[H. R. 10196]

An Act To provide for the applicability of the pension laws to certain classes of persons in the military and naval services not entitled to the benefits of Article III of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 312 of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended by section 17 of the Act of June 25, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 613), shall not be construed as making the pension laws inapplicable to persons admitted into the military or naval service after six months from the passage of the Act of August 9, 1921, establishing the Veterans' Bureau and adding section 315 to the War Risk Insurance Act.

Approved, September 22, 1922.

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[H. R. 8062]

An Act Amending subdivision (5) of section 302 of the War Risk Insurance Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (5) of section 302 of the War Risk Insurance Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(5) If the disabled person is so helpless as to be in constant need of a nurse or attendant, such additional sum shall be paid, but not exceeding $20 per month, as the director may deem reasonable, and if the disabled person is blind, legless or armless and is in constant need of a nurse or attendant, such additional sum shall be paid, but not exceeding $50 per month, as the Director may deem reasonable." Approved, December 18, 1922.

[PUBLIC NO. 460-67TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 10003]

An Act To further amend and modify the War Risk Insurance

Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 23 of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, is hereby further amended so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

"SEC. 23. (1) That, except as provided in subdivision (2) of this section, when by the terms of the War Risk Insurance Act and any amendments thereto, any payment is to be made to a minor, other than a person in the military or naval forces of the United States, or to a person mentally incompetent, or under other legal disability adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, such payment shall be made to the person who is constituted guardian, curator, or conservator by the laws of the State or residence of claimant, or is otherwise legally vested with responsibility or care of the claimant or his estate: Provided, That prior to receipt of notice by the United States Veterans' Bureau that any such person is under such other legal disability adjudged by some court of competent jurisdiction, payment may be made to such person direct: Provided further, That for the purpose of payments of benefits under Article III of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended, where no guardian, curator, or conservator of the person under a legal disability has been appointed under the laws of the State or residence of the claimant, the director shall determine the person who is otherwise legally vested with responsibility or care of the claimant or his estate.

"(2) If any person entitled to receive payments under this Act shall be an inmate of any asylum or hospital for the insane maintained by the United States, or by any of the several States or Territories of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, and no guardian, curator, or conservator of the property of such person shall have been appointed by competent legal authority, the director, if satisfied after due investigation that any such person is mentally incompetent, may order that all moneys payable to him or her under this Act shall be held in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of such person. All funds so held shall be disbursed under the order of the director and subject to his discretion either to the chief executive officer of the asylum or hospital in which such person is an inmate, to be used by such officer for the maintenance and comfort of such inmate, subject to the duty to account to the United States Veterans' Bureau and to repay any surplus at any time remaining in his (81)

hands in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the director; or to the wife (or dependent husband if the inmate is a woman), minor children, and dependent parents of such inmate, in such amounts as the director shall find necessary for their support and maintenance in the order named; or, if at any time such inmate shall be found to be mentally competent, or shall die, or a guardian, curator, or conservator of his or her estate be appointed, any balance remaining to the credit of such inmate shall be paid to such inmate, if mentally competent, and otherwise to his or her guardian, curator, conservator, or personal representatives."

Approved, March 2, 1923.

[H. R. 14401]

An Act To amend and modify the War Risk Insurance Act

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 29 of the War Risk Insurance Act as amended by Act approved August 9, 1921, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 29. The discharge or dismissal of any person from the military or naval forces on the ground that he is guilty of mutiny, treason, spying, or any offense involving moral turpitude, or willful and persistent misconduct, of which he has been found guilty by a court-martial, or that he is an enemy alien, conscientious objector, or a deserter, shall terminate any insurance granted on the life of such person under the provisions of Article IV and shall bar all rights to any compensation under Article III or any insurance under Article IV: Provided, That, as to converted insurance, the cash surrender value thereof, if any, on the date of such discharge or dismissal shall be paid the insured, if living, and if dead to the designated beneficiary: Provided further, That an enemy alien who volunteered or who was drafted into the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the World War, and who was not discharged from the service on his own application or solicitation by reason of his being an enemy alien, and whose service was honest and faithful, shall be entitled to the benefits of the War Risk Insurance Act, and all amendments thereto: Provided further, That in case any person has been dishonorably discharged from the military or naval forces as a result of a court-martial trial, and it is thereafter established to the satisfaction of the director that at the time of the commission of the offense resulting in such court-martial trial and discharge that such person was insane, such person shall be entitled to the compensation and insurance benefits of the War Risk Insurance Act: Provided further, That this section as amended shall be deemed to be in effect as of April 6, 1917, and the director is hereby authorized and directed to make provision by bureau regulation for payment of any insurance claim or adjustment in insurance premium account of any insurance contract which would not now be affected by this section as amended."

SEC. 2. That section 300 of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended by the Act approved August 9, 1921, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 300. For death or disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty on or after April

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