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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 666-AUG. 10, 1939 Individuals under "(15) Service performed by an individual under the age of newspapers, etc. eighteen in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shop- ping news, not including delivery or distribution to any point for subsequent delivery or distribution. I part of services "(c) If the services performed during one-half or more of any constitutes employ- ment. pay period by an employee for the person employing him constitute employment, all the services of such employee for such period shall be deemed to be employment; but if the services performed during more than one-half of any such pay period by an employee for the person employing him do not constitute employment, then none of the services of such employee for such period shall be deemed to be " Pay period." employment. As used in this subsection the term 'pay period' means a period (of not more than thirty-one consecutive days) for which a payment of remuneration is ordinarily made to the employee by Employee or em- the person employing him. This subsection shall not be applicable ployee representative. ' ,er on with respect to services performed in a pay period by an employee for the person employing him, where any of such service is excepted by paragraph (9) of subsection (b). "American vessel." "(d) The term 'American vessel' means any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States; and includes any vessel which is neither documented or numbered under the laws of the United States nor documented under the laws of any foreign country, if its crew is employed solely by one or more citizens or residents of the United States or corporations organized under the laws of the United States or of any State. "Primary insurance "(e) The term 'primary insurance benefit' means an amount equal to the sum of the following- "(1) (A) 40 per centum of the amount of an individual's average monthly wage if such average monthly wage does not exceed $50, or (B) if such average monthly wage exceeds $50, 40 per centum of $50, plus 10 per centum of the amount by which such average monthly wage exceeds $50 and does not exceed $250, and "(2) an amount equal to 1 per centum of the amount com- puted under paragraph (1) multiplied by the number of years in which $200 or more of wages were paid to such individual. Where the primary insurance benefit thus computed is less than $10, such benefit shall be $10. "Average monthly "(f) The term 'average monthly wage' means the quotient wag e. obtained by dividing the total wages paid an individual before the quarter in which he died or became entitled to receive primary insur- ance benefits, whichever first occurred, by three times the number of quarters elapsing after 1936 and before such quarter in which he died or became so entitled, excluding any quarter prior to the quar- ter in which he attained the age of twenty-two during which he was paid less than $50 of wages and any quarter, after the quarter in which he attained age sixty-five, occurring prior to 1939. vidual."edid "(g) The term 'fuly insured individual' means any individual with respect to whom it appears to the satisfaction of the Board that- "(1) He had not less than one quarter of coverage for each two of the quarters elapsing after 1936, or after the quarter in which he attained the age of twenty-one, whichever quarter is later, and up to but excluding the quarter in which he attained the age of sixty-five, or died, whichever first occurred, and in no case less than six quarters of coverage; or "(2) He had at least forty quarters of coverage. daquer" ' " "A al e es used in this subsection, and in subsection (h) of this section, the term 'quarter' and the term 'calendar quarter' mean a period of three calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, 1376 [53 STAT.

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