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§ 19. Any gratuity which, under any of the provi- Order in 
sions of these rules, shall be payable upon the death of sn fp 
any person who shall have been a subscribing employee," 
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shall, if there be no beneficiary designated to receive witt he 
the same as herein elsewhere provided, be paid to the made 
following persons: 
(a) If the deceased was a male, then to the widow. 
(b) If the deceased was a female, then to the 
husband. 
(c) If, in the case of a male employee, there be no 
widow, and in the case of a female employee, there be 
no husband, surviving, then to the issue of such de- 
ceased employee, in equal portions per stirpes. 
(d) If there be no widow, husband or issue of such 
deceased employee, then to the mother. 
(e) If there be no widow, husband, issue or mother, 
then to the father. 
(f) If there be no widow, husband, issue, mother or 
father, then to the sisters and brothers (whether of the 
whole or the half blood) in equal shares. 
(g) If there be no designated beneficiary and no 
relative surviving within the said degree, then to the 
executors or administrators of the said deceased 
employee. 
§ 20. The right of a subscribing employee to receive Employee's 
a pension or gratuity hereunder shall not be assignable right to 
or bequeathable, and any attempted assignment or be- <sincpene’ 
quest thereof shall be void and shall be disregarded by tyr**"'6"" 
the Corporation and the Pension Board. 
