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67 Stat. 108.

PUBLIC LAW 85-157-AUG. 21, 1957

[71 S T A T.

discretion may decide, shall make such order as is proper and may punish as a contempt any failure to comply with such order in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), section 5, of the Act of April 1, 1942 (56 Stat. 193, ch. 207; sec. 11-756 (c), D. C. Code, 1951 edition). "PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES

" (n)(1) Each annuity is stated as an annual amount, one-twelfth of which, fixed at the nearest dollar, accrues monthly and is payable on the first business day of the month after it accrues. ''"(2) Any person entitled to an annuity under this section may decline to accept all or any part of such annuity by a waiver signed and filed with the Commissioners. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the annuity waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect. "(3) In order to facilitate the settlement of the accounts of each person who, at the time of his death, was receiving or was entitled to receive, an annuity under this section, the Commissioners shall pay all unpaid annuity due such person at the time of death to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence, and such payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other person of amounts so paid: "First, to the widow or widower of such person; "Second, if there be no surviving spouse, to the child or children of such person, and descendants of deceased children, by representation; "Third, if there be none of the above, to the parents of such person or the survivor of them; "Fourth, if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the deceased person, or if there be none, to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under the laws of the domicile of the deceased person. "DELEGATION or

FUNCTIONS

"(o) The Commissioners are hereby vested with full power and authority to delegate from time to time to their designated agent or agents any of the functions vested in them by this section. u REGULATIONS

" (p) The Commissioners are authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. a REORGANIZATION

"(q) Where any provision of this section refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952 (66 D.c. Code i-^p. 4;t^at. 824), such reference shall be deemed to be to the office, agency, or officer now or hereafter exercising the functions of the office or agency so abolished. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the authority vested in the Commissioners by Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952.

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