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PRIVATE LAW 882-AUG. 28, 1954
Federal Employees' Compensation Act Amendments of 1949 insofar as such section relates to payment of sums pursuant to private relief legislation, the Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Department of Labor, is authorized and directed to receive, consider, and determine any claim of the said Mrs. George A. Meffan for compensation for the death of George A. Meffan, late husband of the said Mrs. George A. Meffan and former United States marshal for the district of Idaho, who died on July 81, 1940, of gunshot wounds received in line of duty near Boise, Idaho, under the remaining provisions of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended and supplemented, as if such death had occurred on or after December 7, 1941, as required by section 303(f)(1) of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act Amendments of 1949, if such claim is filed with the Bureau of Employees' Compensation not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act. No benefits shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period prior to the date of its enactment. Approved August 28, 1954. Private Law 881
63 Stat. 866. 5 USC 791-3.
5 USC 790 note.
CHAPTER 1068 AN ACT For the relief of Astor Vergata.
August 28, 1954 [H. R. 7217]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Astor Vergata, who lost United States citizenship under the provisions of section 401 (e) of the Nationality Act of 1940, may be naturalized by taking prior to one year after the effective date of this Act, before any court referred to in subsection (a) of section 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act or before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States abroad, the oaths prescribed by section 337 of the said Act: Provided, That he shall first take an oath that he has done nothing to promote the cause of communism. From and after naturalization under this Act, the said Astor Vergata shall have the same citizen status as that which existed immediately prior to its loss. Approved August 28, 1954, Private Law 882
Astor Vergata. 54 Stat. 1168. 8 USC 801 note. 66 Stat. 239, 258. 8 u s C 1 4 2 1, 1448.
CHAPTER 1069 AN ACT For the relief of Anders Taranger.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Anders Taranger shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, upon payment of the required visa fee. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in 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 that such quota is available. Approved August 28, 1954.
August 28, 1954 [H. R. 7221]
66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note. Quota deduction.
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