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420 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1917. S"“°“""°d°“°"“‘° or interest which he ma have in such money or other ropert . If wart b in - ssnetii-asu usb W the President shall not go order within sixt days after? the filing of such application, or if the claimant shall have fled the notice as K above required and shall have made no application to the President, said claimant may, at any time before the expiration of six months after the end of the war, institute a suit in equity in the district court of the United States for the district in which such claimant resides, or, if a corporation, where it has its principal place of business (to which suit the alien property custodian or the Treasurer of Hamann of the United States, as the case may be, shall be made a party defendgny mm m,§°.'Q°§,‘{; ant), to establish the interest, right, title, or debt so claimed, and °‘°· if suit shall be so instituted then the money or other property of the enemy, or ally of enemy, against whom such interest, right, or title is asserted, or debt claimed, shall be retained in the custody of the alien (property custodian, or in the Treasury of the United States, as provided in this Act, and until ang final mdigénent or decree which . shall be entered in favor of the c imant sh be fullly satisfied by payment or conveyance, transfer, assignment, or de ivery by the e endant or by the alien property custodian or 'l‘reasurer of the United States on order of the court, or until final judgment or decree shall be entered against_the claimant, or suit otherwise terminated. sbpmmumewm- Except as herein provided, the money or other property conveyed, ' transferred, assigns , delivered, or paid to the alien property custodian shall not be liable to lien, attachment, garnishment, trustee process, or execution, or subiect to any order or decree of any court. }_?:v¤<¤=- This seetionishall not app y, however, to money paid to the alien ' _ pro erty custodian under section ten hereof.

    • °‘“*’°'“'“”“"°‘ Sho. 10. That nothirhg contained in this Act shall be held to make

unlawful any of the fo owing Acts: U;f,{Q§§'§{‘,§§S°,§‘,§,{,‘§Sf (a) An enemy, or ally of enemy, may file and presecute in the gy£§i¤==¤·¤¤¢-· by ¤¤ United States an application for letters patent, or for registration of y` trade-mark, print, la el, or copyright, and may pay any ees therefor in accordance with and as required by the provisions of existing law and fees for attorneys or agents for illinig and prosecuting such §,g{¤§;i;¤g{g¤¤¤· applications. Anyilsluch enemy, or aglfy 0 enemy, who is unable ` ' during war, or wit six months there ter, on account of conditions arising out of war, to file any such application, or to pay any official fee, or to take any action re uired y law within the period prescribed by law, may be grantetd an_extension of nine months beyond °¤¤d***¤¤· the expiration of said period, provided the nation of which the said aymlicant is a citizen, subject, or corporation shall extend substan- 3 y similar privileges to citizens and corporations of the United tates. m§§,,°§‘}§§°{;“,;§°§g;lf‘¥'g (b) Any citizen of the United States, or any corporation organized mm? °°¤¤"Y· within the United States, mafy, when duly authorized_by the President, pay to an enemy or ally o enemy any tax, annuity, or fee which may be required by the laws of such enemy or ally of enemy nation in relation to patents and trade-marks, prmts, labels, and copyrights; m§{p“‘”°i°”“ my b° and any such citizen or corporation may file and prosecute an apphcation or letters patent or for registration of trade-mark, print, label, _ _ or copyright in the country of an enemy, or of an ally of enemy L‘°°'“° '°q“”°°’°°°‘ after lirst submitti such application to the President and receiving license so to Hle ari? prosecute, and to pay the fees required by law and customary agents’ fees, the maximum amount of which in each Mmmmming mm case shall be subject to the control of the President. under patents., etc.; (c) Any citizen of the United States or any corporation organized °‘“‘°d by °“°my‘ within the United States desirintg to manu acture, or cause to be manufactured, a machine, manu acture, composition of matter, or design, or to carry on, or to use any trade-mark, print, label or cause to be carried on, a process under any patent or copyrighted