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PUBLIC LAW 721-AUG. 31, 1954
the event the compromise is disapproved, the funds shall be immediately returned to the individual who made the offer of compromise." Section 7 is amended to read as follows:
D. C. Code 46" 307.
A M O U N T A N D DURATION OF B E N E F I T S
"SEC. 7. (a) On and after January 1, 1938, benefits shall become payable from the benefit account of the District unemployment fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices, in accordance with such regulations as the Board may prescribe. "(b) Except as provided in section 7(c), an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be the amount in column (B) of the table in this subsection on the line on which, in column (A), there appears his total wages for employment paid to such individual by employers during that quarter of his base period in which such wages were the highest. "TABLE A
'High-quarter wages
Minimum qualifying wages
(ccl. A)
(col. C)
$130.00 to $184.. $184.01 to $207.. $207.01 to $230.. $230.01 to $253-. $253.01 to $276.. $276.01 to $299,. $299.01 to $322. _ $322.01 to $345.. $345.01 to $368.$368.01 to $391.. $391.01 to $414.. $414.01 to $437.$437.01 to $460.. $460.01 to $483.. $483.01 to $506.. $506.01 to $529.. $529.01 to $552.. $552.01 to $575. $575.01 to $598-. $598.01 to $621.. $621.01 to $644.. $644.01 to $667-. $667.01 and over
$276 310 345 379 414 448 483 517 552 586 621 655 690 724 759 793 828 862 897 931 966 1,000 1,035
"(c) To qualify for benefits an individual must have been paid wages for employment in his base period totaling not less than the amount in column (C) of the table in section 7(b) on the line on which, in column (B), there appears his weekly benefit amount, and such wages must have been in at least two calendar quarters in his base period: Provided, That if an individual during his base period has not been paid such an amount, but has been paid wages in more than one calendar quarter totaling not less than the amount appearing on one of the lines in column (C) above, he can qualify for benefits and his weekly benefit amount shall be the amount appearing in column (B) on the line for which the individual qualifies for benefits in column (C). " (d) Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of benefits equal to twenty-six times his Aveekly benefit amount or thirty-three and one-third per centum of the Avages for employment paid to such individual by employers during his base period, whichever is the lesser: Provided, That such total amount of benefits, if not a multiple of $1, shall be computed to the next higher multiple of $1. "(e) Any individual who is unemployed in any week as defined in section 1(e) and who meets the conditions of eligibility for benefits of section 9 and is not disqualified under the provisions of section 10 shall be paid with respect to such week an amount equal to his weekly benefit
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D. C. Code 4 6 301(e).
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