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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 233 -JULY 13, 1943 Widow but no child, $50; widow with one child, $65, with $13 for each additional child (subject to apportionment regulations); no widow but one child $25; no widow but two children, $38 (equally divided) with $10 for each additional child (total amount to be equally divided). As to the widow, child, or children, the total amount payable under this paragraph shall not exceed $100. (b) The surviving widow, child, or children of any deceased person, entitled to peacetime service-connected death pension at the rates provided in paragraph two of section 1 of Public Law Numbered 690, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 30, 1942 (56 Stat. 731), shall be entitled to receive pension at the monthly rates specified below: Widow but no child, $38; widow with one child, $49 with $10 for each additional child (subject to apportionment regulations); no widow but one child, $19; no widow but two children, $28 (equally divided) with $8 for each additional child (total amount to be equally divided). As to the widow, child, or children, the total pension payable under this paragraph shall not exceed $75. (c) As to such persons who now are on the compensation or pension rolls or are applicants for compensation or pension and are found entitled, at said rates, the compensation or pension or increase thereof at the rates authorized in (a) or (b) of this section shall commence on the first day of the month followmg the month in which this Act is enacted, and as to those filing claims hereafter and found entitled to said rates, compensation or pension payable under this section shall begin as authorized in existing law and regulations: Provided, That the rates of compensation or pension authorized by this section shall not be awarded for any period prior to the first day of the month following the month of enactment of this Act. SEC. 15. Paragraph XIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10 is hereby amended to read as follows: "XtII. Not more than one award of pension, compensation, or emergency officers' or regular retirement pay, shall be made concur- rently to any person based on his own service. The receipt of pension or compensation by a widow, child, or parent on account of the death of any person, or receipt by any person of pension or compensation on account of his own service, shall not bar the payment of pension or compensation on account of the death or disability of any other person. This paragraph is hereby made applicable to all laws admin- istered by the Veterans' Administration. Section 4715 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C ., title 38, sec. 25) and any other laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. "Pension, compensation, or retirement pay on account of his own service shall not be paid while the person is in receipt of active service Pa'The third proviso of paragraph 2 of section 1 of the Act of March 8, 1891 (U. S. C., title 38, sec. 26); the last proviso of paragraph 2 of section 3 of the Act of January 28, 1915 (U. S . C., title 38, sec. 27), and any other provision of law or veterans regulation contrary hereto is hereby repealed or modified accordingly." SEC. 16. This Act shall be effective from the date it is approved and necessary adjustments in awards shall be made effective unless other- wise provided herein, the first of the calendar month following adju- dicative action, or the first of the calendar month following date of receipt of claim whichever is the earlier. In all other cases benefits authorized by virtue of this Act shall be effective from date of receipt of claim therefor under this Act and subject to the provisions that death compensation or death pension shall be effective as of the day fo g a the of death of the veteran if clai is filed ewiti year after the death of the veteran: Proided Tla in no event shal 559 Peacetime service- connected death pen- sion. Monthly rates. 38 U.. . C., Supp. II, note foll. § 726. Commencement of new rates. 38 U. . C. note foil. §724. Concurrent pay- ments. Repeal or modiflos- tion of conflicting laws. Persons receiving active service pay. 26 Stat. 1082; 38 Stat. 802. Effective date.

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