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PRIVATE LAW 503-JAN. 28, 1956

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Private Law 501

CHAPTER 21

AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Elena Apostolescu Bustiuc.

January 28, 1956 [H. R. 938]

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, Mrs. Elena Apostolescu Bustiuc 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 recjuired 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 January 28, 1956. Private Law 502

66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note.

Quota deduction.1

CHAPTER 22

AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Mrs. Margaret A. Swift.

January 28, 1956 [H. R. 1219]

Be it enacted by th^ Senate and House of Representatives of the Mrs. Margaret United States of America in Congress oMsembled^ That the Secretary Swift, e s t a t e. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Mrs. Margaret A. Swift, formerly of San Francisco, California, the sum of $1,399.92, in full settlement of all claims of such estate against the United States for the amount of the check for pension due which arrived at the post office of the addressee, Mrs. Margaret A. Swift, after her death and was returned to the Treasury for cancellation: 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 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 January 28, 1956.

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AN ACT For the relief of Aleksandru Borkowski.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhied, That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 622, Seventy-ninth Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,900 to Mrs. Aleksandra Borkowski of Brooklyn, Ne^v York, in full settlement of all claims of the said Mrs. Aleksandra Borkowski, as widow of Wladyslaw' Borkowski, to that amount of money being held in miscellaneous receipts account of the Treasury Department. Such sum represents the balance of compensation payments due said Wladyslaw Borkowski held during his internment in Poland. Only $1,000 of the total sum of $2,900 was ]5aid Wladyslaw Borkowski prior

January 28, 1956 [H. R. 1447]

60 Stat. 874. 38 USC 729a.