Public Law 74–848

That section 4 of the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence of the first paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following sentences:

Payments, in cases of deceased or incompetent veterans.

Vol. 43. p. 128.

U. S. C., p. 1685.

“In cases of deceased or incompetent veterans, the payments provided by this paragraph, whether of the amount certified, by issuance of bonds and by checks payable out of the fund created by section 505 of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, as

Determination by Secretary of Treasury of person entitled thereto.

amended, or whether of such bonds on redemption thereof, shall be made to the person or persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be lawfully entitled thereto, without the necessity of the appointment by judicial proceedings or otherwise of a legal representative of the estate of any veteran or of any other persons, or of compliance with State law in respect of the administration of estates. Such checks may be endoreed on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury in the name of the veteran, if that is determined by the

Finality of determination.

Secretary to be appropriate for the effectuation hereof. All determinations by the Secretary of the Treasury under this paragraph shall be final and conclusive and neither any other official of the United States nor, except in the case of prior judicial determination, any State or Federal court, shall have jurisdiction to review any

Administrative regulations.

such determination. The provisions of this paragraph shall be carried out subject to regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury to be issued from time to time to effectuate the purposes of this Act.”