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PUBLIC LAW 86-87-JULY 13, 1959
[73 S T A T.
in accordance with section 303, after having rendered at least five years of civilian service computed as prescribed in subsections (n) and (o) of this section, for the last five years of which the salary deductions provided for by subsection (b) of this section or the deposits required by subsection (c) of this section have actually been made— " Q) if such Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General is survived by a widow but not by a dependent child, there shall be paid to such widow an annuity be^mning with the day of his death or following the widow's attainment of the age of fifty years, whichever is the later, in an amount computed as provided in subsection (n) of this section; or "(2) if such Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General is survived by a widow and a dependent child or children, there shall be paid to such widow an immediate annuity in an amount computed as provided in subsection (n) of this section, and there shall also be paid to or on behalf of each such child an immediate annuity equal to one-half the amount of the annuity of such widow, but not to exceed $900 per year divided by the number of children or $360 per year, whichever is lesser; or "(3) if such Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General leaves no surviving widow but leaves a surviving dependent child or children, there shall be paid to or on behalf of each such child an immediate annuity equal to the amount of the annuity to which such widow would have been entitled under paragraph (2) of this subsection had she survived, but not to exceed $480 per year. " (f) The annuity payable to the widow hereunder shall be terminable upon her death or remarriage. The annuity payable to a child hereunder shall be terminable upon (1) his attaining the age of eighteen years, (2) his marriage, or (3) his death, whichever first occurs, except that if such child is incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability his annuity shall be terminable only upon death, marriage, or recovery from such disability. I n the event of the death of a widow leaving a dependent child or children of a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General surviving her the annuity of such child or children shall be recomputed and paid as provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (e) of this section. I n any case in which the annuity of a dependent child, under this subsection, is terminated, the annuities of any remaining dependent child or children shall be recomputed and paid as though the child whose annuity was terminated had not survived such Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General. " (g) As used herein— "(1) The term 'widow' means a surviving wife of a Comptroller General or retired Comptroller General who either (A) shall have been married to such individual for at least two years immediately preceding his death or (B) is the mother of issue "by such marriage, and who has not remarried. "(2) The term 'dependent child' means an unmarried child, including a dependent stepchild or an adopted child, who is under the a^e of eighteen years or who, because of physical or mental disability, is incapable of self-support. " (h) Questions of dependency and disability arising under this section shall be determined by the General Counsel of the General Accounting Office, whose decision shall be final and conclusive. " (i) I n any case in which a Comptroller General who has elected to bring himself within the purview of this section is separated from the service prior to becoming entitled to retirement pay as provided
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