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 1020 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 200, 201. 1918. °m°*’¥S· ovided further That all officers a inted under the provisions of Appomtmnn im  Act shall bd commissioned by tii§(President of the United States, on the recommendation of the commanding general of the District of Columbia Militia, and no officer shall be commissioned without first being sub'ect to an examination to determine his fitness to hold _ bBR§;g°degm§g”M‘g§{ commission: zfnd promkiedfurther, That during the period of the war uucy. gn retired officers of the National Guard* of the District of Columbia may, if they so request, be assigned to duty as officers of the District of Columbia National Guard, m such grades as the President may Euglgguify <>f f°¤¤¤¤ direct, subject to examination: And   further, That oiBcers mm S" who have served in the National Guar and have resigped therefrom and officers and enlisted men who have been honora ly discharged shall, during the period of the war, be eligible to reappointment and commission in the National Guard of the District of Columbia in such grades as they may be found qualiBed by examination to fill. c1Pr¤§¤i¤¤= wid M That at the termination of the existing war, as determined by the °°° wm" _ proclamation of the President, the provisions of this Act shall become null and void. Approved, November 4, 1918. November 4, 1918. _ H. H.13086. CHAP. 201.-An Act appropriations to su I deficiencies in appropria- tions for the gspal ytiar ending Junepd)0, I919, and priorilfislcinl years, on accouiili ofiwar expenses,an oro erpurposes. i .,3 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the United priiprdt¤fi>c¤ilc»i¤iii9ii>?- States of America in Congress assem1>Zed,fThei.)ti· the following sums are ,,,E,§§°,§§"§§$S w¥p§; appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise P**¤$°S·°*‘> appropriated, to supply eBcienc1es in aiplpropriations for the Bscal year ending June 30, 1919, and prior Bsc years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes, namely: _ ,,,§§§_“ P'°p°"y C“s' ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN. ,,dj"‘"’°‘418’°m°“d` Subsection (c) of section seven of the "Trading with the enemy Act," approved October 6, 1917, is amended to read as follows: r,g],f\;>S¤°g'g_ gj°1{:_f‘u{’ " (ci the President shall so require any money or other property mmf eneiny ar be including (but not thereby limiting the generality of the a ove) °°“'°’°“‘°C““°d’““‘ patents, copyrights, applications therefor, and rights to apply for the same, trade marks, choses in action, and rights and claims of every character and description owing or belonging to or held for, by, on account of, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of an enemy or a ly of enemy not holding a license granted by the President hereunder, which the President after investi ation shall determine is so owinig _ _ or so belongs or is so held, shall Se conveyed, transferred, assigne, i)°;“";f;’;h°m°d‘ delivered, or paid over to the Alien Property Custodian, or the same p°S" may be seized lx the Alien Property Custodian; and all pgpperty thus accgiired sh be held, administered and disposed of as e where Recording 0, mmf provide in this Act. _ rm, e¤e.,0:pwpmy. "An requirement made pursuant to this Act, or a duly certified copy tlyiereof, may be Bled, registered, or recorded in any office for the Bling, registering, or recording of conveyances, transfers, or assignments of any such property or rights as may be covered by such requirement (including the proper office for Bling, registering, or recording conveyances, transfers, or assignments of patents, Mme and mm copyrights, trade—marks, or any rights therein or any other rights); meme:. and if so Bled, registered, or recorded shall impart the same notice and have the same force and effect as a duly executed conveyance, transfer, or assignment to the Alien Property Custodian so Bled, registered, or recorded.