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 6].6 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 195. 1920. P°J ¤,?'W”*""‘ construed as to affect in any manner his or her right to a pension, yirammam mms or tut; compensaliiion under $:1 War Risk Insurance Act, in addition to e annuity erein provi. rmeas tx wm- It is furth 'ded th t in m t' length fservi for the ¤°°”’ °°°" °‘°1“°°°L purposes of  all pciiiods (iii sggaiiiiiion roni) the seizice and so much of any period of eave of absence as may exceed six months shall be excluded, and that in the case of substitutes in the Postal co mi i lm { Service only periods of active employment shall be mcluded. _ remitiaz " ° ° Sec. 4. That for th¢g)>urpose of administration, except as otherwise _`$‘{§,‘f“""'“**°” °‘ provided herein, the mmissioner of Pensions, under the direction of the Secretzg of the Interior, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to (g nelrm, oié czgsg to be performicg any and allugcts and to ‘ esu esan r` ationsasmay necessary per A to for the purpose of caggring the provisions of this Act into fullngrce s•¤;%$y°i° ¤x°°¤ii"s nl. and effect; An app to the Secretary of the »Interior‘shall lie ‘°"‘°'· from the  action or order of the Commissioner of Pensions affecting the rights or interests of any person or of the United States under  Act, the lproqedure on appeal to be as prescribed by $e glemmisswner of ensions, with the approval of the Secretary of _ e tenor. _%1“¤Qi::&&?¥,Liig;¥Q — Sec. 5. That any employee to whom this Act applies who shall ”"'°"""` i.`3E.‘1§°fZfé1tm*°'%‘Z§§‘?`t*§€?§1’.i.£*.‘§2°l?%§Bd“i.§m”?’§.°‘i”i.;“"P’i3& e sec io eo, comes totall bled for useful and eilicient service by reason of diseasedor not due{tohviciouslhabits,hi;i1¥empera£ce, or willful miscon uc on apart o the em oyee, s upon 's or her own application or upon therrgzuest orporder of the head of the depart- ·=-·~- ,,,,,.,m,,., l‘l,‘§.?‘Ja§’€¥.?‘3£‘; fif; i§£.?i.?r¤u2“‘f°mi° °°§‘i$‘?§’ 'i%°..;."’tifz°`*i..‘Zt1‘.»..°“ ir di · _ 0 sec ion e : r, er '°¤':*°€l° n That no_employee shall be retiredunder the provisions of this sec; tion unt1l_exam1ned by a medical officer of the United States or a duly qualified physician or surgeon or board of physicians or surgeons designated y the Commissioner of Pensions for that purpose and foxmd to be disabled m the degree and in the manner specified erem. m;}1;f¤¤¤'¤*=*¤*i¤¤· Every annuitant retired under the provisions of this section, miehinulred tug; rl; unless the disability for which retired is permanent in character, ,,,.,, {5,,, '°d,,,w'§,, shall, at the expiration of one year from the date of such retirement P·¤¤¤¤·¤*· and annually thereafter until reaching the retirement age as defined in section 1 hereofgbe examined under direction_of the Commissioner of ·P6YlSl0!1S_ y a medical officer of the United States, or a duly qualified physician oijsurgeon or board of physicians or surgeons designated by the Commissioner of Pensions for that purpose, in order to ascertain the nature and d ee of the annuitant’s disability, ¤dA¤&¤¤rgré¤v;i§_g’¤y·¤¢¤· if any; if the annuitant recovers anagris restored to his or her former · earning capacity before reaching the retirement age, payment of the annuity shall be discontinued from the date of the medical mP;§g?3¤§r£ examination showing such recov ;if the annuitant fails to appear mm. for exammation as required unegir this section, ayment of the _ amunty shall be suspended until continuance of this disability has ugnrgccial mmm been satisfactorily established. The Commissioner of Pensions is ` hereby authorize to order or direct at any time such medical or other examination as he shall deem necess to determine the facts relatiyie to the nazure gndtiliiezgreefof disaiigility of any employee re ire on an annui yun er sec ion. anggsggu ex- b Feles foraggammations maids undert thedprglvisiging offtheg ggctigg yp ysici os1u· nswoarenom c t ' States shall be iixedmby the Commissioner ofoPe01i;ioiis, athd lsluch fees, together with_ the employees reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred in order to submit to such examinations, shall pleisyliii out of the appropriations for the cost of administering c.