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PUBLIC LAW 274-MAR. 6, 1952

amount of an annuity computed as provided in section 5(a) of this Act with respect to such teacher: Provided, That such payments shall be made jointly to surviving dependent parents and payment of said annuity shall continue after the death of either dependent parent: Provided further, That all such payments or any right thereto shall cease upon the death of both dependent parents. "(c) As used in this section— " (1) The term 'widow' means a surviving wife of an individual, who either shall have been married to such individual for at least two years immediately preceding his death, or is the mother of issue by such marriage. "(2) The term 'child' means an unmarried child, including a dependent stepchild or an adopted child, under the age of eighteen years, or such unmarried child who because of physical or mental disability is incapable of self-support. i* "(3) The term 'dependent parents' means the natural parents of a teacher who were receiving one-half or more of their total income from said teacher immediately preceding the death of said teacher. "(4) The term 'dependent father' or 'dependent mother" means V the natural father or natural mother of a teacher who was receiving one-half or more of his or her total income from said teacher immediately preceding the death of said teacher. "(6) Questions of dependency and disability arising under this ^" section shall be determined by the Board of Education and its decisions with respect to such matters shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review." SEC. 9, Section 10 of said Act is amended (a) by numbering the first, second, and third paragraphs thereof as "SEC. 10 (a), (b), and (c) " respectively; (b) by inserting in the second paragraph thereof after the words "In the event any teacher shall die before retirement'' the words "leaving no survivor entitled to annuity benefits under the provisions of this Act"; and (c) by adding the following at the end of said section: " (d) I n the event that— "(1) a retired teacher shall die without a survivor entitled to benefits by subsection (b) of section 5 or subsection (b) of section 9, or "(2) a retired teacher shall die leaving a survivor or survivors entitled to such benefits and the right to benefits of all such ^ survivors shall terminate before a valid claim therefor shall have been established, or "(3) the benefits of all persons entitled to benefits based upon the service of a teacher shall terminate, before the aggregate amount of the benefits paid equals the total amount credited to the individual account of such teacher with interest, to date of death or retirement of such teacher, whichever occurs first, the difference shall be paid, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor, provided the claim be filed with the Auditor of the District of Columbia within three years after the death or retirement of such teacher, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries, if a beneficiary or beneficiaries be designated in writing by the teacher and recorded on his individual account, or, if there be no such beneficiary or beneficiaries designated, then to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the estate of the teacher, or, if the amount payable be less than $1,000 and no executor or administrator is appointed, to such person or persons as the Auditor, in his judgment, may fit

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Definitions.

D. C. Code 31730. Beneficiaries.

Ante, pp. 18, 19.

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