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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 859, 860. 1928.

947 seat of government, the Secretary of State shall request, by the most exp editio us met hod av ailabl e, the secre tary of state of th e Stat e to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of Im medi ate trans- such State ; and it shall be his duty upon receipt of such request mittal to President of immediately to transmit same by registered mail to the President of the senate. the Senate at the seat of government .

If no certificate on SEC . 6 . That when no certificates of votes from any State shall fourth Wednesday in have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednes- Jenge r anuar yto spe cial mes- be sent for the day of the month of January, after the meeting of the electors shall certifictate in custody of have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from di

judge. Vol . 25, p . 613, amend- the seat of government, the Secretary of State shall send a special edu . S. Code, p.20. messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall forth- with transmit that list by the hand of such messenger to the seat of government. Approved, May 29, 1928 . May 29, 1928. CHAP. 860 .-An Act To amend the World War Adjusted Compensation [s .x.10487.) Act, as amended .

[Public, No . 570.F- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Wo rld War Adju sted United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivisions Compensation act b and c of section 302 of the World War Adjusted Com ensa- amI.4p.8 )

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Vol44,p.526,amead- tion Act, as amended, are amended, to take effect as of December 31, ea . 1927, to read as follows :

1927. of December 31, " (b) Such application shall be made and filed on or before Janu- filed fote Jan- ary 2, 1930, (1) personally by the veteran, or (2) in case physical or u Per 2,193. unl ess mental incapacity prevents the making or filing of a personal applica- physically disqualified . Lion, then by such representative of the veteran and in such manner By other than r epre. a s may be by regulations prescribed . An application made by a sentative, etc., void. person other than t he rep resent ative authori zed by any s uch re gula- tion, or not filed on or before January 2, 1930, shall be held void . If veteran die. If the veteran dies after the application is oracle and before it is filed proviso . it may be filed by any person : Provided, however, That if the veteran By widow, if not died between May 19, 1924, and July 1, 1924, without making the made by veteran. application, leaving a widow surviving him, the application may be made by the widow and shall be valid with the same force and effect in every respect as if the application had been made by the veteran . Validity if veteran " (c) If the veteran dies after the application is made, it shall be di e after application valid if the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, as the made . case may be, finds that it bears the bona fide signature of the appli- cant, dis closes an intentio n to clai m the ben efits of this Act on behalf of the veteran, and is filed on or before January 2, 1930, whether Disposition, if de- or not the veteran is alive at the time it is filed . If the veteran dies pendents paid, and and payments are made to his dependents under Title VI, and valid t erlication filed thereafte r a valid applicat ion is fi led under this sec tion, the n if the adjusted service credit of the veteran is more than $50, payment shall be made in accordance with Title V, less any amounts already paid under Title VI . SEC . 2 . Section 602 of the World War Adjusted Compensation en P t sym ents tode pend - Act, as amend ed, is amend ed, to take effect as of Decemb er 31, 1927, ed. Vol, 44,p.829,amend. to read as follows " SEC . 602 . (a) No payment under section 601 shall be made to a No payment to wid- ow if remarried, etc . widow if she has remarried before making and filing application, or if at the time of the death of the veteran was living apart from him by reason of her own willful act ; nor unless dependent at the time of the death of the veteran or at any time thereafter and before January 3, 1930 . The widow shall be presumed to have been depend- pede"y .t" of de-