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616 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. sms. 1. os. 320. 1924. when employed in the active service under the War Department or d.]§.‘.Z§¥.§'g§.‘°"°”°“°' Navy Dfelpartment, the United States shall pay to such commissioned 0 cer or enlisted man, member of the Armti Nurse Corps gpmglue) , or of the N tilvy N% Corp? (felmale)é or, in e discretion of i l I I _ e ector, separa y to or er epen ents, com ensation as mid ° °°p hereinafter provided; but no compensation shall beeipaidijf the injxpuy, P E disease, aggravation, or recurrencehas been caus by his own - 1=m1y¤ii~,e¢¤.,¤11tw- ful misconduct: Promkled, That no person suffering from paralysis, "‘°°‘ paresis, or blindness, or from constitutional lues requiring hospitalization, as the result of disease, shall be denied compensation while a patient m a Veterans’ Bureau hospital by reason o willful miscon- ,,§’§,Pd?},,§,,§“,,°{§; duct. That for the piuposes of this section every such officer, en- §{{ gg;g*¤¤ N¤v¤¤¤· hsted man, or other member eniployed in the active service under ’ th; War Igeipartmeitrt `c}1{1lNav_yi92ppartg1ent who (ies tp; w o resign prior y 2, , an every su officer, e man, or other member employed in the active service under the War vI?1epa§It:u)e·n;f (gr NT§y g)¢;]g;r£arnent_ on or sizfore November 1% 1918, _ y , is d1scharg_ or resigns, _ e conddm ¤_ clusively held and takeii to have been in sound condition when expe.; accepted atrid enggllexl for sgrvice except as tg defects W · _ 1 1 y ; .u€’t.§f§s°§f_th¤ uE2Zd“§t.€..§’ .5K‘L‘t..`I2. .'}&'f£."’LZ}°{.., %..%§§il’§§ mm of active service, to the extent to which an sucli) defect, disorder, spwméagsaesae or mfirmity was so made of record: Providlid, That an ex-service &*9°§f’,$fp,F,§¤fn°§_; man who is shown to have or, if deceased, to have had, prior to as incurred i¤ service- January 1, 1925, neuropsychiatric disease, an active tuberculous disease, paralysis agitans, ence halitis lethar 'ca, or amoebic d sen- ,0,, D 6,,, . P §‘ . . . Y . · - tery developingl a 10 per_centum degree o disability or more m Ezgprxlapcgagigc the prozidsipnshof subdivision hg) dc; slei<i§tron_ 202 pg c s presmn o ave a service between April 6, 1917, and J1i·l(yq2, 1921, or to havg slilifllaged an aggravation o a preexisting neuropsychiatric disease, tuberculosis, paralys1s_ agitans, encephalitis let argica, or amoebic dysengzry in {auch service betpveep said cgateslh and dsggd prgsumption shall conc usive m cases o ac 178 u crc ous t all Cum be I cases said presumption shall be rebuttable b adEaruax:d1 conliritiig 1,,,,,, ,,,‘}‘°,{,,,,,m‘{; mg evidence; but nothing this pfoviso shally be construed to pre- '¤°*· vent a claimant from receiving the_benefits of compensation and medical care and treatment for a disability due to these diseases of more than _10 per centum_ degree (in accordance with the proznsrpns of su]bd;;1;gonf(421; szctnpsn _202Lof this Agt) on or subsequent oanuary ,1 eac m c ttiatehis '.

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m,,,¤,,,,{,,,,_ If the deceased leaves a widow or child, or if he leaves a mother P••*· P· mi- or father either or both dependent upon him for support, the monthly wuwmdcmmm compensation shall be the followmglamoimtsz ’ (a If there is a widow but no c 'ld, $30. _ (bil lgitliiere is a widow and one child, $40, with $6 for each addition c . (c) If there is no widow, but one child, $20. (d) If there is no widow, but two children, $30. adg-ilig tgiegilés no widow, but three children, $40, with $5 for each a c . uwlax-mm ati §33h°’?ri.S.“.§‘lf.lI°;.E`€‘i?.I‘y“’i.‘i“h$.E..i°’ ‘Z§i’°“d'i'§'* i”"h°"1.§§°’ °* vox. 42, . iszz, , - a e er s su 1V`lS mmm- p exceed the difference between the total amount payableliaiilthe vvidlgig and children and the sum of $75. Such compensation shall be pay- able whether the dependencfy of the father or mother or both arises before or after the death o the person, but no compensation shall be payable if the dependency arises more than five years after the death of the person.