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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 523, 524 -JULY 2, 1940 Proiso. Entrance require- ments, etc. Force and effect of accreditation. July 2, 1940 [H. R. 9791] [Public, No. 719] District of Colum- bia Unemployment Compensation Act, amendments. 49 Stat. 946. Ante, p. 149. 8D. C. Code, Supp. V, if 311-335. 8 D.C. Code, Supp. V, 1311. Ante, p. 149. " Employment." Service excepted. Proviso. "Wages." "Benefit year" de- fined. Claims deemed val- id. 8D.C. Code, Supp. . 322 (a). "Unemployed" construed. 'Earangs"defined. Provided, That the entrance requirements of such junior colleges be not less than high-school graduation, and the number of semester- hours required for the title associate in arts or associate in science be not less than sixty, and the number and character of the courses offered and the number and qualifications of the faculty be reason- able, and the institution be possessed of suitable classroom, laboratory, and library equipment. That accreditation by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall have the same force and effect as is usual in the case of accreditation by the various accrediting agencies of the several States of the Union. Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 524] AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935, is further amended to read as follows: TITLE I Add a new paragraph to section 1 (b) of District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935, as follows: "(10) Service performed by an individual for a person as an insur- ance agent or as an insurance solicitor, if all such service performed by such individual for such person is performed for remuneration solely by way of commission." At the end of section 1 (c) change the period to a colon and add the following: "Provided, That such term 'wages' shall not include that part of the remuneration which, after remuneration equal to $3,000 has been paid to any individual by an employer with respect to employment during any calendar year, is paid to such individual by such employer with respect to employment during such calendar year and after December 31, 1939." Substitute the following subsection (d) for section 1 (d): "(d) 'Benefit year' with respect to any individual means the fifty- two-consecutive-week period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which the individual first files a valid claim for benefits, and thereafter the fifty-two-consecutive-week period be- ginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which the individual next files a valid claim for benefits after the termina- tion of his last preceding benefit year. Any claim for benefits made in accordance with section 12 (a) of this Act shall be deemed to be a 'valid claim' for the purposes of this subsection if the individual has during his base period been paid wages for employment by employers equal to not less than whichever is the lesser of (1) twenty- five times his weekly benefit amount, and (2) $250." Substitute the following subsection (e) for section 1 (e): (e) An individual shall be deemed unemployed in any week during which no earnings are payable to him, or in any week of less than full-time work if the earnings payable to him with respect to such week are less than his weekly benefit amount." Substitute the following subsection (f) for section 1 (f): .(f) 'Earnings' means all remuneration payable for personal serv- ices, including wages, commissions, and bonuses and the cash value 730 [54 SrAT.

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