Private Law 409.
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(/us/pvtl/75/408)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Mary Louise Chambers. Payment to guardian of. 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 legal guardian of Mary Louise Chambers, a minor, of Sweetwater, Texas, the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for injuries sustained by her through the negligence of Works Progress Administration employees when they left lumber piled and strewn about the yard of the home of A.
B. Chambers, her father, in Sweetwater, Texas, and from which cause Mary Louise Chambers fell and sustained a broken leg on December 27, 1935: *Provided,* That no part of the amount appropriated in *Proviso.* Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any person violating the provisions of this Act Penalty for violation.shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, January 10, 1938. For the relief of Isador Katz. 1938-01-12 4 Chapter 52 Stat. 1262 75 3 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-15 private 52 Stat. 1262 [CHAPTER 4] AN ACT For the relief of Isador Katz.
January 12, 1938[[H. R. 4569](/us/bill/75/hr/4569)][[Private, No. 409](/us/pvtl/75/409)] Isador Katz. Preamble.Whereas Isador Katz came to the United States from Bremen, Germany, in 1926 and arrived at New York on the steamship President Roosevelt on October 29 of that year; and Whereas prior to coming to this country lie had exercised every effort of which he knew to procure an authoritative visa to his passport and had applied at the police station in Hamburg, Germany, to get information in this regard and had followed the advice and suggestions given; and Whereas he believed that the visa he had procured was legal and authentic and had no reason to believe otherwise; and Whereas after he had been in this country about one month he applied for a declaration of intention to become a citizen and recited in his application a request for a certificate of arrival; and Whereas at the expiration of the necessary five years he submitted his application for final citizenship papers; and Whereas he was later advised that the authorities were unable to locate his certificate of arrival and he was subsequently indicted for fraudulent entry on the basis of papers voluntarily submitted by him and was tried on this charge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas sitting at Dallas in February 1934; and Whereas he was acquitted at said trial of any knowledge of fraud or intention to deceive in the matter of his entry into the United States; and Whereas he has relatives in this country who have long lived here and enjoyed excellent reputation; and Whereas he was married in this country ten years or more ago and he has three children of such marriage; and Whereas he has been entirely self-supporting and has conducted a store in the city of Waxahachie, Texas, for several years and has given and is now giving employment to others; and Whereas his life and conduct while in the United States have been above reproach; and Whereas as a matter of justice the facts of his entry and his acquittal of charges of fraud in a Federal court attest the good faith of his entry and the rectitude of his life in this country; and Whereas the facts of this case are such that no general law applies to afford the relief to which Isador Katz is entitled under the circumstances of his entry and efforts in good faith to become a citizen; and Whereas the deportation of the said Isador Katz to Germany would under existing conditions impose hazards to which he should not be subjected in the light of his evident good faith:
Therefore *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in the administration Cancelation of warrant and deportation order against, directed. of the immigration ana naturalization laws the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the warrant of arrest and the order of deportation against Isador Katz heretofore issued on the ground that on October 29, 1926, admission to the United States had been fraudulently gained pursuant to the commission of a passport or visa offense which, subsequent to such admission, has heretofore been held by the Attorney General of the United States to be within the purview of “crimes involving moral turpitude”, and thereupon Isador Katz shall hereafter be deemed to have 52 Stat. 1263been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at New York, New York, on October 29, 1926.
Any declaration of Declaration, etc., based on claim of lawful admission deemed valid. intention to become a citizen or any petition for citizenship heretofore filed by or any admission to citizenship ordered and certificate of naturalization heretofore issued to Isador Katz which were predicated upon the claim of lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence on October 29, 1926, shall hereafter be deemed valid. Approved, January 12, 1938. For the relief of Henrietta Wills. 1938-01-12 5 Chapter 52 Stat. 1263 75 3 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2024-11-15 private [CHAPTER 5] AN ACT For the relief of Henrietta Wills. January 12, 1938[[H. R. 5639](/us/bill/75/hr/5639)][
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