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352 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 212 -214 -MAY 13, 1938 [52 STAT. grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, convey, assure, demise, declare to use and farm let and to place out on interest, for the use of said university, in such manner as to them, or a majority of them, shall be deemed most beneficial to said institution; and to receive the same, their rents, issues and profits, income, dividends, and interests, and to apply the same for the proper use and benefit of said university; and by the same name to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and equity, in all manner of suits, actions, and proceedings whatsoever, and generally by and in the same name to do and transact all and every the 1 business touching or concerning the premises." Approved, May 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 213] AN ACT May 13, 1938 AN ACT [H. R. 9526] TO amend the Act of May 27, 1908, authorizing settlement of accounts of deceased [Public, No. 513] officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps. Coast Guard and Public Health Serv- ice. Settlement of ac- counts of deceased officers and men. 35 Stat. 373. 34U.S.C. 941. May 13,1938 [H. R . 9725] [Public, No. 514] World War veter- ans. Death compensa- tion benefits for wid- ows and children of. 48 Stat. 1281; 49 Stat. 2031; 50 Stat. 6f0 . 38 U..S . §§ 503- 507; Supp. III, § 471, 472a-472e, 606-510, 612c. Proviso. Commencement of payments. 50 Stat. 661. 38 U. S. C., Supp. III, 5 472d. 48 Stat. 1282; 50 Stat. 660. 38 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 506. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 373; U. S . C., 1934 edition, title 34, sec. 941), is hereby amended by inserting in line 34, page 373, Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, after the words "Marine Corps" the words "Coast Guard, and of deceased commissioned officers of the Public Health Service". Approved, May 13, 1938. [CHAPTER 214] AN ACT To liberalize the provisions of existing laws governing death-compensation bene- fits for widows and children of World War veterans, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemnbled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Con- gress, June 28, 1934 (U. S. C., title 38, secs. 503-507), as amended by section 1, Public Law Numbered 844, Seventy-fourth Congress, June 29, 1936 (IT. S . C., title 38, sec. 508), and section 1, Public Law Numbered 304, Seventy-fifth Congress, August 16, 1937 (U. S . C., title 38, sec. 509), in no event shall the widow, child, or children otherwise entitled to compensation under the provisions of that Act be denied such compensation if the veteran's death resulted from a disease or disability not service connected, and at the time of the veteran's death he was receiving or entitled to receive compensation, pension, or retirement pay for 10-per-centum disability or more pre- sumptively or directly incurred in or aggravated by service in the World War: Provided,That except as provided in section 6 of Public Law Numbered 304, Seventy-fifth Congress, August 16, 1937 (U. S . C ., title 38, sec. 472d), compensation authorized by this section shall not be payable effective prior to the receipt of application therefor in the Veterans' Administration in such form as the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe, but in no event shall compensation herein authorized be effective prior to the date of enact- ment of this Act. SEC. 2. Section 4 of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Congress, June 28, 1934 a asamended by section 2 of Public Law Numbered 304, Seventy-fifth Congress, August 16, 1937 (U. S . C., title 38, sec. 506), is hereby amended to read as follows: So in original.