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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 766-DEC. 18, 1942 date of payment, payment shall be made to such receiver or trustee or in accordance with the order of the court; (5) if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corpora- tion, duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, makes an assignment of the claim, or any part thereof, with respect to which an award or appraisal is made, or makes an assignment of such award or appraisal, or any part thereof, payment shall be made to the assignee, as his interest may appear; and (6) In the case of an assignment of an award or an appraisal, or any part thereof, which is made in writing and duly acknowl- edged and filed, after such award or appraisal is certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, payment may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made to the assignee, as his interest may appear. (c) Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall find that any person is entitled to any such payment, such finding shall be an abso- lute bar to recovery by any other person against the United States, its officers, agents, or employees with respect to such payment. (d) Any person who makes application for any such payment shall be held to have consented to all the provisions of this Act. (e) The decisions of the Secretary of the Treasury in making such payments shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review by any other officer of the Government. (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as the assumption of any liability by the United States for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any claim on behalf of any American national against the Government of Mexico. SEC. 10. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. (b) There shall be deducted from the amount of each payment made from the fund pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 8, as reimbursement for the expenses incurred by the United States, an amount equal to 5 per centum of such payment. All amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscel- laneous receipts. SEC. 11. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall continue to dis- tribute to the beneficiaries of the final awards rendered by the Special Mexican Claims Commission all moneys heretofore or hereafter received from the Government of Mexico pursuant to the Convention signed April 24, 1934, including interest on deferred payments. (b) So much of the Act approved April 10, 1935, and of the joint resolution approved August 25, 1937, as may be inconsistent with this Act, is hereby repealed. SEC. 12. Nothing in this Act is intended, or shall be deemed or construed, to apply to any claim or part of claim based upon or arising out of any international arbitral award rendered prior to the effective date of the convention between the United States and Mexico signed September 8, 1923. SEC. 13. As used in this Act- (a) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, or corporation. (b) The term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the United States, its Territories and insular possessions (including the Philippine Islands), and the Canal Zone. (c) The term "American national" includes (1) any person who is a citizen of the United States, and (2) any person who, though not 1063 Effect of finding by Secretary of Treasury. Application held to be consent. Decisions not sub- ject to review. No assumption of liability. Appropriation au- thorized. Deductions for ex- penses. Awards by Special Mexican Clalims Com- mission. 49 Stat. 3071. 49 Stat. 149; 50 Stat. 783. Nonapplicability to certain claims. 43 Stat. 1730. "Person.'' "United State." "American na- , .~l

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