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-20§ 156. Applicability of other laws This subchapter does not affect the applicability of: (1) the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended (5 U.S.C. sec. 851 et seq.); (2) section 6 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 655), as amended (5 U.S.C. sec. 652); and (3) section 23 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935 (48 Stat. 522), as amended (5 U.S.C. sec. 673c), or section 205 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5 U.S.C. sec. 913), to those classes of employees within the scope of those two sections on July 25, 1968. Subchapter IV—Retirement and Other Benefits § 181. Cash relief to certain former employees; applicability of Civil Service Retirement Act to certain employees (a) The Governor of the Canal Zone, under the regulations prescribed by the President pursuant to the Act of July 8, 1937, as amended (60 Stat. 478; 68 Stat. 17), may continue the payments of cash relief to those individual former employees of the Canal Zone Government not coming within the scope of the former Canal Zone Retirement Act whose services were terminated prior to October 5, 1958, because of unfitness for further useful service by reason of mental or physical disability resulting from age or disease. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, such cash relief may not exceed $1.50 per month for each year of service of the employees so furnished relief, with a maximum of $45 per month, nor be paid to any employee who, at the time of termination for disability prior to October 5, 1958, had less than ten years' service with the Canal Zone Government and its predecessor agencies, including any service with the Panama Canal Company and its predecessor agencies, on the Isthmus of Panama. (b) An additional amount of $10 per month, as authorized by the Public Law 86-672 (July 14, 1960,74 Stat. 562), effective July 1, 1960, shall: (1) be paid to each person who, on January 2, 1963, is receiving payment of cash relief under authority of the Act of July 8, 1937, as amended (50 Stat. 478; 68 Stat. 17); and (2) be paid to each person who receives, or, after January 2, 1963, becomes entitled to receive, payment of cash relief under subsection (a) of this section. The monthly payment of $10 herein provided for shall be in addition to any payments received before January 2, 1963, under the Act of July 8, 1937, as amended, or received under subsection (a) of this section, and shall be made without regard to the limitations contained therein. (c) The Civil Service Retirement Act applies with respect to those individuals who were in the service of the Canal Zone Government or the Panama Canal Company on October 5, 1958, and who, except for the operation of section 13(a)(1) of the Act of July 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 410), would have been within the classes of individuals subject to the Act of July 8, 1937. § 182. Appliances for employees injured prior to September 7, 1916 The Governor may purchase artificial limbs or other appliances for persons who were injured in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission or of the Panama Canal prior to September 7, 1916.
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