Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 1.djvu/651

 620 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sm. 1. Ch. 320. 1924. to be made by the director may provide that (except in the case of neuropsychiatric atients who are within the terms of the first paragraph of subdivision (7) hereof) any unallotted portion of such three·fourths compensation shall be deposited to the pat1ents’ credit with the Treasurer of the United States to accumulate at such Pomoo, oo ooo rate of interest as the Secretary of the Treasury may deterrnme but chamteaaui. at a rate never less than 3} per centum per annum, and when such patient shall be discharged y the bureau from hospital care, the said deposit and interest shall beefpaid to such jiptient if livin , otherwise to any beneficiary or ben ciaries he may ave designated, Poooooo orif there be no such beneficiary, then to the executor or administrator ruiawahemrrunmar of the estate of such deceased person: Provided, That this paragraph °”‘m°" °’°‘ shall not be so construed as tcgdprevent payment by the bureau from the amormts due to the de ent’s estate of his frmeral expenses expenses of last illness, board, rent, lodging,_ or other household expenses for which the decedent rs liable, provided a claim therefor is presented by the creditors or by the person or persons who actually I I ooo of oo paid the same before settlement y the bureau. puns. The Secretary of the Treasury rs hereb authorized to invest and reinvest the said allotments deposited with him, or any part thereof, in interest-bearing obligations of the United States an to sell the Fm ooooomooo oo obligations for_ the purposes of said funds. emma persomqis- (9 In addition to the care, treatment, and appliances now author- ,":',t"{,;,,‘§,°§,,;,"}_ ‘f,“',§ ized by law, said bru·eau also shall provide, without charge therefor, oi;]-¤¤¢ ¤¢f¤¤ l,¤1v1 hospital, dental, medical, surgical, and convalescent care and treatr·i»¢,p.1ao7. ment and prosthetic sipphances for any member of the military or naval forces of the mted States, not drshonorably discharged, disabled by reason of any wound or mjury received or disease contracted, or by reason of any aggravatron of a preexisting injury ordisease, zpecifically noted at examination for entr·ance into or em loy- mentin e active military or naval service while in the active milijtary o,. or naval service of the United States on or after April 6, 1917, and rr arsimruy not before July 2, 1921: Provided, That the woundoor injury received or g§§‘,°§c,*f’ www ““S' disease contracted or §gravation of a preexrstznag injury or disease, for which such hosprt, dental, medical, surgr , and convalescent care and treatment and prosthetic appliances shall be furnished, Booomory my be was incurred in the military or naval service and not caused by zigoygydoéggoggo his own willful misconduct: Promded, _That where a benehciary of treatment rqrymca no the bureau suffers or has suffered an mjury or contracted a disease o§,*{’o,§{o*,of°°“*“” “’°“ in service entitling him to the benefits of this subdivision, and an emergency develops or· has developed requiring immediate treatment or osprtalrzatron on acconmt of such mjury or disease, and no bureau facilities are or were then feasibly available and in the jludgment of the_ director delay would be_ or would have been azardous, the director rs authorized to reimburse such bene’rici— arg thor; reaiorgrble value of such service received from sources H ,,,,1 ,oc,,,,,_oter ante ureau. &».;il;¤u:pg¤r:;;p:;¤ig (10) That all hospital facilities rmder the control and jurisdiction wm, ,,,2ci¤¢2i dams. of the bureau shal _ be available for every honorablo-nglischargcd veteran of the Spanish-American War, the Phrlrppme urrectron, the Boxer rebellion, or the World War suifering from neur·0psych1atr1c or tubercular ailments and diseases paralysis agitans, encephalitis letha§rca or amoebrc dysentery, or the loss of sight of both eyes regar ess whether such ailments or diseases are due to military service or_ otherwise, including traveling expenses as granted to To morons oo ooo, those receiving compensation and hospitalization under this act, g, sgoogrgxogzoseriér The director rs further authorized, so far as he shall find that existing ,,,,m,,d_ Y Government facilities permit, to furnish hospitalization and necessary traveling expenses to veterans of any war, military occupation, or mrlrtary expedition since 1897, not drshonorably discharged without