MILITARY AND NAVAL INSURANCE.

1483a. Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Director, salary.-There is established in the Treasury Department a Bureau to be known as the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, the director of which shall receive a salary at the rate of $5,000 per annum. Sec. 1, Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 398).

1483b. Divisions of Military and Naval Insurance and Marine and Seamen's Insurance; commissioners, salary.-There be in such bureau a Division of Marine and Seamen's Insurance and a Division of Military and Naval Insurance in charge of a commissioner of Marine and Seamen's Insurance and a commissioner of Military and Naval Insurance, respectively, each of whom shall receive a salary of $4,000 per annum. Id.

1483c. Certain sections applicable only to Division of Marine and Seamen's Insurance.-Sections two to seven, inclusive, and section nine, shall be construed to refer only to the Division of Marine and Seamen's Insurance. Sec. 2-12, id.

1483d. General powers and duties of director.-The director, subject to the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall administer, execute, and enforce the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose have full power and authority to make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, necessary or appropriate to carry out its purposes, and shall decide all questions arising under the Act, except as otherwise provided in sections five and four hundred and five. Secs. 2-13, id., 399.

1483e. Regulations made by director; rules respecting procedure of divisions; compensation of claim agents and attorneys; proofs and evidence, etc.-Wherever under any provision or provisions of the Act regulations are directed or authorized to be made, such regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, shall or may be made by the director, subject to the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. The director shall adopt reasonable and proper rules to govern the procedure of the divisions, to regulate the matter. of the compensation, if any, but in no case to exceed ten per centum, to be paid to claim agents and attorneys for services in connection with any of the matters provided for in articles two, three, and four, and to regulate and provide for the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing the same in order to establish the right to benefits of allowance, allotment, compensation, or insurance provided for in this Act, the forms of application of those claiming to be entitled to such benefits, the method of making investigations and medical examinations, and the manner and form of adjudications and awards. Id.

1483f. Deputies, assistants, actuaries, etc.-The bureau and its divisions shall have such deputies, assistants, actuaries, clerks, and other employees as may be from time to time provided by Congress. Sec. 2-14, id.

1483g. Service of surgeons of Army and Navy.-The bureau shall, by arrangement with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively, make use of the services of surgeons in the Army and Navy. Id.

1483h. Advisory board, establishment, powers, duties, and compensation. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to establish an advisory board consisting of three members skilled in the practice of insurance against death or disability for the purpose of assisting the Division of Military and Naval Insurance in fixing premium rates and in the adjustment of claims for losses under the contracts of insurance provided for in article four and in adjusting claims for compensation under article three; compensation for the persons so appointed to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, but not to exceed $20 a day each while actually employed. Id.

1483i. Subpœnas, etc., for witnesses, etc.; administration of oaths.For the purposes of this Act, the director, commissioners, and deputy commissioners shall have power to issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles, to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to administer oaths and to examine witnesses upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the bureau. Sec. 2-15, id.

1483j. Information and reports of officials, etc., of United States and States. The director may obtain such information and such reports from officials and employees of the departments of the Government of the United States and of the States as may be agreed upon by the heads of the respective departments. Id.

1438k. Disobedience to subpænas, etc., contempt.-In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the bureau may invoke the aid of any district court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and such court, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear before the bureau, or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. Id.

14831. Same-Fees and mileage of witnesses.-Any person so required to attend as a witness shall be allowed and paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. Id.

1483m. Annual estimate of appropriations for bureau.—The director shall submit annually to the Secretary of the Treasury estimates of the appropriations necessary for the work of the bureau. Sec. 2-16, id., 400.

1483n. Appropriation for expenses. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $100,000, for the payment of all expenses incident to the work authorized under this Act, including salaries of the director and commissioners and of such deputies, assistants, accountants, experts, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary, traveling expenses. rent and equipment of offices, typewriters and exchange of same, purchase of law books and books of reference, printing and binding to be done at the Government Printing Office, and all other necessary expenses. Id.

14830. Application of civil service rules to employees, exceptions.— With the exception of the director, the commissioners, and such special experts as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time find necessary for the conduct of the work of the bureau, all employees of the bureau shall be appointed from lists of eligibles to be supplied by the Civil Service Commission and in accordance with the civil-service law. Id.

1483p. Same-Fees, allowances, and salaries of.-Such fees, allowances, and salaries shall be the same as are paid for similar services in other departments of the Government. Id.

(For the ensuing sections of this act see paragraphs 712aa, ante, 1483aaaa, 1483yyyy, 1483zzzz, post.)

1483q. Evidence of marriage of claimants.-For the purpose of this amendatory Act the marriage of the claimant to the person on account of whom the claim is made shall be shown

(1) By a duly verified copy of a public or church record; or

(2) By the affidavit of the clergyman or magistrate who officiated: or

(3) By the testimony of two or more eyewitnesses to the ceremony; or

(4) By a duly verified copy of the church record of baptism of the children; or

(5) By the testimony of two or more witnesses who know that the parties lived together as husband and wife, and were recognized as such, and who shall state how long, within their knowledge, such relation continued. Sec. 2-22, id.

1483r. Same-Legal marriage according to law of domicile.-Marriages, except such as are mentioned in section forty-seven hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, shall be proven in compensation or