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 2018 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 859. JUNE 29, 1936. dered in the Territory of Alaska, may voluntarily retire on an annuity equivalent in value to the present worth of a deferred annuity, beginning a t the age at which the employee would otherwise no putation of an- have become eligible for retirement, computed as provided in section Post, p. 2020. 6 of this Act, the present worth of said deferred annuity to be determined on the basis of the American Experience Table of Mortali ty and an interest rate of 4 per centum compounded annually. Physical or mental SEC. 4 . (a) Any employee to whom this Act applies who shall have disability. attained the age of fifty-five years and shall have rendered at least fifteen years of service on the Alaska Railroad, and who shall have become physically or mentally disqualified to perform satisfactorily and efficiently the duties of his position or of any other position of approximately equal compensation to which he might be assigned, because of the strenuous or hazardous nature of such position, shall, upon the request or order of the Secretary of the Interior, be retired on an a nnuity computed in accordance with the provisions of section Proviso. 6 hereof : Provided, That no such employees shall be so retired except Examination, etc. after an examination and finding as to his mental or physical dis- qualifications as hereinafter provided. To tal dis ability. (b) Any employee to whom this Act applies who shall have served for a total period of not less than five years, and who, before becom- ing eligible for retirement under the conditions defined in section 2 hereof, shall have become totally disabled for useful and efficient service in the grade or class of position : occupied by the employee, by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on the part of the employee, shall upon his own application or upon request or order of the Secretary of the Interior, Computation of an- nu be retired o n an annui ty compute d uted in accordance with the provisions p st, p. 2020. of section 6 hereof. y Time limitation for executing application. No claim shall be allowed under the provisions of this section . unless the application for retirement shall have been executed prior to the applicant's separation from the service or within six months Medical examination. thereafter. No employee shall be retired under the provisions of this se ction unless he or she shall have been examined by a medical officer of the United States, or a duly qualified physician or surgeon or board of physicians or surgeons designated by the United States Civil Service Commis sion for that purpose, and found to be disabled in the degree and in the manner specified herein. » Ail s disabi lity ion per- Every annuitant retired under the provisions of this section, unless me nt disability the disability for which he was retired be permanent in character, shall, at the expiration of one year from the date of such retirement and annually thereafter, until reaching retirement age as defined in section 2 hereof, be examined under the direction of the United S tates Civi l Ser vice Commi ssion by a medi cal o ffice r of the U nited States, or a duly qualified physician or surgeon or board of physicians or surgeons designated by the United States Civil Service Com- mission for that purpose, in order to determine the nature and degree Temp orary payment of the annuitant's disability, if any. If an annuitant shall recover he~nnmty upon re»»»- before reaching the age at which he would otherwise have become eligible for retirement and be restored to an earning capacity which would permit him to be appointed to some appropriate position fairly comparable in compensation to the position occupied at the time of retirement, payment of the annuity shall be continued temporarily to afford the annuitant opportunity to seek such available position, but not in any case exceeding ninety days from the date of the medical examination showing such recovery. empl oyme nt. if fail ing re- If the annuitant shall fail to obtain reemployment through no fault of his own within the ninety-day period in any position included in