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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 766-DEC. 18, 1942 Payments on a- count of awards and appraisals. Regulations to be prescribed by Secre- tary of Treasury. Payments to legal representatives, re- cesvers, assignees, etc. Prviso. appropriated, and which represents the total amount of awards and appraisals, plus interest, made with respect to the claims on behalf of Mexican nationals against the Government of the United States which were filed with the General Claims Com- mission. (c) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, out of the sums covered into the fund pursuant to subsection (b) of this sec- tion, and after making the deduction provided for in section 10 (b), to make payments on account of awards and appraisals certified pur- suant to sections 4 (b), 4 (c), and 6 (b) of this Act, of an amount not to exceed 30 per centum of the award or appraisal in each case, exclusive of interest. (d) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, to the extent that it may be possible to do so out of the sums covered into the fund pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and after making the deduction provided for in section 10 (b)- (1) to make similar payments of not to exceed 30 per centum on account of the principal amount of the awards certified pur- suant to section 5 (d) of this Act. (2) after completing the payments prescribed by paragraph (1) of this subsection, to make payments, from time to time and in ratable proportions, on account of all awards and appraisals certified pursuant to the provisions of this Act, according to the proportions which the respective awards and appraisals, exclu- sive of interest, bear to the total amount in the fund available for distribution at the time such payments are made; and (3) after payment has been made of the principal amounts of all such awards and appraisals, to make pro rata payments on account of accrued interest on such awards and appraisals as bear interest. SEC. 9. (a) Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, pay- ments pursuant to section 8 of this Act, the Act approved April 10, 1935 (49 Stat. 149), and the joint resolution approved August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 783) and applications for such payments, shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. (b) Such payments shall be made only to the person or persons on behalf of whom the award or appraisal is made, except that- (1) if such person is deceased or is under a legal disability, payment shall be made to his legal representative: Provided, That if the amount to be disbursed at any one time is not over $500 and there is no qualified executor or administrator, payment may be made to the person or persons found by the Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled thereto, without the necessity of compli- ance with the requirements of law with respect to the administra- tion of estates; (2) if an award or appraisal is made to the estate of a deceased person, and if there has been no administration of such person's estate, or if the administration of such person's estate has been terminated, payment may be made to the person or persons found by the Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled thereto; (3) in the case of a partnership or corporation, the existence of which has been terminated and on behalf of which an award or appraisal is made, payment shall be made, except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), to the person or persons found by the Secretary of the Treasury to be entitled thereto; (4) if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corpora- tion has been duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States and has not been discharged prior to the 1062 [56 STAT.

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