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 546 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 197. 1922. °dV°*·¤»P·3*”·•¤°¤‘*· Sec. 7. That section 106 of the Food Control and the District of ` Columbia. Rents Act is amended to read as follows: P'°I’“`°"‘°°°°°°‘ "§pc. 106. (a) Féor the purposes of aefhis tgle ithis decllei·ied_that all rent ro erty an apartments are ecte wit a pu c mteres , wR,;§}§g9_‘i]’(§°§;:,,fj,’; and thet lil} rents and charges therefor, all service in connection wm therewith, and all other terms and conditions of the use or occupancy thereof, shall be fair and reasonable; and ani unreasonable or unfair provision of a lease or other contract for the use or occuplancy of such rental property or apartment, with respect to suc rents, charges, service, terms, or conditions is hereby declaredto: be conbyD¤*¤‘¤¤¤·*¤¤, •= *°· trary to public policgg The commission upon its own imtiative may, ' or upon complaint all, determine whether the rent, charges, service, and other terms or conditions of a lease or other contract for the _ use or occupancy of any such rental property or apartment are fair F*“”¢°'°°'¤P“”*°’· and reasonable. Such complaints mag be made and filed by or on behalf of any tenant, and by or on be alf of the owner of any rental property or apartment, notwithstandinig the existence of a ease or '¤**°· other contract between the tenant an the owner. In fixing and ` determining the fair and reasonable rents, or chaxes for any rental property or apartment, the commission shall, in cases, take into consideration the character and condition of the property and the character of the service, if any, furnished in connection therewith. N¤¤¤• ¤¢1¤¤•ri¤¤· " (b) In all such cases the commission shall give notice personally or by registered mail and afford an opportunity to be heard to_ {gw-B parties m mterest: Provhled, That notice given by the commission °°°° to an agent for the collection of rents due his principal shall be deemed and held to be good and sufficient notice to the principal. The commission shall promptly hear and determine the issues in- \g ¤P¤¤ *¤¤=• volved in all complaints submitted to it. All hearin before the com- P mission, or any member of the commission, sha]? be open to the mfg §•ggw;•¤=¤¤¤>i• public. If the commission finds that the existing rents, charges, s, etc., to . . . be dxeu me ams service, or other terms or conditions of the use or occupancy of ax "““°"‘ rental dproperty or apartment are unfair and unreasonable, it sh fix an determine the fair and reasonable rents or charges for the rental property or apartment imder consideration, and mag fix and determine the fair and reasonable service, terms, and con `tions of gi; ueei or octeupaney oitlpe rental profpertg or apartimetrg., and may oo eran re uiret e um1sh1' o suc service y eowneras it shall lawfully chatermine to be falixg and reasonable. mg¤e¤¢ of gxsgrqdmng " (c) In any suit in any court of the United States or the District mmenmg. °° of Columbia involving any question arising! out of the relation of landlord and tenant with respect to any rent property or apartment, except on appeal from the commission s determination as provided in this title, such court shall determine the rights and duties of the parties in accordance with the determination and regulations of the mm mmwu coipapgseeeeln relevant therehejl m h d in f md - ° mmm e commission s e wit its etermination a. ding o ¤¤¤- mg; d° the facts on the evidence presented, and upon which its determma— ”°““’· tion is based. Such finding of facts shall set out the following; (1) The fair and reasonable value of the whole property, (2) the allowance for maintenance, repairs, taxes, service, and all other expenses, (3) the separate rentals of the whole property as fixed by the commission, or if not fixed by the commission, then as paid by the tenants, (4) the commissiou’s estimated net return to the owner upon the value as fixed by it, and (5) such other findings of fact as the commission deems proper to submit. Such findings of fact shall constitute a part of the record of the case." ,dY°’·"#¥’·3°‘·“‘“°“d‘ Sec.  That section 108 of the Food Control and the District of Columbia Rents Act is amended to read as follows: