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10 “Kiiand ‘the reviewer’s objection.is based on the amount stated | ,.2:' jn the recommendation, he shall state the amount to which. he h3'' believes the applicant is‘entitleds| 4% 0 tite | 4: ({c) The:chairman shall examine each' examiner’s report ‘5 - which. has:been accepted by the reviewer and either approve 6... or disapprove it. He shall also examine each. examiner’s re~ -\7. portito which objection.is made only as. to the amount of an |.8::award of: compensation. to be, offered. and, if he agrees tliat 9, such. an: offer. should: bé: made, attempt to reach agreemént 10, with the reviewer and. examinér as to the amount: of. that AL offer: Tf such agteenient’ is reached, the chairman shall. ap- 12., prove the. examiner’s recommendation. as modified.) + °' ¥3. 1; (ad). When the examiner; reviewer and chairman. have 14: agreed that: an application should be rejected or that an‘offer 15,.,of an award. of compensation in a stated amount: should be 16 ‘made.to the.applicant, the chairman. shall. notify the applicant 17 accordingly. This notice: must. be in. writing, must state the 18 » reasons for the-rejection or the amount of the offered award of 49, compensation, as the case may be, and must provide that, the 20;, action. feflected:in the notice becomes final unless ithe appli- 21 cant makes arequest for hearing within twenty days of the 223i. date shown-in the tictice. If the appliéant does: not make a 23.,.¢equest: for hearing to: the: Commission -within. that’ twenty- 3£/) day period, the amount of compensation offered him becomes | ar aes il 1.' an award for purposes of this Act or the rejection of the appli- 2 » cation becomes final as the case may be. 3: ‘Sx0.’'9. (a) The chairman shall set'an application for 4 hearing, as soon as is reasonably practicable, when (1) the ‘5 examiner has recommended that a hearing be held, (2) the 6 examiner, reviewer and chairman have not agreed as to the disposition, of the application, or (3) the applicant has re- & quested:a hearing; within the twenty-day period provided for 9 in section: 8. br he et 10 '.(b) Hearings. ‘may: be held at any convenient location UL in the District: of Columbia, but: the Commission must: send 12 «to the-applicant written notice of the date, time and place: of 13 the hearing, at least ten:days' before the date set for hearing. 14 T[earings shall be conducted by the chairman before the full SI Commission, three’ members constituting: a quorum. The 16 ‘vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary 17 to decide ‘matters at-a hearing. The! Commission may con- 18: ‘tinue a hearing-or postpone’ the consideration ofan applica- 19 tion pending the: oufcome of legal proceedings which have 20 'beon instituted, 'to determine the ‘civil or criminal liability 21. of the alleged assailant. ©° _ | 22 (c) The Commission may adopt regulations governing 23 the conduct’ of hearings under this Act. The hearings shall he . 24. conducted in a manner provided by those régulations whether, ' i uy i, ‘|