Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 2.djvu/1127

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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Cue. 110, 111. 1927. 1087 time when the monthly wage-earning capacity of such persons would robably, but for the injury, have increased, award com ensation based on such probable monthly wage-earning ca acity. The com- D°¤‘°••°‘°'°*"*·¥* mission may, on any review after the time when Exe monthly wage- earning capacity of the disabled employee would probably, irre- spective of the injury, have decreased on account of old age, award compensation based on such probable monthly wage-earning ca acity."

 2. That subdivision H of section 10 of the Act entitled "An  mud,

Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States ed- " ' suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for othe1§>urposes," is amended to read as follows: "( ) As used in this section, the term ‘child’ includes step- ,¤$,§,f“°“’““’ °°“' children, adopted children, and posthumous children, but does not include married children. The terms ‘ brother’ and ‘ sister’ include stepbrothers and stepsisters, half brothers and half sisters, and brothers and sisters by adoption, but do not include married brothers or married sisters. All of the above terms and the term ‘ ndchild ’ include only persons who at the time of the death of tgleudeceased employee are under eighteen years of age or over that age and incapable of self-support. The term ‘ parent ’ includes stepparents and dparents by adoption. The term ‘widow ’ includes only the "w*°°'°"’°*¤*’*°°· dece ent’s wife livin with or dependent for support upon him at time of his death or diving apart for reasonable cause or by reason of his desertion." Sno. 3. That subdivision K of section 10 of the Act entitled "An ,,,1§,§§f‘*‘*" W °°“‘ Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States °dV¤¤-¤°·¤-74¤»•m¤¤¤· suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for ` other ur oses," is amended to read as follows: "(é; E1 computing compensation under this section the monthly “°°““‘ ‘“°""°"· ay shall be considered not to be more than $175 nor less than §8 .50, but the total monthly compensation shall not exceed the monthly pgy computed as provided in section 12." Sno. 4. hat section 11 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide $},‘f‘§$_°,§}§‘?,’§f’§‘;;,,¤d. compensation for employees of the United States suffering mjuries °d· while in the performance of their duties, and for other purp0ses,” is amended to read as follows: " Sno. 11. That if death results from the injury within six years m$‘°'_,';*,;°°*{,¤j,°;’, gg the United States shall pay to the personal representative of the x>¤¤.•¤¤¤¤¤¤•¤•d. deceased employee funeral and buria expenses not to exceed $200, in the discretion of the commission. In the case of an employee whose home is within the United States, if his death occurs away from his home office or outside of the United States, and if so desired by his relatives, the body shall, in the discretion of the commission, be embalmed and transported 1n a hermetically sealed casket to the home of the employee. Such funeral and burial expenses shall not T“"°'°°"*°"°“· be paid and such tr rtation shall not be furnished where the death takes place more than one year after the cemation of disabilit resultinglfrom such injury or, if there l1as_been no disability preced- ing deat , more than one year after the lI1]\1I’y•” Approved, February 12, 1927. CHAP. 111.-An Act To re: ise the boundary of the Hawaii National Park Fir!. R. ibifziemj ° on the island of Maui in the Territory of Hawaii. [Public, No. 004.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreae1t¢aixivea of the United States of Amerzba in Oongreas assembled, That the bonmdary p§£"" N"°°"‘1