50 USC App, TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917: Front Matter
From Title 50-AppendixTRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917ACT OCT. 6, 1917, CH. 106, 40 STAT. 411
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ACT OCT. 6, 1917, CH. 106, 40 STAT. 411
Sec.
1.
Designation of Act.
2.
Definitions.
3.
Acts prohibited.
4.
Licenses to enemy or ally of enemy insurance or reinsurance companies; change of name; doing business in United States.
5.
Suspension of provisions relating to ally of enemy; regulation of transactions in foreign exchange of gold or silver, property transfers, vested interests, enforcement and penalties.
6.
Alien Property Custodian; general powers and duties.
6a.
Incurment of expenses by Office of Alien Property Custodian.
6b.
Omitted.
7.
Lists of enemy or ally of enemy officers, directors or stockholders of corporations in United States; acts constituting trade with enemy prior to passage of Act; conveyance of property to custodian; voluntary payment to custodian by holder; acts under order, rule, or regulation.
8.
Contracts, mortgages, or pledges against or with enemy or ally of enemy; abrogation of contracts; suspension of limitations.
9.
Claims to property transferred to custodian; notice of claim; filing; return of property; suits to recover; sale of claimed property in time of war or during national emergency.
10.
Acts permitted; applications for patents, or registration of trade-marks or copyrights; payment of tax in relation thereto; licenses under enemy owned patent or copyright; statements by licensees; term and cancellation; suits against licensees; restraining infringements; powers of attorney; keeping secret inventions.
11.
Importations prohibited.
12.
Property transferred to Alien Property Custodian.
13.
Statements by masters of vessels and owners of cargoes before granting clearances.
14.
False manifest; refusal of clearance; reports of gold or silver coin in cargoes for export.
15.
Omitted.
16.
Offenses; punishment; forfeitures of property.
17.
Rules by district courts; appeals.
18.
Jurisdiction of courts of Philippines and Canal Zone of offenses.
19.
Print, newspaper or publication in foreign languages.
20.
Fees of agents, attorneys, or representatives.
21.
Claims of naturalized citizens as affected by expatriation.
22.
Fugitives from justice barred from recovery.
23.
Payment of income, etc., by Alien Property Custodian.
24.
Payment of taxes and expenses by Alien Property Custodian.
25.
Investments by Custodian in participating certificates issued by Secretary of the Treasury; transfers to and payments from German, Austrian or Hungarian special deposit accounts; allocation of payments.
26.
Allocation of "unallocated interest fund".
27.
Return by Custodian, to United States, of payments under licenses, assignments or sales of patents.
28.
"Unallocated interest fund" defined.
29.
Waiver by Custodian of demand for property; acceptance of less amount; approval of Attorney General.
30.
Attachment or garnishment of funds or property held by Custodian.
31.
"Member of the former ruling family" defined.
32.
Return of property.
(a)
Conditions precedent.
(b)
Extension of filing time limitation for redetermination of excessive profits.
(c)
Inventions.
(d)
Rights and duties.
(e)
Legal proceeding unaffected.
(f)
Notice of intention.
(g)
Payment of expenses of Custodian.
(h)
Designation of successor organizations to receive heirless property; time for application; payment of funds: time, allocation, claims barred by acceptance and conditions.
33.
Notice of claim; institution of suits; computation of time.
34.
Payment of debts.
(a)
Claims allowable; defenses.
(b)
Time limit for filing claims; extension; notice.
(c)
Examination of claims.
(d)
Funds for debt payments.
(e)
Amount payable; disallowance; notice; review; additional evidence; judgment.
(f)
Pro rata payments; notice; review; additional evidence; intervention; judgment.
(g)
Priority of claims.
(h)
Priority as debt due United States.
(i)
Exclusiveness of relief.
35.
Hearings on claims; rules and regulations; delegation of powers.
36.
Taxes.
(a)
Liability; exemptions.
(b)
Payment by Custodian; liability of former owner; enforcement of tax liability; transfer of property.
(c)
Computation; suspension of limitations, etc.
(d)
"Tax" defined.
(e)
Exemptions.
37.
Insurance of property.
38.
Shipment of relief supplies; definitions.
39.
Retention of properties or interests of Germany and Japan and their nationals; proceeds covered into Treasury; ex gratia payment to Switzerland.
40.
Intercustodial conflicts involving enemy property; authority of President to conclude; delegation of authority.
41.
Divestment of estates, trusts, insurance policies, annuities, remainders, pensions, workmen's compensation and veterans' benefits; exceptions; notice of divestment.
42.
Claims for proceeds from sale of certain certificates: jurisdiction, limitations; divestment of copyrights: "copyrights" defined, rights of licensees and assignees, reproduction rights of United States, transfer of interests, payment of royalties to Attorney General, suits for infringement.
43.
Divestment of trademarks.
(a)
"Trademarks" defined.
(b)
Effective date of divestment; rights of licensees; transfer of interests; payment of royalties to Attorney General.
(c)
Prevesting contracts; exceptions; payment of royalties to Attorney General.
(d)
Publication of ownership list in Federal Register; effective date of divestment; succession to ownership of equivalent trademarks.
44.
Motion picture prints, transfer of title.
(a)
Prints in custody of Library of Congress; exception.
(b)
Prints in custody of Attorney General; exception; right of selection by Library of Congress; disposal of unselected prints by Attorney General.
(c)
Retention, reproduction, and disposal of prints by Library of Congress.
Termination of World War and Emergency
The Trading with the enemy Act was expressly excepted from the operation and effect of Joint Res. Mar. 3, 1921, ch. 136,
Act Referred to in Other Sections
The Trading with the enemy Act is referred to in section 1982 of this Appendix; title 8 section 1227; title 12 section 4407; title 19 section 2581; title 22 sections 1382, 1384, 1631a, 1631o, 6009; title 26 section 911; title 28 section 2680.