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. \ • - . · . QQ73 TITLE 38.-5-PENASIONS, BON USES apply- to all pcnsivvs licretbfvre gruhted or h(·}l‘€Bft8T`gY&I1t€d_._ under tnxqor any former Statute:  further, That when ·»o1 a pension has been granted to an lnemie,. idiotic, or otherwise sk ‘ helpless i:hLld, or to a child or children uuderthe age ot sixteen in years, in widow on former widow shall not be entitled to a pear 01 . sion u@r this_—Act' until the pension to such   or children o1 termiuat$ unlw such- child or children be a. member or mem- uz bers of her family and mred for by hen; and umn the grénting C of pension to such Widow 01* former Widow payment of pensioh io1 .to_ such child or children shall cease, and this proviso shall a apply to’all clgims arising under this or any other law. (May- ie] 1,192·8,c.%,$2,44'Stat.3&.)  » I5 .Nej¤s7 section. _ . _, `a 3641:.- Total disability; inmate of S0ldierS’ Home.-—Auy sol- S} mer, wiior, or marine or nurse now on- thewpeusiou roll or who U may be. hevmfter wtitled to a pension under the Let of June $ ` 5, 1920, or under that Act· as amended by the Act of September  1; 1922] or under this Act on account tot hié service .durin_g-` the War 'with Spam, the Philippine insiurrectioug or China _ relief expedition, who is how or hereafter may become, .on_ f accodnt of age jor physical or menthl dlgabilities, helpless or I blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the I regular   and atteudauce_ of another person, Shzill be ·gi7ven_ { a rate of $72 n month, provided » such disabilities hre not the - result of his or her own vicious habits :_ And provided feirther,. ' That no one while an inmate not the United States Soldiers’ ,1 Home or of any imtiopul or State soldiers! home shall bé paid more than Wper month `imder this Act} (Muyl, 1926, c. Q eoe,_§_2,f4>4 sm, 383.)* Y Q   · _ .1 . New section. · t ‘ · _ A ·~364c. Time of commencement under _Act of 1926; check to .1 pensioner dying on or before last dey of period.-—'1‘hgt the -1 pension or increase at thexate of pension herelxi provided for, , as to ell persons whose names are rfowon the pension roll, or 1 who arenow- in receipt of a pension under erlsting law, shall g commence at the rates hereip provided ox; the fourth day _0f ; the next month after the approval ot, this Act;' except where g mlaerwise herein provided ; hurl as to persons whose "rwgmes are `1 not now on the pension roll, or who ereluot now in receipt of_‘ 1 - a pension under existing law, but who may _-be entitled to la' _, pension under the. provisions of · this Act,' such peosions · shall. 3 commence from the date ·o£_ Bling application therefor in. the p4 ’Bureau of Pensions after the approval of this Act in such 1 d form aemsy be prescribed by the Secretary ot the —Iuterior;· 4 ·_-and the issue ot an check ui payment ot s pension forwhich .1 the execution and ksubmiesiou of 4 voucher wes not required 1 shall constitute payment in the event ot the death ot the pen- · siouer oh or after the last day of the period. covered by such check, and it shall hot be canceled, but shall -become-en asset 0f tbemtate ot the deceased pensioner.; (May 1, 1926, c. 269, { 4, 44 Stat. 3&.) Q Q ` Nei section-, . ·,_. . . 364d.» Assy gud Navy Medhl of Honor Roll not •¤ected.—- Nothing  in   Act'   be held to aiect or di&i11ish theadd1mnlmdo¤t0thoseo¤therolldesigu¤tednsf‘The _ Army ami Navy Hedsl of Hom! B0l1,” as provided by the Act j of April 27,1916} but any   or   of pension herein provided for mall he iphdditton. thereto, qui! no pension here totore   mmm my Act, pubitc or private, shell be reduced. U1 tuyzthlagl canthiuéd in this._Act.' (May 1, 19%, ¢. 209. S5, t 44 Stat., wi.) · · . _ · Nésrsectiehh · __ _ ` **11ia   d June}, 1920, and Sept; 21, 1922, méntlelned in the text, are secdou 351 et   of this title in the  ln the appendix? M I, " · . ·*B‘¤r Act ol Apr. 27; 1916, referred to in the text, see recticms 391 at neq. ot thi; title ot the Coda..
 * “This Act " should be tmmanted “ sections 364 to 364£'o£ this tltlo

, ANU VE_TERANS’ RELIEF _. §37 6 364e.‘ Fees of attorneys fdr prosecuting claims » under Act. F 1926; penalty.-—;N0 claim agent, attomey, or other person l mall c0ntrnct_for," demand, receire, or rethin a fee for service. J L premring, presenting, or prosecuting claims for the increase Eapensicn provlded fer in l;l1is"Act ;f and no more than the sum E $1Q_.shall be allowed for such service `in ether claims there- ¤dB1', which sdm shall be payable only tm the order of the Qmmlssicuer of Pensions; and any person whe shall, directly Prindircctly, otherwise contract for, demand; receive, or retain fee for service in preparing, presenting, er prosecuting any [aim under tl;ls`Act,’ or shall wrongfully withhold from the €¤SiQ¤c1‘ ,0I' clliimailt the whole Or, smy_ part, of the pension _ llowed or due to snob pensioner or claimant under this Actf * hall be deemed guilty of n misdemeanor, and upon conviction " _ bere0f,,§1hall, for each andevery 0ife¤Se,' beéned not exceeding 500 or-be linprisimed not exceedingone year,;, or both, in tlie liscretion of the court. · (May·1,’1926, c. 209, § .6,' 44 Stat. 384.)- " New section. l _ t '· · _ ` 364f. Acts `aEectcd.—Thal: all Acts and parts of Acts in canliét with Qrjnéousistent with the provisions of this A<·t.' me nerelw modified and nmeuded only" so fa1·'and' to the extent as nerein specifically. provided- and stated. . (May, 1, 1926, 0. 209, i" 7, 44 Stat. 384.) ‘  ‘ (New section. _ Chapter 8.-QTHE_ INDIAN WARS. . H 376. Séune; period of éervicc-:.—The period lot service per- Yprmed by beneficiaries under this `Act ’ ·slial1 be determined: First, by reports from the records of. UlBt‘_W8T Department, ¤vhére··theré are such records; Secontl, by. repqrts from the recordé of the General Accounting Otllcé showing payment by zhe 'United States,; where there `is_ 110 lrec0rd_·0f regular enlistment, or muster into the United States military service; and t
 * l1ird,' when there iS.l10 record cisenrvice or payment fdr same, _ "

11.IhG War Department or the General Accouutingf Omce by x. satisfactory evidence f1·0;i1··.mué.ter rolls on tile in the several g state or- Territorial archives; fourth, where no record of serv · ice hasybeeii made in the War Department 01·‘General Account-- ing Oillce and there is ne mnster roll or pa.y°r0ll—0u mein the sevferul State ·or Territorial archiées showing service of the applicant, or where the snmehné been destroyed by tire jor otherwise 10st,' or where therelnre muster r0lls'0r .pay—1·0l1s pn llle in the several State or Territorial archives but the applicant’s name; doesnqt appear thereon, the applicant may make proof of service by furnishing evidence satisfactory to the Com- _ *~ missioner of Pensions : ·.Pi·m>ided, Thgxt the want nf. n certificate of discharge shall not deprive any applicant of the benems of this Act.? ‘(Mar._4, Ql917, c. 189, § 2, 39 Stat. 1200; Sept. 1, 1922, c. 302, §‘6, 42 Stat. 836; May 21, 1926, 0: 356,44 Stat. 614. "  876   Title 38 sautéed.--·The statutory provision coxmtb ‘ tutlng Q 376 of Title 38‘-ot··the Code has been amended by Act gf .·May 21, 1926, c. 35§, .44.Stat. 614; to`_read as above. Cliqiter i10.—-WORLD WAR VETERANS RELIEF. - 1-ln-: 1.-<1r1NnnAx.` `· '422.»Purpose; other gratuldes nr‘penst¤ns;~m1l1c¤ry·¤r nnvnl retire » ‘ ‘ment laws; compensation to persons receiving active eertjlce or ` - retirerhent pay. ` · _ ‘ y 425. United l8tnte¤ Veteranr Bnrnau; establishment; ~dlrecton·;` up- - polntment; salary: technical gndndmlnletntlye staE. -427. Statement by director in _Ce¤gres• of employees and rates of pay. 484. Hcsplfgrgtion, medley! care, and treatment nt benenelnrlesc powe of director; lwspltnl fncllltlen; transfer or hospitals ‘ from Treasury and Public Health Department.- · · _ 450; Pnymentn ze nilnors, mental lnecmpetents, or persons under lem! _ in the appendix? 1 ; ° _ l _ - J _ •*‘ Act " should be translated ‘° sectlen 375 or this tmeam the C¤de."
 * ***1*nu Act " should be translated “ sections 364 to 304f or this title