[CHAPTER 437-1ST SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Angelo and Auro Cattaneo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of the Act approved October 16, 1918 (40 Stat. 1012), as amended by the Act approved June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 1008; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 137), the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the order and warrant of deportation heretofore issued under the provisions of that Act against Angelo and Auro Cattaneo. Approved, July 5, 1937. [PRIVATE-NO. 363-75тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 813-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 6468] AN ACT To authorize the cancelation of deportation proceedings in the case of John Grinwood Taylor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the outstanding order and warrant of deportation issued pursuant to section 14 of the Immigration Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 153, sec. 214) in the case of John Grinwood Taylor, any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. From and after the date of the approval of this Act, John Grinwood Taylor shall not again be subject to deportation by reason of the same fact upon which the outstanding proceedings rest Approved, August 25, 1937. [CHAPTER 4-3D SESSION] AN ACT For the relief of Isador Katz. 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 he 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 1 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 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 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 been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at New York, New York, on October 29, 1926. Any declaration of 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. [CHAPTER 8-3D SESSION] [H. R. 4256] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the suit in equity of Theodore Fieldbrave against the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any suit in equity brought by Theodore Fieldbrave against the United States for the purpose of setting aside the default decree of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California rendered August 9, 1924, canceling the certificate of naturalization of such Theodore Fieldbrave. SEC. 2. Such suit in equity may be instituted at any time within six months after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of any such suit shall be had and appeals from any judgment or decree entered therein shall be taken in the same manner as in the case of suits in equity over which such court has jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, January 13, 1938. [PRIVATE-NO. 494-75тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 166-3D SESSION] AN ACT To extend the Metlakahtla Indians' Citizenship Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits of the Act approved May 7, 1934, entitled "An Act granting citizenship to the Metlakahtla Indians of Alaska" (48 Stat. 667), are hereby extended to Charles A. Ryan, an Indian of the Tsimshian Tribe, born in British Columbia, Canada, who is now a bona fide permanent resident of Metlakahtla, in the Annette Islands Reserve, Alaska, and who is a member of the Metlakahtlan Community. Approved, April 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 196-3D SESSION] [H. J. Res. 141] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the issuance to Sekizo Takahashi of a permit to reenter the United States Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Sekizo Takahashi a permit to reenter the United States after a temporary visit to Japan, notwithstanding his ineligibility for admission for permanent residence, and to readmit him if he applies for readmission during the validity of the permit to reenter. Approved, May 11, 1938. [PRIVATE-NO. 620-75тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 505-3D SESSION] [H. R. 7297] AN ACT For the relief of Gordon L. Cheasley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Labor is directed to cancel forthwith the outstanding warrants of arrest, orders of deportation, warrants of deportation, and bonds, if any, in the case of the alien Gordon L. Cheasley, and is directed not to issue any further such warrants or orders in the case of such alien, insofar as such future warrants or orders are based on the unlawful entry of such alien into the United States prior to the enactment of this Act or on perjury or false statements in connection with such entry into the United States or with any application heretofore made for a reentry permit or extension thereof. Hereafter, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, the alien, Gordon L. Cheasley, shall be considered to have been at Rouses Point, New York, on September 2, 1935, lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Approved, June 16, 1938. |