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 662 Disappearance of in- competent veteran re- ceiving ; payment to dependents. 48 Stat. 524. Proviso. Amount limited. Penal and forfeiture provisions. 48 Stat. 8, 1281; 49 Stat .2031. August 16, 1937 AN ACT [H. R. 64461 To prohibit in the District of Columbia the operation of any automatic mer- [Public, No. 3057 chandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other legal recep- tacle designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America, or a token provided by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service by means of slugs, spurious coins, tricks, or devices not authorized by the person entitled to the coin contents thereof ; and to prohibit in the District of Columbia the manufacture, sale, offering for sale, advertising for sale, distribution, or possession for such use of any token, slug, false or counter- f eite d coi n, or any devic e or subs tance what soeve r exc ept t okens aut horiz ed by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle ; and providing a penalty for violation thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who shall operate or cause to be operated, or who shall attempt to operate or attempt to cause to be operated, in the District of Columbia any automatic merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other legal receptacle, designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America or a token provided by the person entitled to the coin contents of such receptacle, in furtherance of or in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, by means of a slug or any false t oken, counte rfeite d, mut ilated, swea ted or forei gn coi n, or by any means, method, trick, or device whatsoever not authorized by the person entitled to the coin contents of such merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other legal receptacle ; or any person who shall take, obtain, or receive from or in connection with any such merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other legal receptacle described in this section any goods, wares, merchandise, gas, electric current, or other article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any transportation or any tele- phone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instru- ment, phonograph, or other property, in the District of Columbia, without depositing in and surrendering to such merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or other legal receptacle described in this section lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount. required therefor by the person entitled to the coin contents of any such merchandise vending machine, turnstile, coin- box telephone or other legal receptacle, or tokens provided and to the amount required by the person entitled to the coin contents of such legal receptacle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon Di str ict of Co lum- bia. Use of fra udulent tokens, slugs, etc ., in operating merchan- dise vending ma- chines, etc. Receiving merchan- dise, etc ., a misde- meanor. 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 659, 660-AUGUST 16, 1937 SEc. 8 . That where an incompetent World War veteran, receiving disability compensation under title III of the Act of March 28, 1934 (Public Law Numbered 141, Seventy-third Congress), disap- pears, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, in his discretion, may pay to the dependents of such veteran the amount of compensation payable to dependents of deceased veterans who die from war service- connected disabilities : Provided, That in no event shall payment made under this Act in any claim exceed the amount of compen- sation payable at the time of the veteran's disappearance. SEc. 9. The penal and forfeiture provisions relating to pensions and comp ensa tion cont aine d in Pub lic Law N umbe red 2, S even ty- third Congress, shall be applicable to claims for compensation under Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended by Public Law Numbered 844, Seventy-fourth Congress, and this Act. Approved, August 16, 1937. [CHAPTER 6601