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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 167 . 1928 . 267 (1) There shall first be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous if into the re cei ved u ex- receipts amount r s the respective amount, if any, by which the appropriations ceeds payments au- made under the authority of section 6 and deposited in such special thorized. deposit account exceed the payments authorized by such section ; and (2) The remainder shall be refunded to Austria or Hungary, as Refund of remainder. th eir re specti ve int erests may a ppear. Decisions of the Sec- FINA LITY OF DECISION S retary. SEC. 8. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 236 of the to Decisions in respect special funds not Revised Statutes as amended the decisions of the Secretary of the subject to review by any other officer. Treasury in respect of the funds to be paid into the German, the Ro1S 42 see. 236, p . 39. Austrian, or the Hungarian special deposit account and of the pay- ments therefrom, shall be final and conclusive, and shall not be sub- ject to review by any other officer of the United States, except that counts nts excepted. as payments made under authority of subsection (c) or (m) of section 3 or subsection (e) of section 4 or subsection (f) of section 7 (relat ing to expen ses of admin istrat ion) sh all be accou nted f or and settled without regard to the provisions of this subsection. Report of all expendi- (b) The Secretary of the Treasury, in his annual report to the Lures to Congress. Congr ess, shall inc lude a det aile d sta temen t of all expen ditur es made in carrying out the provisions of this Act. EXCESSIV E FEES P ROHIBITE D Attor neys' fee s. Reasonable fees for SEC. 9 . (a) The Arbiter, the Commissioner of the Mixed Claims services to be fixed by Commission appointed by the United States, and the Commissioner Arbiter and Claims of the Tripartite Claims Commission, respectively, are authorized Comm issi oner. (upon request as hereinafter provided) to fix reasonable fees (whether or not fixed under any contract or agreement) for services in connection with the proceedings before the Arbiter and the Mixed Claims Commission and the Tripartite Claims Commission, respec- tively, and with the preparations therefor, and the application for payment, and the payment, of any amount under section 2, 3, 5, or 6. Each such official is authorized and requested to mail to each Notice to claimants. claimant in proceedings before him or the commission, as the case may be, notice (in English, German, or Hungarian) of the provisions of this section. No fee shall be fixed under this subsection unless written request, to written request t herefor i s filed w ith such official before t he expira - be filed, tion of ninety days after the date of mailing of such notice. In the case of nationals of Germany, Austria, and Hungary, such notice may be mailed to, and the written request may be filed by, the duly accredited diplomatic representative of such nation. (b) After a fee has been fixed under subsection ( a), any person Punishment for ac- accepting any consideration (whether or not under a contract or cepting excess fees . agreement entered into prior to the enactment of this Act) the aggregate value of which (when added to any consideration pre- viously received) is in excess of the amount so fixed, for services in connection with the proceedings before the Arbiter or Mixed Claims Commission or Tripartite Claims Commission, or any preparations therefor, or with the application for payment, or the payment, of any amoun t under s ection 2, 3, 5, or 6, shal l, upon c onviction thereof, Amount o frme. b e punished by a fine of not more than four times the aggregate value of the consideration accepted by such person therefor. (c) Section 20 of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, is exMe ni g of attorney, amended by inserting after the word " attorney " wherever it appears Vol. 42, p.1515. in such section the words " at law or in fact ", 54835'-2D--PT 1 21

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