Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

further hereby vest in the federal
trade commission the power and author
ity to issue licenses under such terms and
conditions as are not inconsistent with
law or to withhold or refuse the same, to
any citizen of the United States or any
corporation organized within the United
States, to file and prosecute applications
in the country OF an enemy or ally of
enemy for letter patent or for registra-
ton Of trademark, print, label, or copy
right and to pay the fees required by law
and the customary agents fees, the maxi
mum amount of which in each case, shall
be subject to the control of such commits
sion; or to pay to any enemy or ally of
enemy any tax, annuity or fee, which
may be required by the laws of such
enemy or ally of enemy nation in rela-
ton to patents, trademarks, prints, labels
and copyrights.
hereby vest in the federal trade COM
mission the power and authority to issue,
pursuant to the provisions of section 10
(C) of the trading with the enemy act.
upon such terms and conditions as are
not inconsistent with law, or to withhold
or refuse a license to any citizen of the
United States or any corporation organ
lied within the United States, to- manu-
facture or cause to be manufactured
machine manufacture, composition or
matter OF design, or to carry on or cause
to be carried on a process under any pat
ent, or to use any trademark, print,
label or copyrighted matter owned or con-
trolled by an enemy or ally of enemy, at
any time during the present war; and al
so to fix the prices of articles and prod
ucts manufactured under such licenses
necessary to the health of the military
and the naval forces of the United States
or the successful prosecution of the war;
and to prescribe the fee which may be
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500 and not exceeding per centum of the
sum deposited by the licensee with the
alien property custodian as provided by
law.
hereby further vest in the said federal
trade commission the executive admin
istration of the provisions of Section 10
CD of the trading with the enemy act, the
power and authority to prescribe the form
of and time and manner of filing state
ments of the extent of the use and enjoy
ment of the license and of the prices re-
ceived and the times at which the licensee
shall make payment to the allen property
custodian; and the amounts of said pay
ments, in accordance with the trading
with the enemy act
I further hereby vest in the federal
trade commission the power and author
lty, whenever in its opinion the publica-
ton of an invention or the granting of
patent may be detrimental to the public
safety or defense, or may assist the enc
my. or endanger the successful prosecu-
ton of the war, to order that the inven-
ton be kept a secret and the grant of
letters patent withheld until the end of
the war.
The said federal trade commission is
hereby authorized to take all such meas
ures as may be necessary or eXpedient to
administer the powers hereby conferred.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
l hereby vest in the postmaster general
the executive administration of all the
provisions Except the penal provisions)
of section 10 of the trading with the enc
my act relating to the printing, publish
ing or circulation in any foreign language
OF any news item, editorial or other
printed matter respecting the government
! of the United States or of any nation en-
gagged in the present war, its policies, in
! ternational relations, the state or conduct
| of the war or any matter relating there
| to, and the filing with the postmaster at
| the place of publication in the form of
an affidavit of true and complete trans
| lation of the entire article containing
/ such matter proposed to be published in
such print, newspaper or publication, and
| the issuance of permits for the printing,
publication and distribution thereof, free
! from said restriction. And the postmas-
| ter general is authorized and empowered
| 10 issue such permits upon such terms
| and conditions as are not inconsistent
with law, and to refuse, withhold or re-
woke the same.
The sum of $4,000 or so much thereof