78TH GONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, subse- quent to September 7, 1916, in operations conducted pursuant to the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manufac- ture and sale of lumber, and the preservation of the forests on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin,' approved March 28, 1908, as amended, or any other Act relating to tribal timber and logging operations on the Menominee Reservation." (c) In the case of injury or death of a commissioned officer of the Service occurring after November 10, 1943, and on or before the date of the termination of the present war, the election required by sec- tion 7 of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 edition, title 5, sec. 757), may be made, and the notice required by section 15 thereof and the written claim required by section 18 thereof may be filed, within such time as may be provided by regulations of the United States Employees' Compensation Commission, but not later than the expiration of one year following the termination of the present war. Prior to the expiration of such year any such election may be revised, and such revision shall operate retroactively to the date of death or injury, but there shall be deducted from the compensation or other benefit payable pursuant to a revised election any sum (except the proceeds of any insurance policy) theretofore paid on account of such death or injury. (d) In the case of death of a commissioned officer of the Service which occurred after December 7, 1941, and prior to November 11, 1943 the rights provided to surviving beneficiaries by section 10 of the Public Health Service Act of 1943 shall continue notwith- standing the repeal of that Act. Such beneficiaries, in addition to the right to receive six months' pay, shall have the same right of election and of revising elections as is provided by subsection (c) of this section, except that in case of a revised election no deduction shall be made on account of such six months' pay. COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY IN CERTAIN CASES SEC. 606 . In the case of commissioned officers of the Service appointed prior to the enactment of this Act, there shall be included, in determining retired pay pursuant to section 211 (c) (1), non- commissioned service in the Public Health Service, as well as all commissioned service. ALLOWANCES FOR UNIFORMS TO CERTAIN COMMISSIONED PERSONNEL SEC. 607. Each commissioned officer of the Service who was appointed to the Regular Corps or called to active duty in the Reserve Corps since December 7, 1941, and prior to the enactment of this Act, and who on or after November 11, 1943, was on active duty in the grade of junior assistant, assistant, or passed assistant and was receiving the pay of the first, second, or third pay period, shall be entitled to receive an allowance of $250 for uniforms and equip- ment. PATIENTS OF SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL IN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS SEC. 608. Insane patients entitled to treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital who may heretofore or hereafter, during the continuance of the present war, or during the period of six months thereafter, have been admitted to hospitals of the Service, may continue to be cared for and treated in such hospitals notwithstanding the termi- nation of such period. Menominee Indian Reservation, Wis. 35 Stat. 51 . Commissioned offi- cers of the Service. 39 Stat. 743. Ante, p. 712. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U.S. C. §§765,768. Revision of election. 57 Stat. 589. 42 U. S. C., Supp. III, i i. Post,p. 719. Ante, p. 88 Pov p. 86 58 STAT.] 713
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