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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 16. 1919. 371 CHAP. 16.—·An Act To amend and modify the War Risk Insurance Act, Defglmllgpr $1% gilt?. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lP“b"Y’ N°` ml States of America in Congress assembled, That the office of the Com- A:ifii¥¤iilii°I1i€§?§a”°° missioner of Military an Naval Insurance and the office of the Com- 3b§§{;§d gu, Bum missioner of Marine and Seamcn's Insurance created by the War tmgrsferedtc Dgoehvtbii Risk Insurance Act are hereby abolished and the powers and duties edi °l‘4°’p‘3°8’°”‘°”d` gertaining to such offices are hereby transferred to the Director of the ureau 0 War Risk Insurance, who shall hereafter receive a salary at . . the rate of $7 ,500 per annum. Until such time as the Secretary of tuiiii$?ii°fl<ii€`i1810i¤(ii1` the Treasury m%y direct otherwise, and subject to the provisions of sect-ion 9 of the ar Risk Insurance Act, there shall be in the Bureau of War Risk Insurance a Division of Marine and Seamen’s Insurance and a Division of Military and Naval Insurance. All laws inconsistent with this section are hereby so modified as to conform to the prcévisions ilirgreof. h (b) f h- d hdl f B H 1 so. 2. at ar a 0 the secon su `vision (1) o sec- °"° °°'i"S· _ Eicfln 22 of the Wgr Iiiiiisrkllnsurance Act is hereby amended to read as ¤dY0m'p'401'Bm%Hd 0 ows: ~ as A child iegeuy ado tear, c».tt?¥“"’ a°°P“° Sec. 3. Thatévparagraph 81) of the second subdivision (1) of section 22 of the ar Risk Insurance Act is hereby amended to read as follows: It _ _ n " (d) An illegitimate child, but, as to the father only, if ac- q§i,‘i§‘$€§'{f§§’ °1§§Efi. knowledged in writing signed by him, or if he has been judicially mdordered or decreed to contribute to such child’s support, or has been judicially decreed to be the putative father of such chi1d." Wmm ,, Sec. 4. That section 22 of the War Risk Insurance Act is hereby New suiidivrstms. amended by inserting therein immediately following subdivisions (4) and (5), respectively, two new subdivisions to be known as subdivision (4a) and subdivision (5a) and to read as follows: Addition of m " (4a) The terms ‘father’ and ‘mother’ include stelpfathers and mms, adopted pal; stepmothers, fathers and mothers throuih adoption, an persons who °"{?,;,f’.,?,‘§;,,_,,,,9,a,,,,,,,C,_ have stood in loco parentis to a mem er of the military or naval ¤d- forces at any time prior to his enlistment or induction for a period of P,,,,.,,,,_ not less than one ear: Promlded, That this subdivision shall be 19}§K*·°¤*‘¤ °¤*¤b¤* 6· deemed to be in edict as of October 6, 1917." »·}},,.,m,»»,,,,d.¤s,,- " (5a) The terms ‘brother’ and ‘sister’ include the children of a d of Wm in person who, for a period of not less than one year, stood in loco locopunntls meme:. garentis to a member of the military or naval forces of the United tates at an time prior to his enlistment or mductron, or another member of the same household as to whom such person during such p,,,,,i,.,_ period likewise stood in loco parentis: Provided, That this subdivision ,9$f*•°'·"° °°*°”•’ °· Shall be deemed to be in effect as of October 6, 1917." Pmmm to mm Sec. 5. That section 23 of the War Risk Insurance Act is hereby mgm. d amended by the addition thereto of a new paragraph to read as ,d_°°"°""‘°2'°m°° ` follows: _ To be held in Trev- " If any person entitled to receive payments under this Act shall be ¤'Y*‘¤°¢“°'d*°°· °'·°· an inmate of any asylum or hospital for the insane maintained by the United States, or by any of the several States or Territories of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof and no guardian or curator of the property of such_persor1 have been appointed by competent legal authority, the director, of satisfied after due investigation that any such person is mentally mcomggatent, may order that all moneys a able to him or her under this _ t shall be held in the Dmmmmms Treasury of) the United States to the credit of such gprrfscon. All Togsylum, mj funds so held shall be disbursed under the order of the for and sub`ect to his discretion, either to the chief egecutive officer of the asylum or hospital in which such person rs an inmate, to be used_ by such officer for the maintenance and comfort of such mmate, subéect to the duty to account to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance an to