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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 805 , 80 --JULY 2,1948 Partial disability. Compensation at peacetime rates. Ante, p. 1219. Ante, p. 1213 . Partial disability. Restriction. 48 Stat. 8. 38 U. . C. § 701- 721; Supp. I, § 701 note. Ante, p. 500 . Effective date. (g) has no wife but three or more children living, $35; (h) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $17.50 for each parent so dependent. (2) If and while rated partially disabled, but not less than 60 per centum, in an amount having same ratio to the amount specified in sub- section (1) hereof as the degree of his disability bears to the total disability. SEC. 2. That any person entitled to compensation at peacetime rates for disability incurred in or aggravated by active service as provided in paragraph II, part II, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, except paragraph I (c) thereof, and whose dis- ability is rated not less than 60 per centum, shall be entitled to additional compensation for dependents in the following monthly amounts: (1) If and while rated totally disabled and- (a) has a wife but no child living, $16.80; (b) has a wife and one child living, $28; c) has a wife and two children living, $36.40; d) has a wife and three or more children living, $44.80; (e) has no wife but one child living, $11.20; f) has no wife but two children living, $19.60; g) has no wife but three or more children living, $28; h) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $14 for each parent so dependent. (2) If and while rated partially disabled, but not less than 60 per centum, in an amount having same ratio to the amount specified in sub- section (1) hereof as the degree of his disability bears to the total disability. SEC. 3 . The additional compensation for a dependent or dependents provided by this Act shall not be payable to any veteran during any period he is in receipt of an increased rate of compensation or of sub- sistence allowance on account of a dependent or dependents under any other law administered by the Veterans' Administration: Provided, That he may elect to receive whichever is the greater. SEO. 4. The administrative, definitive, and penal provisions of Pub- lic Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, and Veterans Regula- tions thereunder, as amended, shall be for application under this Act. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second calen- dar month next succeeding its enactment. Approved July 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 806] July 2, 1948 [H. R . 34161 [Public Law 878] Pensacola National Monument, Fla. Acquisition of land. AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Pensacola National Monument. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to receive on behalf of the United States, the following parcels of land, together with any improvements thereon, now located in the harbor defenses of Pensacola on lands owned by the Department of the Army, in Escambia County, State of Florida, not needed by either the War or Navy Department and transferred in accordance with existing law: (1) Old Fort San Carlos and Old Fort Barrancas (approximate area four acres). (2) Old Fort Redoubt (approximate area four acres). (8) Old Fort Pickens (approximate area five acres). 1220 [62 STAT.