Level TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT OF 1917  


ACT OCT. 6, 1917, CH. 106, 40 STAT. 411
§ 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
§ 33. Notice of claim; institution of suits; computation of time
§ 34. Payment of debts
§ 35. Hearings on claims; rules and regulations; delegation of powers
§ 36. Taxes
§ 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
§ 44. Motion picture prints, transfer of title