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PART III. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT

AND AMENDMENTS.

1. Trading with the Enemy Act.

Section 1. Title.

2. Definitions.

Enemy defined.

Ally of enemy defined.
Person defined.

United States defined.

Beginning of the war defined.

End of the war defined.

Bank or banks defined.

"To trade" defined.

3. Unlawful acts.

(a) Trading with enemy.

(b) Transporting enemies.

(c) Communications regulated.

(d) Censorship of communications.

4. Enemy insurance companies; continuance of

business.

5. (a) Suspension of restrictions as to ally of enemy;

delegation of power.

(b) Regulation of foreign exchange, coin exports, property transfers, etc.

6. Alien property custodian; powers; bond; employees; reports.

7. (a) List of stockholders believed to be enemies to

be transmitted.

Holders of property of, or debtors to, persons believed to be enemies, to report.

(b) Certain acts and actions not authorized or validated; licenses.

(c) Money and property to be delivered to alien property custodian.

(d) Payment of debts due enemy to alien property custodian.

Section 7. (e) No legal liability for acts authorized; effect of payments to alien property custodian; certificates of authority.

8. (a) Mortgages, etc., and contracts with enemy.
(b) Abrogation of certain contracts with enemy.
(c) Suspension of statute of limitations in certain

cases.

9. Claims by other than enemies against property held by custodian; suits in equity; moneys or property not liable to attachment, etc.

10. Lawful acts.

(a) Application by enemy for patent, trademark or copyright.

(b) Application by United States citizen for patent, trade-mark or copyright in enemy country.

(c) Use of enemy-owned patent, trade-mark or copyrighted article.

(d) Statement to be filed by licensee; payments from sums received to alien property custodian.

(e) Duration of licenses.

(f) Suit by owner for royalties, etc.; liability

of licensee.

(g) Enemy owner may enjoin infringements by

other than licensee.

(h) Certain powers of attorney granted by enemy, validated.

(i) Patents detrimental to public safety may be withheld; inventions tendered to govern

ment.

11. Importing articles designated unlawful, prohibited. 12. Disposition of moneys and property received by alien property custodian; depositaries; trustee powers of custodian; settlement of claims at end of war.

Section 13. Requirements as to shipping manifests.

14. False manifests; reports of export of coin and bullion.

15. Appropriation for salaries and expenses.

16. Penalties.

17. Jurisdiction of district courts; appeals.

18. Jurisdiction of courts of Philippine Islands and Canal Zone.

19. Printing in foreign language matter respecting government policies, unlawful; exceptions; permits to print in foreign language; penalties.

2. Amendment of March 28, 1918.

3. Act of July 1, 1918.

4. Amendment of Sept. 24, 1918.

5. Amendment of Nov. 4, 1918. 6. Amendment of July 11, 1919. 7. Amendment of June 5, 1920. 8. Amendment of Feb. 27, 1921. 9. Amendment of Dec. 21, 1921. 10. Amendment of Dec. 27, 1922.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT

(ACT OF OCT. 6, 1917, 40 STAT. 411, CH. 106.) An act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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[Title.] That this Act shall be known as the Trading with the enemy Act."

Section 2. [Enemy defined.] That the word "enemy," as used herein, shall be deemed to mean, for the purposes of such trading and of this Act

(a) Any individual, partnership, or other body of individuals, of any nationality, resident within the territory (including that occupied by the military and naval forces) of any nation with which the United States is at war, or resident outside the United States and doing business within such territory, and any corporation incorporated within such territory of any nation with which the United States is at war or incorporated within any country other than the United States and doing business within such territory.

(b) The government of any nation with which the United States is at war, or any political or municipal subdivision thereof, or any officer, official, agent, or agency thereof.

(c) Such other individuals, or body or class of individuals, as may be natives, citizens, or subjects of any nation with which the United States is at war, other than citizens of the United States, whereever resident or wherever doing business, as the President, if he shall find the safety of the United States or the successful prosecution of the war shall so require, may, by proclamation, include within the term enemy."

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[Ally of enemy defined.] The words "ally of enemy," as used herein, shall be deemed to mean

(a) Any individual, partnership, or other body of individuals, of any nationality, resident within the territory (including that occupied by the mili

tary and naval forces) of any nation which is an ally of a nation with which the United States is at war, or resident outside the United States and doing business within such territory, and any corporation incorporated within such territory of such ally nation, or incorporated within any country other than the United States and doing business within such territory.

(b) The government of any nation which is an ally of a nation with which the United States is at war, or any political or municipal subdivision of such ally nation, or any officer, official, agent, or agency thereof.

(c) Such other individuals, or body or class of individuals, as may be natives, citizens, or subjects of any nation which is an ally of a nation with which the United States is at war, other than citizens of the United States, wherever resident or wherever doing business, as the President, if he shall find the safety of the United States or the successful prosecution of the war shall so require, may, by proclamation, include within the term "ally of enemy."

[Person defined.] The word " person," as used herein, shall be deemed to mean an individual, partnership, association, company, or other unincorporated body of individuals, or corporation or body politic.

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