Chapter 148. Providing for retired pay for certain members of the former Life Saving Service, equivalent to compensation granted to members of the Coast Guard
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CHAP. 148.— An Act Providing for retired pay for certain members of the former Life Saving Service, equivalent to compensation granted to members of the Coast Guard. April 14, 1930.[[H. R. 5693](/us/bill/71/hr/5693).][[Public, No. 124](/us/pl/71/124).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Life Saving Service.Compensation to former keepers and surf men disabled by injury in service.*Post*, p. 890. That any individual who served in the former Life Saving Service of the United States as a keeper or surfman, and who on account of being so disabled by reason of a wound or injury received or disease or loss of sight contracted in such service in line of duty as to unfit him for the performance of duty was continued upon the rolls of the service for an aggregate period of one year or more under the provisions Vol. 22, p. 57.of section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act to promote the efficiency of the Life Saving Service and to encourage the saving of life from shipwreck,” approved May 4, 1882, and who ceased to be a member of such service on account of such disability, which disability has been continuous up to and at the time of the enactment of this Act, shall, upon making due proof of such facts in accordance with such Rate, etc., of pay.rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be awarded compensation for such injury at the rate of 75 per centum of the pay he was receiving at the time of his separation from such service, such compensation to commence from the date of No pay, etc., under any other law.the enactment of this Act and continue during his natural life.
No such individual shall receive a pension, pay, or other allowance under any other law of the United States for the same period for which he receives retired pay under the provisions of this Act. 165 Sec. 2. No agent, attorney, or other person engaged in preparing,Restriction on pay to attorney, etc. presenting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions of this Act shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain for such services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim a sum greater than $10, which sum shall be payable only on the order of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any person who Penalty for violations.shall violate any of the provisions of this section, or shall wrongfully withhold from the claimant the whole or any part of retired pay allowed or due such claimant under this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every offense, be fined not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Approved, April 14, 1930.