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746 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 458. 1916. such injury, or, if there has been no disability preceding death, more _ than one year after the injury. _ ,,,g°$§,§‘v_°{‘,;”§.‘p,°$°l°Y` Sec. 12. That in computin the monthly pay the usual practice of the service in which the emgloyee was employed shall be followed. Subsistence and the value olf qgarters furnished an employ? shall be included as part of the pay, ut overtime pay shall not taken iuiS)acc01im'l.;hfthdteminti ofthi l ’ thl W¤¤¤s¤¤‘¤i¤¢ °°· mc.1 . a m e e a on e em oyees mon y gig? H pmmy db wage-earning capacity after the beginnin of partiial disability, the value of housing, board, lodging, and other advantages which are received from his employer as a art of his remuneration and which can be estimated in money shall he taken into accoimt. 1·¤¤¤1> mm ¤¤¤¤¤·¤- Sec. 14. That in cases of death or of permanent total or permanent um"' partial disability, if the monthly payment to the beneficiary is less than $5 a month, or if the benehciary is or is about to become a nonresident of the United States, or if the commission determmes that it is for the best interests of the beneficiary, the liability of the United States for com nsation to such beneficiary may be discharged by the payment of); lump sum equal to the present value of all future payments of compensation com uted at our per centum true dis- °¤¤v¤*¤¤¢¤- count compounded annually. 'Fhe probability of the beneiiciajiys death before the e iration of the period during which he is enti ed to compensation xall be determined according to the American E rience Table of Mortality; but in case of compensation to the wiilbew or widower of the deceased employee, such lump-i sum shall not exceed sixty months’ compensation. The probab ty of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of the compensation shall be disregarded. hgf“*¤¤I¤¤¤¤¤. ¤**¤- Sec. 15. That every employee injured in the performance of his duty, or some one on his behalf, shall, within forty-eight hours after the injury, give written notice thereof to the immediate superior of — the employee. Such notice shall be given léy delivering it peisonally or by epositing it properly stamped and a dressed in the mail. P""”‘”“"· Sec. 16. That the notice shall state the name and address of the employee, the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular locality where the injury occurred, and the cause and nature of the injury, and shall be signed by and contain the address of the person giving the notice. “§·> wv v¤¤¤¤¢ ¤¤· Sec. 17._That unless notice is given within the time specified or ` imless the immediate superior has actual knowledge of the injnujy, no Excepzam. compensation shall be a lowed, but for an reasonable cause shown, ` the commission may allow compensation the notice is filed within one year after the injury. °‘°·““ '““" "° ‘“°“· Sec. 18. That no compensation under this Act shall be allowed to any person, except as alprcvided in section thirty-eight, imless he or some one on his beh shall, within the time specified in section shgeuvery to commu- twenty, make a written claim therefor. _ Such claim shall be made by delivering it at the office of the commission or to any commissioner or to] any person whom the commission may by regulation designate or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped and addressed tri the commission or to any person whom the commission may by regulation designate. F<¤‘¤¤·¤*¤- Sec. 19. That every claim shall be made on forms to be finnished bly the commission and shall contain all the information required by t e commission. Each claim shall be sworn to by the rson entitled to compensation or by the person acting on his behalf? and, except m case_of death, shall be accompanied bya certificate of the emplo ee’s physician stating thenature of the injury and the nature and rolirable extent of the disability. For any reasonable cause shown &e commission may waive the provisions of this section.