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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 524-JULY 2, 1940 Proviso. Adjustments, etc., for designated years. Audit. 8D.C. Code, Supp. V, § 318. Benefits payable from District unem- ployment fund. Weekly benefit amount. Earnincs excluded from seckly benefit. "Earnings" defined. Limitation on total amount of benefits for year. Dependent's allow. ance; limitation. for purposes of figuring such adjustment or refund, and any such benefit payments already having been made at the time of the refund, based upon records filed with this Board by such employer, shall to that extent be allowed and shall not be deemed to have been paid erroneously: Provided,That applications with respect to adjustments or refunds for the years 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939 may be made within one year from the effective date of this title. All refunds paid pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to a prior audit by the District Auditor." Substitute for section 8 the following new section 8: "SEC. 8 . (a) On and after January 1, 1938, benefits shall become payable from the benefit account of the District unemployment fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices, in accordance with such regulations as the Board may prescribe. "(b) An individual's weekly benefit amount shall be the amount appearing in column B in the table set forth in this subsection on the line on which in Column A of such table appears the total wages for employment paid to such individual by employers during that quarter of his base period in which such wages were the highest. "UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT TABLE "C OLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN 0 Wages paid in highest Weekly bene- Qualifying quarter of base period fit amount amount $37.50 to $138.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  _ $6 $150 $138.01 to $161.00--- - - - --- ---  --- 7 175 $161.01 to $184.00-- 8 200 $184.01 to $207.00 - -- -- _ ---   -  9 225 $207.01 to $230.00  __ --_ _ 10 250 $230.01 to $253.00 _-_ 11 250 $253.01 to $276.00 . _-__ 12 250 $276.01 to $299.00 -- -- -- - -- ___._ _____- _ 13 250 $299.01 to $322.00 _ __ - 14 250 $322.01 to $345.00 _- __________________ 15 250 $345.01 to $368.00 - _____.___ -- 16 250 $368.01 to $391.00- -_--- -_ _-  --- - 17 250 $391.01 and over-18 250 "(c) Each eligible individual who is unemployed in any week shall be paid with respect to such week a benefit in an amount equal to his weekly benefit amount less the earnings (if any) payable to him with respect to such week. For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'earnings' shall include only that part of the remuneration pay- able to him for such week which is in excess of 40 per centum of his weekly benefit amount for any week. Such benefit, if not a multiple of $1, shall be computed to the next higher multiple of $1 "(d) Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of benefits equal to nineteen times his weekly benefit amount or one-half of the wages for employment paid to such individual by employers during his base period, which- ever is the lesser. "(e) DEPENDENT'S ALLOWANCE. -In addition to the benefits payable under subsections (b) and (c) of this section, each individual who is unemployed in any week shall be paid with respect to such week $1 for each dependent relative, but not more than $3 shall be paid to an individual as dependent's allowance with respect to any one week of unemployment, nor shall any weekly benefit which includes a dependent's allowance be paid in the amount of more than $18." 732 [54 STAT.

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