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 540 74T H CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 453-455. AUGUST 7, 1935. least one year next before the application therefor, a nd no divorce shall be decreed in favor of any person who has not been a bona fide resident of said District for at least two years next before the application therefor for any cause which shall have occurred out of said District and prior to residence therein ." SEC. 3. That chapter 22 of said Act of Congress, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding a new section, to be numbered 974a, as follows " SEC. 974a. Upon the entry of a final decree of annulment or divorce a vinculo, in the absence of a valid antenuptial or post- nuptial agreement in relation thereto, all property rights of the parties in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety shall stand dis- solved and the court, in the same proceeding in which such decree is entered, shall have power and jurisdiction to award such property to the one lawfully entitled thereto or to apportion the same in such manner as shall seem equitable, just, and reasonable ." SEC . 4 . That section 983a of chapter 22 of said Act o f Congress, as amended, be, and it is hereby, amended and, as amended, shall read as follows " SEC. 983a. No final decree annulling or dissolving a marriage shall be effective to annul or dissolve the marriage until the expira- tion of the time allowed for taking an appeal, nor until the final disposition of any appeal taken, and every final decree shall expressly so recite. Every decree for absolute d ivorce shall contain the date thereof a nd no such final dec ree shall be absolut e and take effect un til the expiration of six months after its date ." Approved, August 7, 1935 . Vol . 31, ame nded . P. [CHAPTER 454 .] Aug ust 7, 1935 . [H. R .4901.1	To authoriz e appropr iations t o pay the annual sh are of th e United States as an adhe ring member of the International Council of Scientific Unions and asso- ciated unions . [Public, No.253.] International Coun- eil of Scientific Unions . Appropriations au- thor ized for annual share . Post, p . 1123 . [CHAPTER 455 .] AN ACT August 7, 1935 . [H. R. 6673.] Providing for an annual ap pro pr iat ion to m eet the share of the United States toward the expenses of the International Technical Committee on Aerial Legal Experts, and for participation in the meetings of the International T echn ical Comm itte e of Aer ial Legal Exp erts and the comm issi ons esta blish ed by th at committee . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the International Tech- Un ited State s of Ameri ca in Cong ress assem bled, That Public Reso- n ical Committ ee of Aerial Legal Experts. lution Numbered 118, Seventy-first Congress, approved February ame ded4s, p. 11 62, 1,' 1931, providing for an annual appropriation to meet the share of I So in original. [Public, No.254 .] 1347, Property settle- ments. Effec tive da te of decree. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congre ss assembl ed, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Sec retary of State, in paying the annual share of the United States as an adhering member of the International Coun- cil of Scientific Unions and Associated Unions, including the Inter- national Astronomical Union, International Union of Chemistry, Inter natio nal U nion of Ge odesy and Geoph ysics, Int ernat ional Unio n of Math ematics, International Scientific Radio Union, International Union of Physics, and International Geographical Union, and such other international scientific unions as the Secretary of State may designate, such sum as may be necessary for the payment of such annual share, not to exceed $9,000 in any one year. Approved, August 7, 1935.