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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 354, 355. MAY 26, 1934 . 807 SEC. 4. Subdivision (j) of section 14 of such Act, as amended, is Payment of compen- sation. amended to read as follows : Vol. 44, p. 1433; "(j) Whenever the deputy commissioner determines that it is in U.S.C., .c., Supp. VII, p. the interest of justice, the liability of the employer for compensation, meisanthumd ettle- or any part thereof as determined by the deputy commissioner with the approval of the Commission, may be discharged by the payment of a lump sum equal to the present value of future compensation Computation . payments commuted, computed at 4 per cen tum true discount com- pounded annually . The probability of the death of the injured .,Probability of death employe e or o ther p erson entitl ed to compens ation before the e xpira- na tion . tion of the p eriod during which he is entitl ed to compen sation shall be determined in accordance with the American Experience Table of Mortality, and the probability of the remarriage of the surviving wife sh all be deter mined in acc ordanc e with the re marria ge tab les of the Dutch Royal Insurance Institution. The probability of the hap- Other contingencies. pening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of the compensation shall be disregarded ." SEC. 5. Section 22 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as Vol.44,p. 1437. follows " MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION CASES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ass embled, That, in com- of Bicentennial Da Dan iel Bo. birth iel Boone memoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Daniel Coina ge to commem ° Boone, there shall be coined by the Director of the Mint six hundred orNumbe, etc . thousand 50-cent pieces of standard size, weight, and silver fineness and of a special appropriate design to be fixed by the Director of the Mint with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be Legal tender. No Federal expense. legal tender in all payments at face value; but the United States shall not be subject to the expense of making the models or master dies or other preparations for this coinage. Da n- SEC. 2. That the coins herein authorized shall be issued at par and Issue pcDanl iel Bo oBo one Bic ent enn ial only upon the request of the secretary of the Daniel Boone Bicen- Commission. tennial Commission. Modification of com- pensati on case s. " SEC. 22. Upon his own initiative, or upon the application of any rounds Groun of. authorized . - party in interest, on the ground of a change in conditions or because of a m istake in a determ inatio n of f act by the de puty c ommiss ioner, the deputy commissioner may, at any time prior to one year after Time li mit . the date of the last payment of compensation, whether or not a com- pensation order has been issued, review a compensation case in accordance with the procedure prescribed in respect of claims in section 19, and in accordance with such section issue a new compensa- Now 44, a . 1435. tion order which may terminate, continue, reinstate, increase, or decrease such compensation. Such new order shall not affect any Pro payments not aff ected cted, exception . compensation previously paid, except that an award increasing the compen sation rate may be made effect ive fro m the date of the injury, and if any part of the compensation due or to become due is unpaid, an award decreasing the compensation rate may be made effective from the date of the injury, and any payment made prior thereto in excess of such decreased rate shall be deducted from any unpaid com- pensation, in such manner and by such method as may be determined by the deputy commissioner with the approval of the commission ." Approved, May 26, 1934 . [CHAPTER 355 .] AN ACT May 26, 19 34 . To authorize the c oina ge of 50-cent pieces in com me mor ati on of the two- [5 .3355 .] hundredth anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone . [Public, No . 258 .1