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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

91 STAT. 1652

PRIVATE LAW 95-9—OCT. 20, 1977

Private Law 9 5 - 9 95th Congress An Act Oct. 20, 1977 [H.R. 1934] Dr. Lawrence C. B. Chan. 8 USC 1101 note.

8 USC 1151-1157.

For the relief of Doctor Lawrence C. B. Chan.

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, Doctor Lawrence C. B. Chan 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 officer to deduct one number from the total number of immigrant visas and conditional entries which are made available to natives of the country of the alien's birth under paragraphs (1) through (8) of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Approved October 20, 1977.

Private Law 95-10 95th Congress An Act Oct. 25, 1977 [H.R. 1613] Certain postmasters, rehef.

Payment.

For the relief of certain postmasters charged with postal deficiencies.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, on such terms as it deems just and expedient, the United States Postal Service may compromise, release, or discharge, in whole or in part, the individual liabilities as set forth below of the following postmasters and retired postmasters to the United States for losses resulting from the mailing at an improper rate, prior to 1969, of newspapers published by Fountain-Warren Publishers of Attica, Indiana: (1) Vivian L. Smith (retired) of Waynetown, Indiana— $272.18; (2) Wayne Simms (retired) of Waveland, Indiana—$412.62; (3) Charles A. Boggs (retired) of Veedersburg, Indiana— $1,687.50; (4) Joe Silotto of Dana, Indiana—$366.13; (5) Wayne Hillyer of Williamsport, Indiana—$124.17; (6) Lawrence D. Wolf (retired) of Attica, Indiana—$511.67; and (7) Gordon Stockdale (retired) of Wingate, Indiana—$177.22. SEC. 2. (a) If any individual who is relieved under the first section of this Act of liability to the United States has paid or has had withheld from sums otherwise due him any amount in satisfaction of such liability, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to such individual, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount equal to the amount so paid or withheld. (b) No amount in excess of 10 per centum of the sum appropriated in subsection (a) of this section for payment to an individual who is