[CHAPTER 831-3D SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Bela Karlovitz. 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 naturalization laws Bela Karlovitz, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, a research engineer temporarily in the United States as a visitor, shall be considered to have been lawfully admitted, at New York, New York, on September 1, 1938, to the United States for permanent residence. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the Hungarian quota for the first year that the said Hungarian quota is available. Approved, October 9, 1940. [PRIVATE-NO. 625-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 865-3D SESSION] [H. R. 7515] AN ACT For the relief of Joseph B. Rupinski and Maria Zofia Rupinski. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the warrant of arrest and the order of deportation against Joseph B. Rupinski and Maria Zofia Rupinski, his wife, heretofore issued on the ground that admission to the United States had been fraudulently gained, and that they shall hereafter be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States as of April 2, 1925, for permanent residence and naturalization. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the preference category of the quota during the current year. [CHAPTER 867-3D SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Leo Neumann and his wife, Alice Neumann. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Leo Neumann and his wife, Alice Neumann, formerly of Germany, now temporarily in this country, shall be admitted to the United States of America for permanent residence here, notwithstanding any provision of the immigrations laws of the United States now in effect. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the German quota for the first year that the said German quota is available. Approved, October 14, 1940. [PRIVATE-NO. 630-76тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 870-3D SESSION] [H. R. 8906] AN ACT To record the lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence of Nicholas G. Karas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to withhold and suspend further proceedings in the case of Nicholas G. Karas, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who has been directed to voluntarily depart from the United States in lieu of an order of deportation; and further that the Secretary of Labor be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to record the admission for permanent residence of the said Nicholas G. Karas in the United States on May 20, 1912, and that he shall for all purposes under the immigration and naturalization laws be deemed to have been admitted as an immigrant for permanent residence. Approved, October 14, 1940. ¡CHAPTER 912-35 SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Adolph Burstein. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Compress assembled. That for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws Adolph Burstein shall be considered to have been folly simimed at New York, New York, on February 25, 1925, to the United States for permanent residence. [CHAPTER 210—1ST SESSION] AN ACT To amend the Act of May 22, 1918 (40 Stat. 559). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph of section 1 of the Act of May 22, 1918 (40 Stat. 559), is amended to read as follows: "When the United States is at war or during the existence of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on May 27, 1941, or as to aliens whenever there exists a state of war between, or among, two or more states, and the President shall find that the interests of the United States require that restrictions and prohibitions in addition to those provided otherwise than by this Act be imposed upon the departure of persons from and their entry into the United States, and shall make public proclamation thereof, it shall, until otherwise ordered by the President or Congress, be unlawful—". SEC. 2. That section 3 of such Act of May 22, 1918, is amended to read as follows: "Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this Act, or of any order or proclamation of the President promulgated, or of any permit, rule, or regulation issued thereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $5,000, or, if a natural person, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation shall be punished by like fine or imprisonment, or both; and any vehicle, vessel or aircraft, together with its or her appurtenances, equipment, tackle, apparel, and furniture, concerned in any such violation, shall be forfeited to the United States." SEC. 2a. That section 4 of such Act of May 22, 1918, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. The term 'United States' as used in this Act includes the Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. "The word 'person' as used herein shall be deemed to mean any individual, partnership, association, company, or other unincorporated body of individuals, or corporation, or body politic." SEC. 3. That such Act of May 22, 1918, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to entitle an alien to whom a permit to enter the United States has been issued to enter the United States, if, upon arrival in the United States, he is found to be inadmissible to the United States under this Act or any law relating to the entry of aliens into the United States. "SEC. 6. The revocation of any proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in pursuance of this Act, shall not prevent prosecution for any offense committed or the imposition of any penalties or forfeitures, liability for which was incurred under this Act prior to the revocation of such proclamation, rule, regulation, or order." Approved, June 21, 1941. |