(a) If a person is entitled to a Guam Civilian Scout Bonus and if he is not living, the amount of compensation to which the person would be entitled shall be paid to his beneficiaries in this order:
1. To the living spouse, except where at the time of the death of the civilian scout, either:
(a) the civilian scout and his spouse were separated by consent as defined in § 99 of the Civil Code of Guam; or

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(b) the spouse had deserted the civilian scout as defined in § 95 of the Civil Code of Guam; or

2. If there is no eligible living spouse, such compensation shall be paid to the living child or children of the deceased civilian scout to share and share alike; or
3. if there is no living child or children, the compensation shall be paid to the living mother; or
4. if there is no living mother, the compensation shall be paid to the living father; or

5. if there are no eligible living beneficiaries as set forth above, to the estate of the civilian scout.

(b) All applications for the bonuses authorized by this Article must be made to the Chief of Police on or before March 31, 1981.
(c) The Chief of Police, upon satisfactory proof that such applicants were civilian scouts or are such a civilian scout’s survivor or survivors, shall certify to the Treasurer of Guam the eligibility of such applicants for such bonuses, and the Treasurer shall thereupon pay the same to them. The Chief of Police shall promulgate, pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Adjudication Act, such rules and regulations as are required to establish eligibility for such bonus by way of documentary evidence of such civilian scout service, affidavits based on personal knowledge, or such other proof as would establish by a preponderance of the evidence the fact of eligibility for such bonus.

SOURCE: GC § 8991, as amended by P.L. 15-145.

COMMENT: References to “Director of Public Safety” changed to “Chief of Police” pursuant to P.L. 17-78:1, which repealed ‘5102 GC providing for the Department of Public Safety and reenacted ‘5102 establishing the Guam Police Department.