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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 658, 659, 668-DEC. 2, 1942 December 2, 1942 [H. R. 7408] [Public Law 783] Veterans' Adminis- tration. Payments to guar- dians, etc., of persons In foreign countries. Exceptions. principal meridian, upon which a dam and reservoir have been con- structed in Bear Canyon, on the Mimbres River, in Grant County, New Mexico, which right, title, and interest were acquired by the United States pursuant to a judgment rendered on April 22, 1942, by the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico in an action brought by the United States against J. S. Mitchell, also known as Jake S. Mitchell and J. A. Mitchell, and others, Numbered 203 Civil. Approved, December 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 659] AN ACT To amend the Act of October 9, 1940, entitled "An Act to restrict or regulate the delivery of checks drawn against funds of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to addresses outside the United States, its Territories, and possessions, and for other purposes". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of October 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 1086; U. S . C., title 31, sec. 123), is hereby amended by substituting for the period at the end thereof a colon and adding the following: "Provided, That any check drawn against funds of the United States for benefits under the laws admin- istered by the Veterans' Administration, for delivery in the United States, its Territories, or possessions, to a guardian, curator, conser- vator, or other person legally vested with the care of any person in a foreign country, shall be deemed to be drawn for delivery in such foreign country and subject to the provisions of this Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be furnished necessary notification by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as to each such check: Provided further, That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to except from the provisions of the foregoing proviso any check wherein the application of this amendment would result in reduction, discontinuance, or denial of benefits which otherwise might be used for the care of a dependent of such person." .A pproved, December 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 668] December 2 1942 [S. 2412J [Public Law 784] 55 Stat. 622 . 42 U. S. C., Supp. I, 1651 -1654. Pod, p. 136. AN ACT To provide benefits for the injury, disability, death, or enemy detention of em- ployees of contractors with the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-COMPENSATION FOR INJURY, DEATH, OR DETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS OR REIMBURSEMENT THEREFOR INJURY OR DEATH SEC. 101. (a) In case of injury or death resulting from injury- (1) to any person employed by a contractor with the United States, if such person is an employee specified in the Act of August 16, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 208, Seventy-seventh Congress), as amended, and no compensation is payable with respect to such injury or death under such Act; or (2) to any person engaged by the United States under a contract for his personal services outside the United States or in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands; or [56 STAT.

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