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Volume 50

Private Law 75–845

For the relief of Rosolino Zamito and Maria Zamito.

Approved August 26, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Rosolino Zamito and Maria Zamito.

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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated jointly to Rosolino Zamito and Maria Zamito, of Buffalo, New York, the sum of $1,000, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for the value of two bonds deposited by the National Surety Company, in January 1921, with claimants as indemnitors, to secure the deportation of Francesca and Cologero Incardone, after a decision by immigration officials that they were not entitled to entry in the United States; and forfeited on August 11, 1922, when the said Cologero and Francesca Incardone failed to depart from the United States, although, by subsequent decision of the Labor Department, the said Incardones were entitled to admission in December 1920, when they returned to the United States from a temporary absence abroad:

Proviso.

Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.

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

Penalty for violation.

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 26, 1937.

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