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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 454 -456 -SEPT. 30, 1944 Application by ben- eficiary or waiver of preiums. section the following as a third proviso: "And provided further, That in the event of death of the insured without filing application for waiver, the beneficiary, within one year after the death of the insured or the enactment of this amendment, whichever be the later, or, if the beneficiary be insane or a minor, within one year after removal of such legal disability, may file application for waiver with evidence of the insured's right to waiver under the conditions of this section." Approved September 30, 1944. [CHAPTER 455] 8eptember 30,1 AN ACT ibs. 2amb To liberalize certain provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended. Army aviation cadets and aviation students, nsurance. 6 Stat. 29, M1. 10U.8. . 8upp. National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, amendment. An, p. 762. Inadequacy of Serv- ice Department pro- cedure, etc. Benefits not denied. Liablty. September 30, 194 8. 21371 [Public Law 45]v Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person granted national service life insurance under Public Law 97 and Public Law 99, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved June 8, 1941, shall be deemed to have continued such insurance in force by payment of premiums whether or not such premiums were or were not paid so long as he remains in active military service as a commissioned officer and not permanently relieved from duty involving participation in regular and frequent aerial flights: Provided, That any premiums due and unpaid at the death of such person whose insurance is deemed to have been in force under the provisions of this section shall constitute a lien against the proceeds of such insurance. SEO. 2 . Section 602 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection (s) to read as follows: "(s) Payment of insurance benefits shall not be denied in any case in which the applicant for insurance died prior to July 1, 1942, and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs finds that the failure to pay premiums or to effect deductions thereof as provided in section 602 (m) hereof, could in any way be attributed to the inadequacy of the Service Department's procedure for authorizing deductions of premiums from active service pay prior to that date, or to want of proper instructions as to the requirements of such procedure: Provided, hat premiums due on such insurance shall be deducted from the proceeds of the insurance unless otherwise adjusted." Sac. 3. Any liability under this amendatory Act shall be chargeable to the National Service Life Insurance appropriation. Approved September 30, 1944. (CHAPTER 456] AN ACT To provide for naming the lake formed by waters of the Red River impounded by Denison Dam. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lske TOeo. United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the enactment of this Act the lake formed by the impounding of waters of the Red River by Denison Dam, the construction of which was authorized by the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1219) shall be known and designated on the public records as Lake Texoma. Approved September 30, 1944. 764 [58 STAT.

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