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PUBLIC LAW 85-169-AUG. 28, 1957

" (G) has no wife but three or more children living, $39; " (H) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $19 for each parent so dependent." (b) Paragraph (1) of section 2 of such Act (38 U.S.C. sec. 741), is amended to read as follows: " (1) If and while rated totally disabled and— " (A) has a wife but no child living, $18; " (B) has a wife and one child living, $31; " (C) has a wife and two children living, $40; " (D) has a wife and three or more children living, $50; " (E) has no wife but one child living, $12; " (F) has no wife but two children living, $22; " (G) has no wife but three or more children living, $31; " (H) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $15 for each parent so dependent." (c) Such Act is further amended by striking out "60 per centum" wherever it occurs and inserting "50 per centum". SEC. 4. Section 315 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended by deleting the following figures in paragraphs (a) through (p), respectively: "$17", "$33", "$50", "|66", "$91", "$109", "$127", "$145", "$163", "$181", "$420", "$279", "$329", "$37l", "$420", and "$420", and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$19", "$36", "$55", "$73", "$100", "$120", "$140", "$160", "$179", "$225", "$450", "$309", "$359", "$401", "$450", and "$450", respectively. SEC. 5. Subsection 316(a)(1) of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is amended by deleting the following figures in clauses (A) through (H), respectively: "$21", "$35", "$45.50", "$56", "$14", "$24.50", "$35", and "$17.50", and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$23", "$39", "$50", "$62", "$15", "$27", "$39", and "$19". SEC. 6. Section 335 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a comma and adding the following: "counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar." SEC. 7. Section 336 of the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "The amounts payable hereunder shall be adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar, counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar." SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of its enactment, and sections 1 through 3 shall cease to be in effect January 1, 1958. Approved August 27, 1957.

62 Stat. 1220; 63 Stat. 900.

Ante, p,, 97.

Ante, pp. 98, 99.

Ante, p., 101.

Ante, p„ 101.

Effective dates.

Public Law 85-169 AN ACT To transfer ownership to Allegany County, Maryland, of a bridge loaned to such county by the Bureau of Public Roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title, and interest of the United States to the Bailey bridge at Corriganville, Maryland, which was loaned to Allegany County, Maryland, in 1948 by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Commerce, is hereby transferred to such county. Approved August 28, 1957.

August 28, 1957 [S. 620]

Allegany County, Md. B a i l e y bridge.

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