Immediately after the commission shall have comnpleted its work all the files and records of said commission shall be deposited in the Department of State. " Sac. 26. (a) The President shall appoint. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. one additional Assistant Attorney General of the United States. who shall hold his office during the existence of said commission. and the Attorney General of the United States is empowered to employ and fix the compensation of such other attorneys and employees as the duties laid upon his office by the provisions hereof may require. It shall be the duty of said Assistant Attorney General and attorneys to appear as attorney and counsel for the United States under the direction of the Attorney General and to defend its interests in all claims and proceedings before said commission. "(b) Service of all notices of claims and petitions filed hereunder shall be made upon the Attorney General at such time and in such manner -as may be prescribed by the commission. "(c) The defense of the United States to any claim shall be made under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe: Provided. That should the Attorney General fail to so defend any claim the claimant may proceed with the case under such rules as the commission may adopt. but the claimant shall not in such cases have award for his claim. or for any part thereof. unless he shall establish the same by proof satisfactory to the commission. " SEc. 27. (a) All money or other property or the proceeds of the sale thereof held by the Alien Property Custodian or Treasurer of the United States by virtue of the trading with the enemy act. as amended. the return of which is now authorized by section 9 thereof. shall be. as elsewhere provided herein. returned to the owner thereof or his agent or legal representative. "(b) Claims made under this section by any person asserting citizenship of the United States by naturalization process shall not be denied on the ground of any presumption of expatriation which may have arisen against him if he has returned to the United States and gives satisfactory evidence of his loyalty to the United States during his absence abroad. "(c) Claims made under this section and subsections (b) and (c) of section 30 hereof shall be filed with the commission within one year after the date the commission meets for the first time. as provided in section 21 hereof. or shall be forever waived and barred. " SFc. 28. All money and other property. including the proceeds of the sale thereof. held by the Alien Property Custodian or the Treasurer of the United States by virtue of the trading with the enemy act. as amended. which at the time it was conveyed. assigned. transferred. delivered. or paid over to the Alien Property Custodian. or required so to be. or seized by him. belonged to any person enumerated in this section. shall be returned by the commission to the owner thereof. or to his agent or legal representative. if the payment of claims which may be allowed by the commission to claimants under sections 29 and 30 hereof are otherwise satisfied. otherwise the same shall be first subject to the payment thereof as herein provided. The Allen Property Custodian shall classify all such money and other property in two listsone covering that belonging to Germany and its nationals. the other covering that belonging to AustriaHungary and its nationals. as follows: "Class 1. Money and other property belonging to the Government. or any political or municipal subdivision thereof. or any agent or agency thereof. "Class 2. (a) All other money and property belonging to any person not enumerated in the foregoing class 1. the return of which is not authorized by section 27 hereof. "(b) No person enumerated in this section shall file claim for the return of his money or other property until such time as the commission shall announce it will receive such claims: Provided. That all such claims shall be filed with the commission within one year after the date of such announcement by the commission or shall be thereafter forever waived and barred. " SEc. 29. (a) The following shall be deemed claimants of the first class hereunder: "(1) Any citizen of the United States who has suffered damage growing out of acts committed by the German Government or by any German authorities since July 31. 1914. and prior to April 6. 1917. or by the AustroHungarian Government or by any Austrian or Hungarian authorities since July 28. 1914. and prior to December 7. 1917. "(2) Any civilian citizen of the United States who suffered damages by injury. or who. as surviving dependent. suffered damages by personal injury to or death of civilians. caused by acts of war. including bombardments or other attacks on land. on sea. or from the air. and all direct consequences thereof. and of all operations of war by the two groups of belligerents wherever arising. "(3) Any civilian citizen of the United States who suffered damage caused by Germany or her allies as a victim of acts of cruelty. violence. or maltreatment (including Injuries to life or health as a consequence of imprisonment. deportation. internment. or evacuation. of exposure at sea or being forced to labor). wherever arising. or who. as surviving dependent of any such civilian victim. suffered damage. "(4) Any civilian citizen of the United States who suffered damage caused by Germany or her allies in their own territory. or in occupied or invaded territory. as a victim of all acts injurious to health or capacity to work. or to honor. or who. as a surviving dependent of any such civilian victim. suffered damage. "(5) Any citizen of the United States or any person serving in the military. naval. or air forces thereof who suffered damage caused by any kind of maltreatment by Germany or her allies of prisoners of war. and "(6) Any civilian citizen of the United States who suffered damage caused by being forced by Germany or her allies to labor without just remuneration. "(b) The following shall be deemed claimants of the second class: I "(1) Any citizen of the United States who suffered damage or Injury inflicted on his property rights or interests. including any company or association in which he aay be interested in German territory as it existed August 1. 1914. or in the territory of the former AustroHungarian Empire by the application by such nations of either of the exceptional war measures or measures of transfer mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 3 of the annexes to section 4. entitled Property rights and interests. of the treaties of Versailles. Trianon. and St. GermainenLaye. respectively. "(2) Any citizen of the United States who has suffered damage in respect of all property. wherever situated. belonging to him. with the exception of naval and military Works or materials. which has been carried off. seized. injured. or destroyed by the acts of Germany or her allies on land. on sea. or from the air. or damage directly in consequence of hostilities or of any operations of war. and "(3) Any citizen of the United States who has suffered through the acts of the Imperial German Government. or its agents. or the Imperial and Royal AustroHungarian Government. or its agents. since July 31. 1914. loss. damage. or injury to his person or property. directly or indirectly. whether through the ownership of shares of stock in German.
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