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PUBLIC LAW 86-87-JULY 13, 1959

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(2) in connection with the opening of such bridge to the public, provide for suitable ceremonies honoring George Mason, the American statesman of the Eevolutionary W a r period from the State of Virginia, who drafted the renowned Virginia Declaration of Rights which became the basis for the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Approved July 13, 1959.

Public Law 86-87 AN ACT

To provide for payment of annuities to widows and dependent children of Comptrollers General.

July 13, 1959

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Co m United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Budget General.p t r o l l e r s and Accounting Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 20-27), as amended, is further "^uio"w8 and deamended by adding after section 318 a new section designated as ^ufuls.' section 319 and reading as follows: ^' ^^^ '• "SEC. 319. (a) Any Comptroller General of the United States, within six months of the date on which he takes office, or in the case of the Comptroller General currently in office and any retired Comptroller General, within six months after enactment of this section, may in writing elect a reduction in his salary and retirement pay for purposes of survivorship benefits as hereinafter provided. " (b) There shall be deducted from the salary and retirement pay of any Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General making an election to receive survivorship benefits a sum equal to 3 per centum of his salary and retirement pay. "(c) Each Comptroller General, or retired Comptroller General, making an election to receive survivorship benefits, shall deposit with the General Accounting Office for covering into the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts a sum equal to 3 per centum of his salary and retirement pay received by him as Comptroller General prior to the date current deductions begin from his salary and retirement pay, and of his basic salary, pay, or compensation for service as a Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner in the Congress of the United States and for any other civilian service which may form the basis of a widow's annuity as provided in subsection (n) of this section, with interest thereon at the rate of 4 per centum per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum per annum, thereafter, compounded on December 31 of each year. The current deductions from salary or retirement pay shall be regarded as effective as of the date the election of reduced salary and retirement pay for purposes of survivorship benefits is made. " (d) Notwithstanding the failure of a Comptroller General or a retired Comptroller General to make the deposit under subsection (c), credit shall be allowed for the service rendered, but the annuity of the widow shall be reduced by 10 per centum of the amount of such deposit, computed as of the date of death of a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General, unless such widow shall elect to eliminate such service entirely from credit under subsections (n) and (o) of this section. "(e) I n case any Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General who has elected to bring himself within the purview of this section shall die while in office, or die while in receipt of retirement pay

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