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(2) who died before May 1, 1952, and (3) who was at the time of his death (A) subject to an Act under which annuities granted before May 1, 1952, were or are now payable from the District of Columbia teachers retirement and annuity fund or (B) retired under such Act, shall be entitled to receive an annuity. In order to qualify for such annuity, the widow or widower shall have been married to the emloyee for at least five years immediately prior to his death and must e not entitled to any other annuity from the District of Columbia teachers retirement and annuity fund based on the service of such employee. Such annuity shall be equal to one-half of the annuity which the employee was receiving on the date of his death if retired, or would have been receiving if he had been retired for disability on the date of his death, but shall not exceed $750 per annum and shall not be increased by the provisions of this or any other prior law. Any annuity granted under this section shall cease upon the death or remarriage of the widow or widower. "SEC. 3. (a) An increase in annuity provided by subsection (a), or clause (1) of subsection (b), of the first section of this Act shall take effect on August 1, 1968. An increase in annuity provided by clause (2) of such subsection (b) shall take effect on the commencing date of the survivor annuity. "(b) An annuity provided by section 2 of this Act shall commence on August 1, 1958, or on the first day of the month in which application for such annuity is received by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their designated agent, whichever occurs later. "(c) The monthly installment of each annuity increased or provided by this Act shall be fixed at the nearest dollar. "SEC. 4. The annuities and increases in annuities provided by the preceding sections of this Act shall be paid from the District of Columbia teachers retirement and annuity fund- Such annuities and increases in annuities shall terminate for each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 1960, for which the Congress has failed to make provision for the payment of like annuities and increases in annuities under the Act approved June 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 218), for such fiscal year. For any fiscal year for which such annuities and increases in annuities shall terminate for the reason set forth in this section, the preceding sections of this Act shall not be in effect and annuities and increases in annuities shall be determined and paid as though such sections had not been enacted. Nothing contained in this section shall be held or considered to prevent the payment of annuities and increases in annuities provided by the preceding sections of this Act for any fiscal year for which the Congress shall have made provisions for the payment of like annuities and increases in annuities under such Act approved June 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 218)." Approved September 2, 1958.
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Public Law 85-918 JOINT RESOLUTION
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To amend the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 626), providing for the estab- [H. J» Res. 557] lishment of a Civil War Centennial Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemMed, That section 9 of the joint resolution of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 626), entitled "Joint resolution to establish a commission to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the Civil War, and for other purposes", is hereby amended to read as follows:
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