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74 TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS . 509, 510. AUGUST 12, 1935 .

607 [CHAPTER 509 .] AN ACT August 12, 1935. To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended .

[S.1633 .] [Public, No. 261 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph Interstate Commerce . Act, amendment. (1) of section 3 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is Vol. 24, p. 380

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hereby amended to read as follows :

C. p .2215 . "(1) It shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the Undue preference or provisions of this Act to make, give, or cause any undue or unrea- p rejud ice p rohib ited . sop-able preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, association, locality, port, port district, gat ewa y, Ports, port districts, tran sit p oint, or any parti cula r des crip tion of tr affi c, in any resp ect etc' whatsoever or to subject any particular person, company, firm, cor- poration, association, locality, port, port dist rict, gateway, transit point, or any particul ar desc ription of traf fic to any undue or u nreasona ble pre judice o r disad vantage in any respect whatsoe ver ." Approved, August 12, 1935 . [CHAPT ER 510 .] AN ACT

August 12, 1935. To safeguard the estates of veterans derived from payments of pension, com- [$ .R. 3979.] pens ati on, em erge ncy of fic ers' re tir eme nt pay and insurance, and for oth er [Public, No . 262.] purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States o America in Congress as sembled, That section 21 world war vet era ns f

Act, 192 4, a mend ment . of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (U . S . C ., Supp . c.v, of 14, p. 791' L .S. VII title 38, sec . 450), is hereby amended to read as follows : " ƒEC . 21. (1) Where any payment of compensation, adjusted com- Pay ments to pers ons und er le gal disability. pensation, pension, emergency officers' retirement pay, or insurance Pest, p . 1101 . under any Act administered by the Veterans' Administration is to be made to a minor, other than a person in the military or naval forces of the United States, or to a person mentally incompetent, or under other legal disability adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, such payment may be made to- the person who is con- stituted guardian, curator, or conservator by the laws of the State of resi dence o f claima nt, or is other wise le gally ve sted with the care of the claimant or his estate : Provided, That where in the Provisos- o pion of t he A dmin istra tor any g uard ian, cura tor, conservator, make Authority to payments . refuse to or other person is acting as fiduciary in such a number of cases as to make it impracticable to conserve properly the est ates or to supervise the persons of the wards, the Administrator is here by authorized to refuse to make future payments in such cases as he may claDirect payments to deem proper : Provided further, That prior to receipt of notice by the Veterans' Administration that any such person is under such other legal disability adjudged by some court of competent jurisdic- tion, p ayment may be m ade to such per son dir ect : P rovided further , That where no guardian, curator, or conservator of the person under Determination ofper- a legal disability has been appointed under the laws of the State of son legally vested with care of claim ant . residence of the claimant, the Administrator shall determine the person who is otherwise legally vested with the care of the claimant or his estate . "(2) Whenever it appears that any guardian, curator, conservator, Misappropriation of funds by fiduciary. or other person, in the opinion of the Administrator, is not properly Vol .45,p . 964 . executing or has not properly executed the duties of his trust or has collected or paid, or is attempting to collect or pay, fees, commis- sions, or allowances that are inequitable or in excess of those allowed a