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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 665, 666 -AUG. 10, 1939 50 Stat. 484 . 31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 528 (f). Term "original check" defined. Exceptions. August 10, 1939 [1. R. 6635] [Public, No. 379] Social Security Act Amendments of 1939. State old-age assst- ance plans, require- ments. 49 Stat. 6320 . 42 U. S. ('., Slipp. IV, 1 302. Columbia, a Territory or possession of the United States, including the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands, a municipal corpora- tion or political subdivision of any of the foregoing, a corporation the whole of whose capital is owned by the United States, a foreign government, or a Federal Reserve bank :". SEC. 7. Section 9 (f) of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (50 Stat. 484; U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 31, sec. 528 (f)), is hereby amended to read as follows: "(f) The term 'original check' wherever used in this section means any check, warrant, or other order for the payment of money, pay- able upon demand and not bearing interest, drawn by a duly author- ized officer or agent of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the District Unemployment Compensation Board, on their behalf against an account or funds of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the District Unemployment Compensation Board, including instruments issued by any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by the United States, the funds of which are deposited and covered into the Treasury of the United States or deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, but does not include money, coins, or currency of the United States; as used in subsection (d) of this section it means such an instrument drawn by a duly authorized officer or employee of the Post Office Department?' Approved, August 10, 1939. [CHAPTER 666] AN ACT To amend the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Social Security Act Amendments of 1939". TITLE I-AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SEC. 101. Section 2 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "(a) A State plan for old-age assistance must (1) provide tlhat it shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State, and, if administered by them, be mandatory upon them; (2) provide for financial participation by the State; (3) either provide for the estab- lishment or designation of a single State agency to administer the plan, or provide for the establishment or designation of a single State agency to supervise the administration of the plan; (4) provide for granting to any individual, whose claim for old-age assistance is denied, an opportunity for a fair hearing before such State agency; (5) provide such methods of administration (including after January 1, 1940, methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, except that the Board shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods) as are found by the Board to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan; (6) provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Board may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions as the Board may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; (7) effective July 1, 1941, provide that the State 1360 [53 STAT.

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