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 950 74T H CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 794. AUGUST 28, 1935. Payments to be charged against earliest available credit w eek. "Credit week" con- strued. Pro viso. School or college at- tendance. Method of paying benefits. Requ isition of amount req uired . Deposit of amount recei ved. Pa ymen ts. Eligi bility for bene- fits. Requirements. Reg ulations t o be furnished employer. (c) All payments of benefits under this section shall be charged, in accordance with the applicable ratio, against the earliest credit week or part thereof available for such purpose. (d) As used in this section, the term " credit week "I means a week in which the individual concerned performed some employment, against which no benefits have been charged, and with respect to which no benefits were paid to the individual : Provided, That any week occurring within the customary school vacation period shall not be counted as a credit week in the case of any individual who at tended a scho ol, co llege, or un iversi ty in t he las t prec eding school term, and returns to a school, college or university at the end of such vacation period. METH OD OF PAY ING BE NEF ITS SEC. 9 . Each week the Board shall requisition, from the moneys to the credit of the District in the Unemployment Trust Fund, the amount required to pay the benefits accruing with respect to such week. Upon receipt of the amount requisitioned, the Board shall depo sit it as part of the District Unemployment Fund in the Tre as- ury of the United States as a special deposit to be used solely to pay the benefits provided in this Act. All payments of benefits shall be made by checks drawn by the Board, shall be made at the employ- ment offices designated by the Board, and shall be subject to a post, but not a prior, audit by the District auditor. ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS SEC. 10. (a) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits wit h respect to a ny week only if it has been fo und by the Boar d- (1) that he has filed a claim for benefits in the form and at the time prescribed, and at the employment office designated, by the Board ; (2) that he has performed employment in at least thirteen weeks within the period of fifty-two weeks ending with the week in which he was last engaged in employment ; (3) that he is physically able to work ; (4) that he is available for work and has registered and inquired for work at the employment office designated by the Board, with such frequency and in such manner as the Board may by regula- tions prescribe : Provided, That failure to comply with this con- dition may be excused by the Board upon a showing of good cause for such failure ; (5) that he has been totally unemployed and otherwise eligible for benefits under this Act for a waiting period of at least three weeks with respect to which he received no benefits, prior to the week for which he claims benefits ; and for the purpose of comput- ing such waiting-period, two weeks of partial unemployment shall be counted as one week of total unemployment. Such weeks of unemp loyment need not be consec utive but ma y be ac cumula ted over the period of fifty-two weeks prior to the week for which he claims benefits ; and (6) that the total or partial unemployment in such week is not directly due to a strike or jurisdictional labor dispute still in active progress in the establishment where he is partially employed or was last employed. (b) Copies of the regulations prescribed by the Board pursuant to paragraph (4) shall be furnished by the Board to each employer ;