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absence of such a requirement the appointment of a guardian for such purposes
shall not be necessary.
(¢) If there be a surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of
eighteen years, but no surviving wife or dependent husband, then for the support
of each such child under the age of eighteen years, 15 per centum of the wages
of the deceased: Provided, That the aggregate shall in no case exceed 6624 per
centum of such wages.
(d) If there be no surviving wife or dependent husband or child under the age
of eighteen years or if the amount payable to a surviving wife or dependent
husband and to children under the age of eighteen years shall be less in the
aggregate than 6624 per centum of the average wages of the deceased; then for
the support of grandchildren or brothers and sisters under the age of eighteen
years, if dependent upon the deceased at the time of the injury, 15 per centum
of such wages for the support of each such person until the age of eighteen years
and for the support of each parent, or grandparent, of the deceased if dependent
upon him at the time of the injury, 25 per centum of such wages during such dependency.
 But in no case shall the aggregate amount payable under this subdivision
 exceed the difference between 6624 per centum of such wages, and the
amount payable as hereinbefore provided to surviving wife or dependent husband
and for the support of surviving child or children.
(e) In computing death benefits the average weekly wages of the deceased
shall be considered to have been not more than $37.50 nor less than $12, but the
total weekly compensation shall not exceed the weekly wages of the deceased.
(f) All questions of dependency shall be determined as of the time of the injury
(g) Aliens: Compensation under this chapter to aliens not residents (or about
to become nonresidents) of the United States or Canada shall be the same in
amount as provided for residents, except that dependents in any foreign country
shall be limited to surviving wife and child or children, or if there be no surviving
wife or child or children, to surviving father or mother whom the employee has
supported, either wholly or in part, for the period of one year prior to the date of
the injury, and except that the commission may, at its option or upon the application
 of the insurance carrier shall, commute all future installments of compensation
 to be paid to such aliens by paying or causing to be paid to them one-half
of the commuted amount of such future installments of compensation as determined
 bv the commission.

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(j) Whenever the deputy commissioner determines that it is for the best
interests of a person entitled to compensation, the liability of the employer for
such compensation may be discharged by the payment of a lump sum equal to
the present value of all future payments of compensation computed at 4 per
centum true discount compounded annually. The probability of the death of
the injured employee or other person entitled to compensation before the expiration
 of the period during which he is entitled to compensation shall be determined
 in accordance with the American Experience Table of Mortality. The
probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or
duration of the compensation shall be disregarded.
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(m) The total compensation payable under this act for injury or death shall
in no event exceed the sum of $7,500.
In applying other provisons of the longshoremen’s law to the settled
claims certain assumptions have been made to make the provisions
of the law apply to the conditions obtaining in the shipping industry.
Section 12 (a) of the law provides that “Notice of an injury or a
death in respect of which compensation is payable under this act
shall be given within thirty days after the date of such injury or
death (1) to the deputy commissioner in the compensation district
in which the injury occurred, and (2) to the employer.” Under
the adminidtration of the longshoremen’s act the districts’ are
limited to the United States, while accidents covered in this study
occurred in various other parts of the world. The assumption has
heen made, therefore, that any injury to an American seaman arising

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