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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 182. 1924. 145 lated contributions over the said annuity payments shall be aid to 1; omcer qa bears his or her legal representatives; and in case a Foreign Service {$f§,'§°{‘,f’;i‘§SI$a‘§?;‘§§ officer shall die without having reached the retirement age the total wgal ’°P'°S°¤“*“"°· amount of his contributions with accrued interest shall be paid to his; 1;>gr;£represep`tatives.S Hi D H j at an oreign ervice 0 cer who before reachin the a e §.S°b°“Y-““°“’”!’°° of retirement ybecomes totally disabled for useful andg eilicieit iggteaigicing mm service by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on his part, shall, upon his own application or upon order of the President, be retired on an P,,,,;,,,_,_ annuity under paragraph (tp) of this section: Provided, however, M<;gg¢¤1¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤¤i¤¤ That in each case such disa ility shall be determined b the report mu ' of a duly qualified physician or surgeon desi ated by the Secretary of State to conduct the examination: Providgeld further, That unless Sub,,,,m,,,m,,,,,im_ the disability be permanent, a like examination shall be made **°r¤;a%gl$*=*;Q;*i*Y ¤<>¤ annually in order to determine the degree of disability, and the pg ` payment of annuity shall cease from the date of the medical T°°°”°°“'“°°°"‘ examination showing recovery. Fees for examinations under this provision, together with ,.,?§°§§,e§$y;$l$_ fm"' reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred in order to submit to examination, shall be paid out of the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund. _ When the annuity is discontinued under this provision, before ¤§{,,d“‘§}f,*,§',0,'§,“f,$,{‘,j the annuitant has received a sum equal to the total amount of his girg:;;¤t·;r,;;¤&¤&i· difcontributions with accrued interest, the difference shall be paid to '· him or to his legal representatives. (k) The President is authorized from time to time to establish, g,“:5i°2l§¥§l,§,“,'§;,, by Executive order, a list of places in tropical countries which by §m§g*a:°° YW 0* reason of climatic or other extreme conditions are to be classed as ' unhealthful posts, and each year of duty at such osts, while so classed, inclusive of regular leaves of absence, shallpbe counted as one year and a half, and so on in like proportion in reckoning the length of service for the pur es of retirement. Whenever a Foreign geisrvice oiicer becomes separated from ,,,£°E,,°{’{,,“§,2§?§°,${,,°§ the service except for disability before reaching the age of retire- ;*g;g_nfjmy;*m$j1*;{:eg' ment, 75 ger centum of the total amount of contribution from his ' salary wit out interest shall be returned to him. Mmm, Mum K (m) Whenever any Foreign Service officer, after the date of his umm waves nappy- retirement, accepts a position of employment the emoluments of g'¥,'§°°{m2°¤}{,°,°°Z' ° °” which are greater than the annuity received by him from the United States Government by virtue of is retirement under this Act, the amount of the said annuity during the continuance of such employ- Pr , ment shall be reduced by an ual amount: Provided, That all y.,'§,"{§’},,;;¤.,,ti0¤“, retired Forei Service officers glhall notify the Secretary of State f·&¤$° °‘ °“'°°°‘ once a year Ogiiny positions of emplogrment accepted by them stating the amount of compensation receive therefrom and whenever any Mmum, minded such officer fails to so report it shall be the duty_ of the Secretary of until report received. State to order the payment of the annuity to be suspended until such report is received. _ (11) The Secretary of State is authorized to expend from_surplus ,,,;'§,}",{{‘1‘,‘f{‘,,,°‘,§m money to the credit of the Forei Service retirement and disability fund an amount not exceeding $2000 for the expenses necessary in C3I'I’_Yll1°' out the provisions of this section, including actuarial advice. Omm entitled ,,, (0) Kay di lomatic secretary or consular officer who has been or ¤**i*°m°¤"’°“°”'*’· any Foreign Service officer who may hereafter be promoted from the classified service to the grade of ambassador or rmmster, or appointed to a position in the Department of State shall be entitled to all thedbenetits o; this section in ge same manner and under the samecon itions as orei Serviceo cers. (p) For the purposesggf this Act the period of service shall be ,,,m’°,§,¥°,‘§'g, ZL *::3,2 computed from the date of original oath of omce as secretary lh the ¤·¤¢·