Evening star., 1936-01-10
Text of House Bill for Payment of Bonus
Completed Cali Veterans Measure Cancels Unpaid Interest
Loans to Be Discharged; 3 Per Cent Rate
Certificates Held to Maturity.
Section 3. (A) An application under

Section 3. (A) An application under
this act for payment of a certificate
may be made and filed at any time
before the maturity of the certificate
Cd personally by the veteran, or (2)
in case physical or mental incapacity
prevents the making or filing of a
personal application, then by such rep
resentative of the veteran and in such
manner as may be by regulations pre-
scribed. An application made by q
person other than a representative
authorized by such regulations shall
be held void.
(B) If the veteran dies after the
application is made and before it Is
filed it may be filed by any person. If
the veteran dies after the application
Is made it shall be valid if the admin
istrator of veterans affairs finds that
it bears the bona flde signature Of the
applicant, discloses an intention to
claim the benefit of this act on behalf
of the veteran and is filed before the
maturity of the certificate, whether or
not the veteran is alive at the time
it is filed. If the death occurs after
the application Is filed but before the
receipt Of the payment under this act,
or if the application is filed after the
death occurs but before mailing of
the check in payment to the benefici-
ary under Section SOL of the World
War adjusted compensation act, as
amended, payment shall be made to
the estate of the veteran irrespective
of any beneficiary designation.
Rule for Lost Application.
Co Where the records of the Vet
erans' Administration show that an
application, disclosing an intention to
claim the benefits of this act, has been
filed before the maturity of the cer-
tificate, and the application cannot be
found. such application shall be pre-
sumed, in the absence of affirmative
evidence to the contrary, to have been
valid when originally filed.
Cd In case application under this
act for payment of any certificate is
filed before April 6, 1887, payment
shall be made by the administrator of
veterans affairs upon approval of the
application; in case application for
payment under this act is filed on or
after April 6, 1887, payment shall be
made on the first of May. September
or January, whichever month first
follows the date Of filing the applica-
ton, except that if payment on such
application is made to the estate of
the veteran pursuant to subsection
(B), payment shall be made upon ap-
proval of the application.
(E) If at the time this act takes
effect a veteran entitled to receive an
adjusted service certificate has not
made application therefor he shall be
entitled, upon application made under
Section 302 of the World War compen-
sation act, as amended, to receive, at
his option, under such rules and regu-
lations as the administrator may pre-
scribe, either the certificate under
Section SOL of such act, as amended,
or payment under this act
go Interest If Held to Maturity.
Section 4. If an application under
this act for payment of the certificate
of any veteran is not made prior to
maturity Of the certificate or Is not
filed prior to April s, 1887, interest
shall accrue on such certificate at the
rate of per centum per annum. The