Sec. 1-53. Benefits from military service.
Sec. 1-53. Benefits from military service. In a statutory short form power of attorney, the language conferring general authority with respect to benefits from military
service shall be construed to mean that the principal authorizes the agent: (1) To execute
vouchers in the name of the principal for any allowances and reimbursements payable
by the United States, or by any state or subdivision thereof, to the principal, including,
but not limited to, all allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the principal
and of his dependents, and for shipment of household effects; to receive, endorse and
collect the proceeds of any check payable to the order of the principal drawn on the
treasurer or other fiscal officer or depositary of the United States or of any state or
subdivision thereof; (2) to take possession and order the removal and shipment of any
property of the principal from any post, warehouse, depot, dock or other place of storage
or safekeeping, either governmental or private; to execute and deliver any release,
voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate or other instrument which the
agent deems to be desirable or necessary for such purpose; (3) to prepare, file and prosecute the claim of the principal to any benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to
which the principal is, or claims to be, entitled, under the provisions of any statute or
regulation existing at the creation of the agency or thereafter enacted by the United
States or by any state or by any subdivision thereof, or by any foreign government,
which benefit or assistance arises from or is based upon military service performed prior
to or after the creation of the agency by the principal or by any person related by blood
or by marriage to the principal; to execute any receipt or other instrument which the
agent deems desirable or necessary for the enforcement or for the collection of such
claim; (4) to receive the financial proceeds of any claim of the type described in this
section; to conserve, invest, disburse or utilize any proceeds so received for purposes
enumerated in this section, and to be reimbursed for any expenditures properly made
by him in the execution of the powers conferred on him by the statutory short form
power of attorney; (5) to prosecute, defend, submit to arbitration, settle, and propose or
accept a compromise with respect to, any claim existing in favor of, or against, the
principal based on or involving any benefits from military service, or to intervene in
any action or proceeding relating thereto; (6) to hire, discharge and compensate any
attorney, accountant, expert witness, or other assistant or assistants when the agent
deems such action to be desirable for the proper execution by him of any of the powers
described in this section; and (7) in general, and in addition to all the specific acts in
this section enumerated, to do any other act or acts, which the principal can do through
an agent, and which the agent deems desirable or necessary, to assure to the principal,
and to the dependents of the principal, the maximum possible benefit from the military
service performed prior to or after the creation of the agency by the principal or by any
person related by blood or marriage to the principal. All powers described in this section
shall be exercisable equally with respect to any benefits from military service existing
at the giving of the power of attorney or thereafter accruing, and whether accruing in
the state of Connecticut or elsewhere.
(February, 1965, P.A. 573, S. 12.)