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PRIVATE LAWS--CHS. 937, 940-JAN. 3, 7, 1941 Quota deductions. Czechoslovakia, and if such aliens upon examination be found admis- sible to the United States except for lack of immigration visas he shall record their lawful admittance for permanent residence as of the date of their temporary entry at New York on November 17, 1939. Upon the making of such record of permanent admission and payment by the aliens of fees fixed by law the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officers to deduct four numbers from the German quota and one from the Czechoslovak quota of the current fiscal year. Approved, January 3, 1941. [CHAPTER 940] January 7,1941 [H. R. 7965] [Private, No. 651] Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Ramsey. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. T . G. Ramsey. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 to Mr. T. G. Ramsey, of Roxie, Mississippi; the sum of $2,000 to Mrs. T. G. Ramsey, of Roxie, Mississippi, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damage sustained by them on September 25, 1939, when the truck in which they were riding was struck by a Government truck operated in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps and driven by an employee of Camp F-26, Mead- ville, Mississippi: 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 7, 1941. 1398 [5I STAT.