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 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 320. 1924. 617 (1) If death occur or shall have occurred subsequent to A ril 6, B¤*i=>*¤¤¤¤¤S¤S- 1917, and before discharge or resignation from the Service, the ignited States shall pay for burial expenses and the return of body to his home a sum not to exceed $100, as may be fixed by regulation. Where a veteran of any war dies after discharge or resignation from eX’,`;§;§§S“‘§,$°’;f,‘;§,};,‘,§"§} the service and does not leave sufficient assets to meet the expenses of my WM- his burial and the transportation of his body, and such expenses are not otherwise provided or, the United States Veterans’ Bureau shall ay the following sums: For a flag to drape the casket, and after burial to be given to the next of kin of the deceased, a sum not exceeding $5; also for burial expenses, a sum not exceeding $100, to _ such person or persons as may be fixed by regulations: Provided, §',,‘§'§,'§Q"i,,,,,,,,,_,,,,,,,,S . That when such person dies while receivin from the bureau com- l pensation or vocational training, the above benefits shall be payable without reference to the indigency of the deceased: Provided further, Bm H. . d , That where such person, while receiving from the bureau medical, awayri0iii81ii>eiii¤,a1i4ii1v‘i surgical, or hospita treatment or vocational training, dies away from §’§""§,§§;‘gg,’}8§§,‘§‘i°,§ home and at the place to which he was ordered by the bureau, or ¤<>dv»¤¤¤· while traveling under orders of the bureau, the above benefits shall be patyable without reference to the indigency of the deceased and in ad ition thereto the actual and necessary cost of the trans ortation of the body of the person (including preparation of the body) to the place of burial within the continental limits of the United States, and including also, in the discretion of the director, the actual °°S°°“"°°“°““°‘ and necessary cost of transportation of an attendant: And provided ,,,1};*; d‘§d",j‘_j{’§d ¥’°“S‘°“ further, That no accrued ension or com ensation due at the time of i death shall be deducted fiom the sum allbwed. d _(2) The payment of compensation to a widow shall continue until d§,°§¤yg§$,'iT$,(§,:°§i¤Y.°Kd¥ her death or remarriage, and the payment of compensation to a parent shall continue to the death of each parent. hu (3) The payment of compensation to or for a child shall continue d,5§Ym°“t °° ° until such child reaches the age of eighteen years or marries, or if such child be permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect, then during such incapacityl. (4) Whenever the compensation ayable to or for the benefit of T°'"‘l°°°i°“ °"°t°°‘ any person under the provisions oi this section is terminated by the happening of the contingency upon which it is limited, the compensation thereafter for the remaining beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, shall be the amount which would have been payable to them if they had been the sole original beneficiaries. Chudm mt wm, (5) As between the widow and the children not in her custody, mam. vnd as bgiween chilgren, thebéaéncéunt gd compensation shall be a ortion as ma e rescri re ation. PEG) The term "v¥idowR as used inythis section shall not include wid°wmm°¤°°' one who shall have married the deceased later than ten_years after the time of injury, and shall include widower whenever his condition g suclé that if tliile dpceased person were living he would have been epen entu n er or su ort. (7) That iliis section sliiill be deemed to be in effect as of April 1gii?°?°"°' Am °' 6, l9l7: Provided, however, That the receipt of a. gratuity, (pension, §&‘;’,§’{·,,, pension, 0f wmpensation by widow, or parent, on account of the eath of etcihgn uc-<¤¤1::b:tf my person shall not bar the payment of com ensation on account Z”$ma?yS.°LLm. 0; thi? death of any other person: Prmnkied, That before GOIEXBBSS- mffuc “’“’ °° b° tion under this section shall be paid there shall first be d ucted from said sum so to be paid the amount of any ayments made UJ1d81‘ any other law on account of the death or disability of the C] mt mm same person: Provided further, That no changes in rates or com- asm. pensation made by this Act shall be retroactive in effect.