Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-23
AMENDMENT Of WAR
RISK INSURANCE ACT

Under the new Amendment to
the War Risk Insurance Act, which
has been passed by Congress and
which became law on December
"a, 1919, when it was signed by
the President, war term insurance
or United States Government life
(converted) insurance policies may
be made payable to any OF the fol-
lowing list OF benefciaries:
Parent, grandparent, stepparent.
parent through adoption, wife or
husband, child, grandchild, STEP
child, brother, sister, lf-brother,
step-parents or parent thru adop-
tion, sister through adoption, STEP
brothar, stap-sister, uncle, aunt,
neTheW, niece. brother-in-law, sis
ter-in-law. person who has stood
the relation of a parent to the
insured for a period of one year or
more prior to the insured's enlist
ment or induction, the children of
such person, parent, grandparent,
step-paret or parent through adop-
II the insured's wife or hus-
band.
United States Government life
(converted) insurance may now be
paid at death in lump sum or in
installments for 36 months or more
at the option of the insured.
The rate of compensation for dis
ability has been greatly increased.
omparison between the amounts
formerly granted under the Wal
Risk Insurance Act with those pro
1ided by the new law follows:
/ 'e First Figure Shows Amount
Under w r. I. Act-Second
Figure as Amended
With neither wife nor child, SIC
$50.
With wife but no child, $45, 500
With wife and one child, $55, S95
With wife and two children S65
$10O.
With wife and three or more
children, s75, $1O0.
With no wife but one child, $4(
$50.
Yith no wife but two children
$50, $95.
With no wife but three children
$50, 500.
With no wife but four children
500, S105.
Extra allowance for dependen
mother or dependent father or boil
$40 each.
Under the new law there is al
allowance to man temporaril,
totally disabled and with no wifi
living of SIS addition for each chill
Tin excess of one) without limit a
number.
Total and Permanent Disability
As Amended
Under the War Risk Insuranc
Act the same scale applied for to
tai and permanent disability as 70
temporary total disability. A dis
tinction is made between the tw
in the new law. Under the latte
he compensation monthly for tots
and permanent disability is $100.
NOTE fa) Under the ne,
amendment if the disabled perso
is so helpless as to be in constai
need of a nurse or attendant, a
additional allowance is provided,
the diseretion:s of the Director, nj
exceeding $50.
Under the W. r. I. Act the san
provision was effective, except tn:
a man receiving $100 per mont
(as outlined in (b) below cou
not be given an additional ALLOW
ance.
(b) Both under the w. r. I. A
and under the new law, compens;
/ tion for the loss of BOTH FEET
BOTH HANDS or the SIGHT O
: BOTH EYES, OR for becoming he'll
less and permanently beridden
S100.
t In addition, the new law provid
E that compensation for the loss
: one foot and one hand or one 70
: and the sight of one eye, or o.
! hand and the sight Of one ey
shall be, $10O.
(cl The new law provides tn
for double total, permanent dis
l bility the rate of compensate
, shall be, 5000.
2 The new law provides that ea
!, of the impairments mentioned
!. (b) shall be deemed to be total, pc
Il manent disability.
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