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 1476 SECT. 2 . (a) The jur isdiction now vested in the Court of App eals of the Di strict of Colu mbia in respe ct of appeals from the Pate nt Office in patent and trade-mark cases is vested in the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. (b) Sections 4911 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 1336), 4912 (section 60, title 35, United States Code), and 4915 (section 63, title 35, United States Code) of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the registration of trade-marks used in comm erce with for eign nations or among the s everal States or with Indian tribes, and to protect the same," approved February 20, 1905 (United States Code, title 15, section 89), are amended by striking out the words " Court of Appeals of the District of Colum- bia " wherever they occur therein and inserting in lieu thereof the wo rds " U nited States Court of C ustoms and P atent Appea ls " in each instance. (c) Where before the effective date of this Act an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office has been filed with the Court of Appeals of the Distr ict of Columb ia- (1) If any hearing before said court has been held in the case, or if the case has been submitted for decision, then further proceedings in respect of the case shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted. (2) If no hearing before said court has been held in the case, and the case has not been submitted for decision, then the appeal, together with the original papers, printed records, and record entries duly certified, shall, by appropriate orders duly entered of record, be trans- ferred to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and further proceedings in respect of the case shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if the appeal had been filed in said court. Equity jurisdiction of District Cour t of (d) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as affecting in Appeals not affected, any way the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals of the District of Colu mbia in equi ty c ases. Opinions filed as part of record, etc. SEc. 3. The opinion of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in every case on appeal from the decision of the Patent Office shall be rendered in writing, and shall be filed in such case as part of the record thereof, and a certified copy of said opinion shall be sent to the Commission er of Patents and shall be entered of re cord in the Patent Office. SEc. 4. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its enactment. Approved, March 2, 1929. Patent and tra de mark appeals vested in new court. App eal s in patent and trade mar k cases. R.S . sees . 4911, 4912, 4915, 13 . 1336, amended. U. S. Code, p . 1170. Vol. 33, p.727, amend- ed. U.S. Code, p.364. Cou rt of Cu st oms and Patent Appeals substituted for District Court of Appea ls. Cases pend ing in Court of Appea ls. Continuance i f hear- ing has been held, etc. Transfer to C ourt of Customs and Patent Appeals, if no hearings, etc . Effective in 30 days. March 2, 1929. [H. R. 7930.] [Public, No. 915.] Naval, and Marine Corps Reserves. Naval Fleet Reserve . Vol.43,p.1087, amended. U. S. Code, p.1136. New matter. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Ciis. '488, 489 . 1929 . CHAP. 489.-An Act To amend section 24 of the Act approved February 28, 1925, ent itled "An ac t to provide for the crea tion, organi zation, admi nistra- tion, and maintenance of a Naval Reserve and a Marine Corps Reserve ." Be it e nacted by the Senate and Ho use of Repres entatives of t he United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 24 of the Act approved February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1087, United States Code, title 34, section 785), entitled "An Act to provide for the creation, organization, administration, and main- tenance of a Naval Reserve and a Marine Corps Reserve," be, and the same is hereby, amended by changing the period at the end of said section to a colon and by adding thereto the following proviso : "Provided further, That any pay which may be due any member of the Fleet Naval Reserve, transferred thereto prior to July 1, 1925, shall be forfeited when so ordered by the Secretary of the Navy upon the failure, und er such condi tions as may be p res crib ed by the

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