Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 57 Part 1.djvu/134

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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 117-JUNE 4, 1943 by the Social Security Board for the proper administration of this Act. "DISTRICT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD "SEC. 15. (a) There is hereby established the District Unemploy- ment Compensation Board, to be composed of the Commissioners of the District as members ex officio, and one representative of employees and one representative of employers to be appointed by the Com- missioners. Each such representative shall be a resident of the Dis- trict and shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of his appointment; except that any representative appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. The president of the Board of Commissioners of the District shall be chairman of the Board. "(b) The Board shall administer this Act through an executive officer to be appointed and employed by the Board, subject to section 13 (a) of this Act. Such executive officer shall act as secretary of the Board and is hereby authorized to act in the name of the Board in all matters specifically delegated to him by the Board. "(c) The Commissioners of the District shall serve on the Board without additional compensation, but the representatives of employees and employers, respectively, shall be paid $10 for each day of active service. "(d) The Board, as herein established, shall be and constitute a body corporate with an official seal which shall be judicially noticed, and shall be capable of suing and being sued as such. " RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTqS "SEC. 16. (a) The Board is hereby authorized to enter into recip- rocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other States or of the Federal Government, or both, whereby- "(1) services performed by an individual for a single employ- ing unit for which services are customarily performed by such individual in more than one State shall be deemed to be services performed entirely within any one of the States (i) in which any part of such individual's service is performed or (ii) in which such individual has his residence or (iii) in which the employing unit maintains a place of business, provided there is in effect, as to such services, an election, approved by the agency charged with the administration of such State's unemployment- comp)ensation law, pursuant to which all the services performed by such individual for such employing unit are deemed to be performed entirely within such State; "(2) potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unem- ployment-compensation laws of one or more States or under one or more such laws of the Federal Government, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under terms which the Board finds will be fair and reasonable as to all affected interests and will not result in any substantial loss to the fund; "(3) wages or services, upon the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under an unemployment-com- pensation law of another State or of the Federal Government, shall be deemed to be wages for employment for the purpose of determining his rights to benefits under this Act, and wages for employment, on the basis of which an individual may become entitled to benefits under this Act shall be deemed to be wages Establishment; composition. Residence; terms of office. Vacancies. Chairman. Administration of Act. Ante, p. 118 . Compensation. Constitution as body corporate. Services in more than one State. Rights under laws of one or more tates, etc. Entitlement.