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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.- CHS. 506, 531, 532-JULY 1, 2, 1940 [CHAPTER 506] AN ACT For the relief of Louis Rosenstone. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of the Immigration Quota Act of May 26, 1924 (43 Stat. 153), Louis Rosenstone, a native of Rumania, whose wife and family are permanent residents of the United States, shall be granted a visa by an American consul, provided he is admissible under all provisions of the immigration laws other than the Quota Act referred to herein. Upon the issuance of the visa to the said Louis Rosenstone the Secretary of State shall make appropriate deduction of one quota number from the Rumanian quota. Approved, July 1, 1940. [CHAPTER 531] AN ACT For the relief of the Black Hills Methodist Hospital of Rapid City, South Dakota. 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, to the Black Hills Methodist Hospital of Rapid City, South Dakota, the sum of $288.65 in full settlement of its claims against the United States for services rendered beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration by the hospital prior to 1933 on the author- ity of the designated examiner and covered in a revised voucher received in the central office of the Veterans' Administration on June 9, 1933, after passage of the Economy Act of March 20, 1933, which discontinued the authority of payment for such services: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 percentum 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, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 532] AN ACT For the relief of Malachy Ryan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Malachy Ryan, former acting postmaster at Caledonia, Minnesota, with the sum of $109, lost by reason of burglary occurring in his office May 8, 1933. Approved, July 2, 1940. 1307 July 1 1940 [H. R . 7955] [Private, No. 430] Louis Rosenstone. Granting of visa; condition. 8U. B .C. §201-229; Supp. V, §§209 (f), 213 (a), 213a. Quota deduction. July 2, 1940 [H. R. 1167] [Private, No. 431J Black Hills Method- ist Hospital, Rapid City, S. Dak. Payment to. 48 Stat.8. Preoiso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., tees. Penalty. July 2, 1940 [H. R . 1846] [Private, No. 432] Malachy Ryan. Credit in account of.