Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 161, sig. 110-4/6

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96 175 Rules on the payment of subsidies, advances and transitional funds to reichs= and ethnic German settlers from Estonia or Latvia To people and wealthy German immigrants from Estonia and Latvia, who legitimize themselves by a returner's card as a resettlement, support benefits (pockets) (point I), advances (point II) and transitional money (point III) may be paid in accordance with the following provisions. I. Support services (pocket money) The Deutsche Umfiedlungs-Treuhand-Gefellschaft m. b. H. grants support payments of 5 RM for each adult (over 14 years), 3 RM per child (up to 14 years) for each current week. 1. (b) the returner's certificate and an order for payment of the subsistence allowance from the Immigrant Central Office or one of its subsidiary offices or the relevant district head of the NSDAP, which must be authorised by the head of Immigration Central Office. Jm Gau Danzig-Westpreußen replaces the order of the responsible district head of the NSDAP. The instruction of the relevant NSV. department. 2. Subsequent payments for weeks already ended will not be granted in principle; however, if for reasons of payment technique the payment is the subsequent payment of a weekly amount, the payment shall be permitted. 3. The bank or paying agency shall, under its own responsibility, verify that the payment instruction complies with the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2. If this is the case, it shall pay the support amounts at the expense of the German resettlement trust company. 4. The resettler shall acknowledge the receipt of the support amount with original signature twice for simply valid. The Sahlstelle then sends a copy of the receipt, on which it notes the returner's number of the payee and the payment instruction, with the burden assignment of the Deutsche Umsiedlungs-Treuhand-Gesellschaft m. b. H. in Berlin W 8, Mohrenstraße 42/44. II. Advances Pursuant to the following rules, advances of up to RM 200 may be paid monthly to: holders of bank receipts ...... (Siffer 1) Post receipts .. (Sifer 2) Securities ..(Siffer 3) Bank or savings bank accounts .......... (paragraph 3) Mortgages (paragraph 4) Owners of real estate (paragraph 5) Owner of other assets ....... (siffer 6). The total advance of a resettlement on the assets listed in paragraphs 1 to 6 may not exceed 200 R.M. per month. The conversion preferential rate is 0,80 RM for 1 Efti crown, 0,60 RM per 1 lat.