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[71 Stat. 84]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 84]

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PRIVATE LAW 85-216-AUG. 28, 1957

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Private Law 85-216 August 28, 1957 R. 8586]

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P a s q u a l e Pratola, 66 Stat. 178, 180. 8 USC 1 1 5 3, 1155.

AN ACT For the relief of Pasquale Pratola. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of sections 203(a)(3) and 205 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the minor child, Pasquale Pratola, shall be held and considered to be the natural-born alien child of Otantonio Pratola, a legally resident alien of the United States. Approved August 28, 1957.

Private Law 85-217 August 28, 1957 [H. R. 1259]

AN ACT To clear the title to certain Indian land.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States hereby disclaims on behalf of itself and any Indian allottee, or his heirs or devisees, any interest in the eighty-six and eight onehundredths acres of land in Miami County, Kansas, the title to which was quieted by judgment of the district court of Miami County, Kansas, in the case of Rutherford and others against Wah-Pon-GreQuah and others (numbered 15734). Approved August 28, 1957.

Private Law 85-218 Augus^ 28j^_li*S7

^' ^°^^^ F r a n k l i n Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.

AN ACT For the relief of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania.

Be it ermcted 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 the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sum of $1,476.95. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Franklin Institute against the United States for reimbursement of amounts advanced by the said Franklin Institute to the Secretary of the Treasury in order to expedite the striking of seventy-one bronze medals commemorating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, which medals were authorized to be struck by the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the issuance of commemorative medals to certain societies of which Benjamin Franklin was a member, founder, or sponsor in observance of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth", approved August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 541): Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 28, 1957.