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612 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. , Suse. II. C11. 104. 1918. " (c) If there is a widow and two children, $42.50, with $5 for each additional child up to two; " (d) If there is no widow, but one child, $20; " (e) If there is no widow, but two children, $30; " (f) If there is no widow, but three children, $40, with $5 for each additional child up to two· D°"°“d°"“’“‘°“°" " (g) If there is a dependent mother (or dependent father), $20,or both, $30. The amount payable under this subdivision shall not _ exceed the difference between the total amount payable to the widow “""““°““· and children and the sum of $7 5. This compensation shall be (payable for the death of but one child, and no compensation for the eath of a child shall be pa able if the dependent mother is in receipt of comnsation under the provisions of this article for the death of her hhsband. Such compensation shall be payable whether the de endenc of the father or mother or both arises before or after the Ideath ' of &e person, but no compensation shall be playable if the dependency arises more than fivetyears after the deat of the person. B“”’“°‘P“"“°“· "If the death occurs be ore discharge or resignation from service, the United States shall pay for burial expenses and the return of tggulfody to his home a sum not to exceed $100, as may be fixed by r ations. . . n T""“ '°' `"d°" "The payment of compensation to- a widow shall continue until her _ death or remarriage. ,§,§‘_""'“"‘tS °° °h’]' "The aymentof com&ensation to or for a child shall continue until such child reaches e age of eighteen years or marries, or if such child be iplcapahlin, bB( é`)f idiocy, or being other- _ wise rmanen y ess, _ A n suc mcapacit . T°m'"°u°°°m‘ht "YFlienever the compensation- payable to or for the benefit of any on under the provisions of this section is terminated by the hglpppening of the contingency upon which it is limited, the compensation thereafter for the remainin§ beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, shall be the amount which woul have been payable to them if they _ th had been the sole original beneficiaries.

 "°* M "As between the widow and the children not in her custody, and

as between children, the amount of the compensation shall be apportioned as may be prescribed by regulation. m°°°"°°°°°°'°°’ "'.l‘he term ‘widow’ as used in this section shall not include one who shall have married the deceased later than ten ears after the time of injury, and shall include a widower, wheneverliis condition is such that, if the deceased person were living, he would have been dependent upon her for support." ¤£L°'°*ul’°°m°°°’°' Sec. 12. That subdivision (1) of section three hundred and two of mf"- °· ‘°“· °"‘°“"‘ said Act is herebgllamended to read as follows: Total. " (1) If and w e the disability is total, the monthly compensation shall be the following amounts: " (a) If the disabled person has neither wife nor child living, $30; " (b) If he has a wife but no child living, $45; " (c) If he has a wife and one child living, $55; " (d) If he has a wife and two children $65; " (e) If he has a wife and three or more chil en living, $75; " (f) If he has no wife but one child living, $40, with $10 for each additional child up to two; °¤‘,_§§*¤d°P°¤d¤¤*P°'· tu (%) If hg has a mother or father, either or both dependent on hm; or support, then in addition to the above amounts, $10 for _ _ eac ; ,..%%.:5;* °°“*““‘ ·* cu) it he is many disabled md lll addition Sd htipissd as to be in congtaéit need of a. nursesor attendant, such additional sum shall . e pai , ut not exceeding 20 r month, as the director mav deem §11T°i>v$lY¤2ss Bt smc reasonable: Provided, however, P'llhat for the loss of both feet or ¤¤*°¤***· both hands or both eyes, or for becoming totally blind or becoming