proved shall be payable, in the manner herein prescribed, to and for the benefit of the persons enumerated in section 8(d) of said act. (b) Application for approval of an agreed settlement under section 8(i) of the said act shall be made in writing to the deputy commissioner by the parties in interest. The application shell set forth fully all facts necessary to disclose the status of the case and the reason for seeking approval of an agreed settlement under said section, as well as the specific terms of such agreed settlement, and shall be accompanied by a report of examination of the employee, if a recent report is not of record in the office of the deputy commissioner. Such application, including all supporting papers, shall be submitted in duplicate. (c) If the case is one coming within the purview of section 8(c) (21) or section 8(e) of said act, and the deputy commissioner should determine that the proposed agreed settlement according to such application is for the best interests of the injured employee, the deputy commissioner shall transmit to the Bureau a copy of the proposed agreed settlement, together with a statement of his recommendation to such effect. The deputy commissioner shall transmit to the Bureau his complete file in the case. All papers shall be sent by registered mail. If the disability as found in the last compensation order filed in the case is not of such character and quality as to bring the case within the purview of section 8(c) (21) or section 8(e), the deputy commissioner shall file a compensation order making necessary findings of fact relative to the character and quality of disability and to the current wage-earning capacity of the employee. If such course is not practical, the deputy commissioner may in his communication advise the Bureau with respect to the probable character and quality of disability according to the most recent evidence received and shall inform the Bureau of the probable current wage-earning capacity of the employee. With such recommendation the deputy commissioner shall submit such other information as may bear upon the advisability of approving the agreed settlement. (d) Section 8(i) was intended to furnish a legal basis for agreement as to the payment of compensation for probable future disability, principally in cases in which the symptoms of disability are largely subjective, the extent of loss of wage-earning capacity due to such disability is difficult to determine, and where the compensation_rate is likely to fluctuate and be subject to change over long periods of time. This section was not intended to furnish generally a basis for the settlement of claims or as a mere convenience in disposing of cases. TITLE 36-PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES American National Red Cross Patriotic societies. Red Cross. § 3. Purposes. The purposes of the corporation are and shall be First. To furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of Armed Forces in time of war, * * * Fifth. And to continue and carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same. * AMVETS (American Veterans of World War II) § 67b. Purposes of corporation. The purposes of this corporation shall be as follows: (2) To maintain a continuing interest in the welfare and rehabilitation of the disabled veterans of World War II and to establish facilities for the assistance of all veterans and to represent them in their claims before the Veterans' Administration and other organizations without charge. United States Blind Veterans of World War I § 83. Purpose of corporation. * Purposes. AMVETS. Purposes. Blind veterans. The purposes of the corporation are to bind together for their Purpose. mutual fellowship and assistance those citizens of the United States of America who have served their country in war, and who bear as a mark of such service the loss of their sight and to perpetuate and keep alive the memories of their comradeship and to enable them by their organization to render what aid they can to the blind in general. Disabled American Veterans § 90c. Purposes of corporation. Disabled American The purposes of this corporation shall be-*** to advance the Purposes. interests and work for the betterment of all wounded, injured, and disabled American veterans; to cooperate with the United States Veterans' Administration and all other public and private agencies devoted to the cause of improving and advancing the condition, health, and interests of all wounded, injured, and disabled veterans; to stimulate a feeling of mutual devotion, helpfulness, and comradeship among all wounded, injured, and disabled veterans; to serve our comrades, our communities, and our country; and to encourage in all people that spirit of understanding which will guard against future wars. American War Purpose. Observances. National Safety American War Mothers § 93. Purpose of corporation. The object of the corporation shall be *** to assist in any way in their power men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in the World War *** National Observances § 155. National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. The President is hereby requested to issue a suitable proclamation each year, and the Governors of States, mayors of cities, and heads of other instrumentalities of government, as well as leaders of industry, educational and religious groups, labor, veterans, women, farm, scientific and professional, and all other organizations and individuals at interest are invited to participate. * § 253. National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council [See 36 U.S.C. 253.] National Safety Council § 463. Objects and purposes of corporation. The objects and purpose of the corporation shall be (1) to further, encourage, and promote methods and procedures leading to increased safety, protection and health among employees and employers and among children, in industries on farms in schools and colleges, in homes, on streets and highways, in recreation, and in other public and private places; (2) to collect, correlate, publish, distribute, and disseminate educational and informative data, reports, and all other data relative to safety methods and procedures; (3) to arouse and maintain the interest of the people of the United States, its Territories and possessions in safety and in accident prevention, and to encourage the adoption and institution of safety methods by all persons, corporations, and other organizations; (4) to organize, establish, and conduct programs, lectures, conferences, and other activities for the education of all persons, corporations, and other organizations in safety methods and procedures; (5) to organize, and to aid in the organization of, focal safety chapters throughout the United States, its Territories and possessions, and to provide organizational guidance and materials to promote the national safety; (6) to cooperate with, enlist, and develop the cooperation of and between all persons, corporations, and other organizations and agencies, both public and private, engaged or interested in, or in any manner connected with, any or all of the foregoing purposes; and (7) to do any and all lawful acts which may be necessary, useful, suitable, desirable, and proper for the furtherance, accomplishment, and attainment of any or all of the foregoing purposes. TITLE 37-PAY AND ALLOWANCES Chapter 1-General Provisions § 35. Compensation for unused leave; method of payments; cash; bonds; deceased or incompetent former servicemen; assignment of bonds for life insurance payments. (c) Where the Secretary is of the opinion that any member or former member of the armed forces or any survivor of any such member or former member is, by reason of being either under seventeen years of age or under mental disability, incapable of satisfactorily looking after his own interests, such Secretary may settle and compensate under this section with a proper person selected by him for the use and benefit of such member, former member or survivor, without the necessity of resorting to judicial proceedings for the appointment of a legal representative. Settlement and compensation made under the provisions of this subsection shall constitute a complete discharge of the obligations of the United States under sections 31a-33 and 34-38 of this title. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply when a legal guardian or committee has been judicially appointed for any such member, former member, or survivor, except as to any settlement and compensation made prior to the receipt of notice of appointment: Provided, That no fee, commission, or charge shall be demanded or accepted by any representative of any member, former member, or survivor appointed in accordance with the provisions of this subsection and the exaction or acceptance of any such fee, commission, or charge shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both. ** Uniformed services, used leave; mental compensation for un disability. Chapter 4-Readjusted Pay and Allowances § 231. Definitions. Definitions. handicapped over (g) The term "dependent" shall include at all times and in all places Dependents include the lawful wife and unmarried legitimate children, under twenty-one age 21. years of age, of any member of the uniformed services, except as hereinafter limited in this subsection. Such term shall include the father or mother of such member, provided he or she is in fact dependent on such member for over half of his or her support. [It shall also include unmarried legitimate children, over twenty-one years of age, of such member who are incapable of self-support because of being mentally defective or physically incapacitated, and who are in fact dependent on such member for over half of his or her support:] Provided, That the term "children" shall be held to include stepchildren and adopted children when such stepchildren or adopted children are in fact dependent upon such member: Provided further, That in the case of female members of the uniformed services, the term "dependent" shall include a husband in addition to those persons otherwise defined as dependents in this subsection, but only when such husband, Definition, uniformed services. Method of paying incompetents. or children, as defined above, are in fact dependent upon said female member for over half of his or her support. Chapter 5-Payments to Mentally Incompetent Personnel § 351. Definitions. The term "member of the uniformed services" as used in this chapter means any person on the active or retired list of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, or Public Health Service, including transferred members of the Fleet Reserve and of the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, and members of the Reserve components of the respective services entitled to Federal pay either on the active or any retired list of said services. § 352. Payments; designation of person to receive amounts due; discharge of United States' obligation; competent medical authority. [See 37 U.S.C. 352.] |