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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 40 STAT. · April 2, 1918 · Chapter 41

Chapter 41. to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department,” approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended by the Act approved October sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, on application by a person other than the person to be insured

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CHAP. 41.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the granting of insurance under the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department,” approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended by the Act approved October sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, on application by a person other than the person to be insured. April 2, 1918.[[S. J. Res. 133](/us/bill/65/sjres/133).][[Pub. Res., No. 27](/us/65/pubres/27).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,War-Risk Insurance Bureau.*Ante*, p. 409, amended.Application for insurance permitted for persons in service by other than insured.
That insurance under the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department,” approved September second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended by the Act approved October sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall be granted by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance on application made by the person to be insured or, subject to such regulations as the bureau may prescribe, by any person within the permitted class as specified in section four hundred and two of said Act: *Provided*, *Provisos*.If insured a prisoner of war before April 12. 1918.That the person to be insured has been taken a prisoner of war before April twelfth, nineteen hundred and eighteen: *And provided further*, Restriction on designating beneficiary.That no one but the insured may designate a beneficiary, and nothing in this resolution shall be deemed to change or affect the permitted class of beneficiaries or impose any obligation on the insured against his will.
Approved, April 2, 1918.
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