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 966 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 875. 1928 . pliedect, if not su p- vi de d fu rt he r, That upon refusal or neglect of the claimant or claim- ants to supply such proof of dependency in a reasonable time, the payment of compensation phall be suspended or discontinued. Burial expenses. "(1) If death occur or shall have occurred subsequent to April Allowance if death in the service . 6, 1917, and before discharge or resignation from the service, the United States Veterans' Bureau shall pay for burial and funeral expenses and the return of body to his home a sum not to exceed of veterans of an y $ 100, as may be fixed by regulation . Where a veteran of any war, war, i ncluding A rmy nurses during Spanish- including those women who served as Army nurses under contracts Ame rica n war . between April 21, 1898, and February 2, 1901, who was not dishonor- ably discharged, dies after discharge or resignation from the service, the director, in his discretion and with due regard to the circum- stances of each case, shall pay for burial and funeral expenses and the transportation of the body (including preparation of the body) to the place of burial, a sum not exceeding $107 to cover such items Provisos. and to be paid to such person or persons as may be fixed by regula- Bureau beneficiaries. tions : Provided, That when such person dies while receiving from the bureau compensation or vocational training the above benefits Addi tional allo w- ance, while away from Shall be payable in all cases : Provided further, That where such home, etc « person, while receiving from the bureau medical, surgical, or hos- pital treatment, or vocational training, dies away from home and at the place to which he was ordered by the bureau, or while travel- ing under orders of the bureau, the above benefits shall be payable cost of attendants. i n all cases and in addition thereto the actual and necessary cost of the transportation of the body of the person (including preparation of the body) to the place of burial, within the continental limits of th e Uni ted Stat es, its Terr itor ies, or poss essi ons, and inc ludi ng a lso, in the discretion of the director, the actual and necessary cost of No accrued pension, etc ., deducted. transportation of an attendant : Provided further, That no accr ued Contracts for burial pension, compensation, or insurance due at the time of death shall expenses authorized. be deducted from the sum allowed : P rov id ed fu rt he r, T hat the director may, in his discretion, make contracts for burial and funeral services within the limits of the amounts allowed herein without regard to the laws prescribing advertisement for proposals for supplies and services for the United States Veterans , Bureau : A nd viPayments contracts rau- provided further, That section 5, title 41, of the United States Code, thorized. shall not be applied to contracts for burial and funeral expenses U. S. Code, p. 1309. heretofore entered into by the director so as to deny payment for services rendered thereunder, and all suspensions of payment here- tofore made in connection with such contracts are hereby removed, and any and all payments which are now or may hereafter become due on such contracts are hereby expressly authorized : And provided No deduction if any contribution by State, further, That no deduction shall be made from the sum allowed etc « because of any contribution toward the burial which shall be made by any State, county, or municipality, but the aggregate of the sum allowed plus such contribution or contributions shall not exceed the actual cost of the burial. Payment to widow. "(2) The payment of compensation to a widow shall continue until her death or remarriage . To achild, "(3) The payment of compensation to or for a child shall con- tinue 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 incapacity : Pro- Previso. vided, That the payment of compensation shall be further continued Continued for co m- plet ing educa tion or after the age of eighteen years and until completion of education training. or training (but not after such child reaches the age of twenty-one years), to any child who is or may hereafter be pursuing a course of instruction at a school, college, academy, seminary, technical insti- tute, or university, particularly designated by him and approved by the director, which shall have agreed to report to the director the

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