturalization laws the Attorney Gen- eral is hereby authorized and directed to dismiss the deportation pro- ceedings now pending against Peter Bednar, and that he shall, upon the payment of the required head tax, be considered, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, to have been lawfully admitted to the United States on May 26, 1942, notwithstanding the fact that he arrived without proper immigration documentation. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Ruma- nian quota of the first year that the same Rumanian quota is available. The Attorney General is further authorized to record lawful admis- sion for permanent residence into the United States of Francisca Bed- nar, Peter Walter Bednar, and William Joseph Bednar as of the date of their last entry into the United States. Approved May 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 318] AN ACT To legalize the admission to the United States of Sarah Jane Sanford Pansa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General is hereby directed to record the entry into the United States of Sarah Jane Sanford Pansa at New York, New York, on November 30, 1946, as a lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws. The Secretary of State shall thereupon reduce by one the immigration quota for Italy for the current fiscal year. Approved May 19, 1948. 1356 [62 STAT.