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10 Department of Finance Prague, 22 December 1942. II/7 - 2200 - 200. M440MEN8030 BOJDaEN B909 D.0050 OS T ITahren Mr. Secretary of State. Eing 23. DEZ.1942 Subject: Complaint of notary Dr. Theodor Jakowitz, Budweis, Adolf Hitlerplatz 5. Reference: Letter dated 13 January 1942- St.S.IV c -30/42. I directed the notary's letter of appeal to the property office=. In this regard, the wealth office informs: "The notary Dr. Theodor Jakowitz in Budweis has not received from me an order for the administration of the total value of the Jews Siegfried Wolfgang Stein from Frauenberg a.d.M., nor has he provided me with a cost calculation about his work so far=. He has informed alleehgs in several sentences that he is currently at his disposal. a fee of 2l/2% of the gross discount of RM 800,000.-,d.s. RM 20,00.--. He also talked about costs and expenses, which he did not describe in detail nä=her. Jakowitz then reduced his demand in a later letter. the amount of which I had not previously objected to, to the "pauschalbe=referring RM l2,000.-". According to Jakowitz's explanation, this abbreviated demand is intended to compensate for all its costs and cash expenses; the individual costs and expenses actually involved have not been explained by Jakoitz even now. Jch considered it incompatible with the provisions of the Reichs-Budgetary Code to order such high amounts for payment without proof of the legal reason for the composition of their amount. Jch had informed the applicant again and asked him to send me a detailed invoice _with St.S.ÄE-30a/42