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[70 Stat. 201]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 201]

70 S T A T. ]

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PRIVATE LAW 892-AUG. 7, 1956

Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Yi Nyong Suk as of the date of the payment by her of the required visa fee. SEC. 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 212(a)(9) and (12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Joan F. Roby, Lina Gertrude Yakumeit Mattingly, and Berta Cabrera Vigil Frohlich may be issued visas and admitted to the United States for permanent residence if they are found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of that Act. SEC. 9. The exemptions provided for in this Act shall apply only to grounds for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice had knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved August 7, 1956. Private Law 891

CHAPTER 1033 AN ACT For the relief of Pauline H. Corbett.

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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 Pauline H. Corbett, Charleston, West Virginia, the sum of $38,317.19. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Pauline H. Corbett against the United States on account of severe personal injuries and disabilities sustained by her as a result of an overdosage of streptomycin which she received while a patient at the Tokyo Army Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, from November 2 to November 28, 1950, as a civilian employee of the General Headquarters, F a r East Command, United States xVrmy, engaged in a nonappropriated fund activity. Since the said Pauline H, Corbett was a civilian employee of the General Headquarters, F a r East Command, who was paid from nonappropriated funds, she is not eligible for the benefits of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended. 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 August 7, 1956.

Private Law 892

J o a n F. R o by and others. 8 USC 1182.

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Pauline H. Corbett.

CHAPTER 1034

AN ACT To provide for the advancement of Major General Hanford MacNider, Army of the United States (retired), to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Major General Hanford MacNider, Army of the United States (retired), shall be advanced on the retired list to the grade of lieutenant general effective as of the date of enactment of this Act.

August 7, 1956 [H. R. 11677]

M a j. Gen. Haitr ford MacNider, U.S.A. (Ret.).