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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 393-AUG. 4, 1949 Injury or disease contracted in line of duty. in the case. In the case of a warrant officer or enlisted man the proceed- ings shall be transmitted to the Secretary for his approval or disapproval and his orders in the case. SPECIAL PROVISIONS § 431. Personnel of former Life Saving Service (a) If any keeper or member of a crew of a Coast Guard station shall be so disabled by reason of any wound or injury received or disease contracted in the Coast Guard in the line of duty as to unfit him for the performance of duty, such disability to be determined in such manner as shall be prescribed in the regulations of the Coast Guard, he shall be continued upon the rolls of the Coast Guard and entitled to receive his full pay during the continuance of such dis- ability, not to exceed the period of one year, unless the Commandant shall recommend, upon a statement of facts, the extension of the period through a portion or the whole of another year, and said recommen- dation receive the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury as just and reasonable; but in no case shall said disabled keeper or member of a crew be continued upon the rolls or receive pay for a longer period than two years. (b) Any individual who served in the former Life Saving Service of the United States as a keeper or surfman, and who on account of being so disabled by reason of a wound or injury received or disease or loss of sight contracted in such service in line of duty as to unfit him for the performance of duty was continued upon the rolls of the service for an aggregate period of one year or more under the pro- visions of subsection (a) of this section, and who ceased to be a member of such service on account of such disability, which disability has been continuous up to and including April 14, 1930, shall, upon making due proof of such facts in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be awarded compen- sation for such injury at the rate of 100 per centum of the pay he was receiving at the time of his separation from such service, such com- pensation to commence from April 14, 1940, and continue during his natural life. No such individual shall receive a pension, pay, or other allowance under any other law of the United States for the same period for which he receives retired pay under the provisions of this section. (c) No agent, attorney, or other person engaged in preparing, pre- senting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain for such services in preparing, presenting, or prose- cuting such claim a sum greater than $10, which sum shall be payable only on the order of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this subsection, or shall wrong- fully withhold from the claimant the whole or any part of retired pay allowed or due such claimant under said subsection, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every offense, be fined not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. § 432. Personnel of former Lighthouse Service (a) Any person of the former Lighthouse Service commissioned as an officer in the Coast Guard shall be an extra number in his grade and in the grades to which he may be promoted. He shall take preced- ence (1) with other officers commissioned in his grade from the former Lighthouse Service as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine, and (2) with other line officers in his grade in accordance with the 526 [63 STAT.

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