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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 679, 682, 683-OCT. 12, 1949 [CHAPTER 679] AN ACT For the relief of Doctor Leon L. Konchegul. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, That in the adminis- tration of the immigration laws Doctor Leon L. Konchegul, of Wash- ington, District of Columbia, who was admitted into the United States on a student's visa, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of his actual entry into the United States, upon the payment by him of the visa fee of $10 and the head tax of $8. SEC. 2 . The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the non- preference category of the first available immigration quota for nationals of Turkey. Approved October 12, 1949. [CHAPTER 682] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph R. Gregory. 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 Joseph R. Gregory, of Mobile, Alabama, the sum of $1,811.79. Such sum represents addi- tional expenses incurred by the said Joseph R. Gregory in the per- formance of a contract entered into by him with the United States to transport the mails on route numbered 449001 at the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the period July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1942, using for such transportation regulation panel or screen-body motor vehicles. Such additional expenses were necessarily incurred by the said Joseph R. Gregory in order to handle the increased volume of mail occasioned by wartime conditions prevailing in 1942. Such circumstances prevailing in 1942 were unforeseeable at the time con- tract was entered into: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved October 12, 1949. [CHAPTER 683] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Claudia Weitlanner. 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 Mrs. Claudia Weitlanner as of March 24, 1949, the date on which she was originally admitted as a student. 1203 October 12,1949 [H. R. 2928] [Private Law 330] Dr. Leon L. Kon- chegul. Quota deduction. October 12,1949 [H. R. 1458] [Private Law 331] Joseph R. Gregory. October 12, 1949 [H. R. 5639] [Private Law 332] Mrs. Claudia Weit- lanner.