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SIXTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 104. 1918. 613 helpless and permanently bedridden from causes occiuring in the line of dut in the service of the United States, the rate of compensa- Nm ,0,, ammdmm tion shall he $100 per month: Provided further, That where the rate of compensation is $100 per month, no allowance shall be made for a nurse or attendant." Sec. 13. That subdivision (4) of section three hundred and two of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: D t _ " (4) The amount of each monthly payment shall be determined m¤.Rhi§'l`,i”§Zi$$i’s, °‘ accorgipg to the family conditions existing on the first day of the °dj*’”°» P- *°6» ¤m°¤d· mont . Sec. 14. That two new subdivisions are hereby added to section N°"°b°""’°“‘ three hundred and two of said Act, to be known as subdivisions (5) and (6), reslpectively, and to read as follows: A i t { at " (5) Where the disabled person andhiswife are not living together, uv;,§’§°,l°g°°l'i,’§}Y“ l ” or where the children are not in the custody of the disab ed person, the amount of the compensation shall be apportioned as may be prescribed by regulations. dm " (6) The term ‘wife’ as used in this section shall include ‘husband’ D°°°" "‘“"°“"°‘ if the husband is dependent upon the wife for su[pport." - _ Sec. 15. That where section three hundred an one of said Act is liil»re'u¥t amended by strildng out the provisions that a mother is entitled to g_?g;,°§°g*§g° *1* °’ °°· compensation only when she is widowed and substitute provisions ' are included to the effect that compensation is payable to a ependent mother or dependent father, such substitute provisions shall be deemed to be in effect as of October sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. _ Emmons Sec. 16. That section three hundred and eleven of said Act is .4m,p.4m,¤p¤m. hereby repealed. Sec. 17. That section three hundred and twelve of said Act is d4M¤»1>·408.¤¤¤¤¤d— hereby amended tp read as follows: ° kc wmpmmm H " Sec. 312. That compensation under this article shall not be paid mmm; mms, ew., while the ersqn is in receipt of service or retirement pay. The P"({;.,,,,m,,, md pm laws providing for gratuities or payments in the event of death in the §¤¤1¤wS¤¤¢¤vp¤¤¤b¤¤ service and existing pension laws shall not be applicable after the ` enactment of this amendment to any person in the active military or naval service on the sixth day of October, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or who thereafter entered the active military or naval service, or to their widows, children, or their dependents except in so far as rights under any such law have heretofore accrued. Comwmum to ,,_ "Compensation because of disability or death of members of ml: ¤¤({=¤¤i;¤u:_§¢¤ gf the Army Nurse Corps (female) or of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) emxpldljileegl 1 °° ° shall be in lieu of an compensation for such disability or death °‘·3°»P·'“’- under the Act entitled, ‘An Act to provide corlnsensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries w e in the performance of their duties, and for other pmposesf approved September seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen. mm wd b Sec. 18. That section three hundred and thirteen of said Act is tetepegenci y hereby amended to read as follows: Am I be "Sec. 313. (1) That if an injury or death for which compensation id uiiiiam is payable under this article is caused under circumstances creating a gf,§sF§';]gu‘§_ P’°°°‘”°°‘ legal liability u on some person other than the United States or the Ame, p. 408, ¤m¤¤d· enemy to pay dhmages therefor, the director, as a condition to pay- °°‘ ment of compensation by the United States, may require the beneficiary to assign to the United States any iight of action he may have to enforce such liability of such other person, or if it appears to be for the best interests of the beneficiary the director may require him to grhosecute the said action in his own name, subject to regula- com ummm tions. _ e director may require such assignment or prosecution u¤¤¤§§¤4¤¤p¤»- at may l31ID.6 after the injury or death, and the failure on thepartof the °°°*°‘L · bene ciary to so assign or to prosecute said cause of action in his own name within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the director,